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Jury Awards Defamation Verdict Against Former Circuit Court Judge


Posted on Apr 08, 2010

A jury awarded Brenda Collins, former Hampton Drug Court Administrator, $300,000 in defamation damages and $50,000 in punitive damages against Verbena Askew, former Newport News Circuit Court judge.  The jury awarded an additional $106,000 for breach of a confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement resulting from a prior settlement.  Butler Williams & Skilling attorneys Rebecca Royals and Harris Butler tried the case to a Williamsburg jury January 27-29, 2010.

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