Available for Comment on Decision in O.J. Simpson Appeal: Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp Attorneys.News Editors & Legal Desks LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2001 Thomas P. Lambert and Peter B. Gelblum, senior attorneys with Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, who represented Fred Goldman Fred Goldman is the father of Ron Goldman who was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson. OJ Simpson was charged with their deaths but was acquitted in the criminal trial. Simpson was ordered to pay Goldman and his family $33. , are available for comment on the decision today by the California Court of Appeals which upheld a $33.5 million judgment against O.J. Simpson. Simpson had asked the appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. to overturn the trial court decision, which awarded the three plaintiffs $33.5 million; this included $8.5 million compensatory damages A sum of money awarded in a civil action by a court to indemnify a person for the particular loss, detriment, or injury suffered as a result of the unlawful conduct of another. to Fred Goldman and Sharon Rufo, father and mother of Ron Goldman; and punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. of $25 million, split between the estates of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown. |
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