Thursday, October 28, 2010
Award Lowered In Former UK Player's Death
KENTUCKY....
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled damages awarded to the family of a former UK football player who was killed in 1994 by Shane Ragland was too high.
Originally, a jury found Ragland guilty of murdering Trent DiGiuro. The case was appealed, and Ragland pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was given time served.
In 200,8 a jury awarded $63 million to DiGiuro's estate for the killing. Since then, Ragland has been fighting that lawsuit. The Court of Appeals ruled the lawsuit stands, but lowered the damages to be paid to DiGiuro's parents to $30 million, the highest ratio allowed by the court.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:29 PM 
