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The school district issued a statement Tuesday saying the jury’s verdict represented less than 10 percent of the amount the plaintiff asked the jury to …
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first published: 2015-03-02 22:52:30[otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-3][otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-7][otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-4][otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-6]SAN BERNARDINO >> A jury has awarded a former Fontana Unified School District police dispatcher nearly $1.5 million after the woman sued the district and one of its former police officers, who she accused of raping her while on duty.
Following a 21-day trial that began on Jan. 20 and spanned six weeks, a jury returned Monday with a judgment of $1,487,000 in compensatory damages against the school district and its former police officer, John Frank Garcia.