The judge in a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center has issued a preliminary order slashing the $38 million verdict to $475,000
FILE - Plaintiff David Meehan, center, leaves the courtroom with his attorney Rus Rilee, right, and victim specialist Joelle Wiggin during Meehan's trial at Rockingham Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H., April 10, 2024. The judge who oversaw a landmark civil trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center has issued a preliminary order slashing the $38 million verdict against the state to $475,000.
The judge has denied Meehan’s motions for a new trial focused only on determining the number of incidents or to set aside just the portion of the verdict in which jurors wrote one incident. He said an entirely new trial remains an option, but Meehan's attorneys have not requested one. “This is one more skirmish in a long war for David Meehan and all the victims of state child abuse," attorneys Rus Rilee and David Vicinanzo said in a statement Tuesday. "This stain on the reputation of New Hampshire will remain until the state resolves these case fairly and apologizes.”Assistant Attorney General Brandon Chase, representing the state, declined to comment on the rulings other than to answer a procedural question.
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