Religious Group Ordered to Pay Punitive Damages for Misrepresentation
Court says jury could conclude that false claim that association was a Benedictine monastery was reckless
A religious association that falsely purported to be a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery has been ordered to pay more than $71,000 in punitive damages to a couple who made substantial payments to the association on the basis of the misrepresentation. An appellate court in Connecticut has affirmed a trial court decision that also ordered the association to pay more than $207,000 in compensatory damages. (Wagner v.
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