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Article: Kansas City Courthouse Roundup: May 28, 2007
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- Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
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- May 28, 2007
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Despite what attorney Patrick Reavey described as convincing
evidence, a Jackson County jury still struggled in reaching a verdict
for a black plaintiff last week.
After a day and a half of deliberations, which included a hammer
instruction from Judge Justine Del Muro, a ninth juror finally signed
the verdict form awarding the plaintiff, Clay Fountain, $101,000 for
his retaliatory-termination claim.
"The evidence that came out was one-sided," Reavey said. "It was
pretty clear the defendant had done what we accused him of. Frankly,
some of the jurors indicated to me that some of the holdouts had a
problem with giving a black guy a bunch of money."
In his lawsuit, Fountain, 50, claimed his ...
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Article: ELIZABETH REAVEY '07 NAMED EVERYDAY HERO
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 21, 2007 ;
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...St. Peter's College issued the following news release: Elizabeth Reavey '07 was named an Everyday Hero as part of The Jersey Journal's 2007 ... His Spirit at http://www.spc.edu/PDFFiles/PublicRelations/reavey.pdf.
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