Article April 25, 1994 Issue

Damages against Church partially reduced

A jury's $14.2 million award in a wrongful-death verdict against the Christian Science Church and five of its members has been lowered by $3.7 million. Minnesota Judge Sean Rice said on March 17, 1994, that the award was excessive when compared with awards in similar cases in the state. The judge cut actual damages from $5.2 million to $1.5 million, but left intact a $9 million punitive-damage award against The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Victor Westberg, Manager of Committees on Publication for the Church, in Boston, said that the Church plans to appeal the verdicts. "The court's decision," Mr. Westberg stated, "affects not only our Church but all churches and comes at a time when precious religious rights are under attack in our society and in our world."

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Testimony of Healing
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy...
April 25, 1994
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit