Tag: Compensation for Damages (Law)

Man With Developmental Disabilities Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $11.7 Million

Andrew Royer involuntarily confessed to a murder in Indiana, judges ruled. Despite holes in the case, he served more than 16 years in prison.

Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sequel

Ruling that the fan’s unauthorized book violated copyright protections, a judge barred him from distributing it and ordered him to destroy all electronic and physical copies of it.