"A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama awarded the Drummond Co., a coal company based in Birmingham, Alabama, $26 million in compensatory and $26 million in punitive damages against attorney Terrence Collingsworth on the defamation claims and $68 million on the claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, according to the story."
"Because of the trebling of damages under the RICO statute, the award will end up totaling $256 million, according to the Drummond Co.'s attorneys at Starnes Davis Florie, the story said."
"Collingsworth, a managing partner of Florida-based Conrad & Scherer's Washington, D.C., office from 2008 through 2015, began filing suits in 2002 alleging that the Drummond Co. paid a paramilitary group that provided security to murder three union leaders in Colombia, according to Law360. Many of the suits have been dismissed."
An Alabama federal jury returned a $120 million verdict against attorney Terrence Collingsworth in defamation and racketeering claims. The jury awarded Drummond Co. $26 million in compensatory and $26 million in punitive damages on defamation claims and $68 million on RICO claims. Trebling of RICO damages increases the total to $256 million according to Drummond Co.'s attorneys. Collingsworth served as managing partner of Conrad & Scherer's Washington office from 2008 through 2015 and began filing suits in 2002 alleging Drummond paid a paramilitary group implicated in murders of Colombian union leaders; many of those suits were dismissed.
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