Quantcast

‘Empty-chair’ trial nets $30M bench verdict for jilted woman (access required)

By: Paul Tharp
Contributing writer
Published: March 18, 2011

Tags: ,

A North Carolina judge has awarded the jilted spouse of Donald Puryear $30,162,000 in her suit against the woman she accused of stealing his affections. The wealthy owner of a Raleigh trucking company is now married to the woman, Betty Devin, according to the lawyer who represented his ex-wife, Carol Puryear, in the case. The lawyer, Stephanie ...
© Copyright 2012 Lawyers USA. All Rights Reserved.


Comments

You must be logged in to post comments.

Sign-up for alerts

NEW FREE WHITE PAPER: E-Discovery

This FREE e-report brought to you by Lawyers USA contains the latest tips for conducting thorough and successful electronic discovery for your trial in 2012. We’ve analyzed the latest court rulings and trends in e-discovery to help you and your clients avoid sanctions and win your case.

Click here to get your free White Paper today!


FEATURED PODCAST

Baby Boomer lawyers and retirement

Nelson Schwartz from The New York Times recently wrote an article titled, "Easing Out the Gray-Haired. Or Not.," spotlighting the fate of the Baby Boomer generation within law firms. Attorney and co-host Bob Ambrogi welcomes Attorney Valerie C. Samuels, a partner in the firm Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP and co-chair of the Employment Law Group, and Attorney Roy Ginsburg, to take a look at this generation of baby boomers within law firms, retirement, their fate within the firm, options upon retirement and what this means for law firms: big, small and solo.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

Click here to download the podcast.

Click here for the Podcast archive.