>>Appeals Court Restores Damage Award For 2021 Unite The Right Protest
(Richmond, VA) -- A federal appeals court is giving more money to eight people who sued white nationalist groups over a violent rally in Charlottesville. Richard Stelling has more.Preview: Voicer Script:
Dozens of white nationalist groups and leaders were sued for emotional and physical damages after the 2017 Unite the Right rally. The jury in the case originally awarded 24-million dollars in damages, but that was significantly reduced on appeal. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled unanimously this week that each of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit should receive 350-thousand dollars in punitive damages, upping the amount awarded by two-million dollars.