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$3 Million Judgement Decreased By One Penny Per Court Order...

Nov 22, 2003 12:30PM PST

"FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - A man who had to endure a three-day erection after ****** surgery was awarded $3 million by a jury two years ago, but an appeals court ordered a Monmouth County judge to lower the award.

So Superior Court Judge Alexander Lehrer did - by one penny.

Now the appellate panel has taken the case away from Lehrer, and directed a different judge to further reduce the award to Joseph Tomaino of Neptune. He sued the Male Sexual Dysfunction Institute in Chicago and a doctor after he had to undergo surgery to end a three-day erection he suffered following their treatments in 1992.

Dennis Drazin, the lawyer representing Tomaino, said he plans to ask the state Supreme Court to hear the case.

"You have a young man who is deformed for the rest of his life," he told The Star-Ledger of Newark. He said Lehrer was in the best position to evaluate whether the jury award was appropriate, since he saw the witnesses and heard the evidence.
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$3M Verdict in ****** Case Sparks Flap

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Let's see, the jury awards $3M...
Nov 22, 2003 6:08PM PST

and the presiding judge, after hearing the evidence, thinks they were low...

The appeals court had ordered Lehrer, who presided over the trial, to cut the $3 million, saying the size of the award "shocked the court's conscience" because Tomaino, though unable to perform sexually, could still work and enjoy sports and social activities.

Maybe the appeals court judges need to get some Viagra so they remember what he's missing. Or is Lorina Bobbit an appeals court judge now? Wink

Speaking only as a member. The opinions expressed are my own.

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I fully agree with you. He is entitled to every penny of the settlement (NT)
Nov 22, 2003 9:11PM PST

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