Punitive damages add to Toshiba's Lexar woes
Jury awards memory-chip maker Lexar $84 million in punitive damages from Japan's Toshiba. That's on top of $380 million in damages.
A California jury awarded memory-chip maker Lexar $84 million in punitive damages from Japan's Toshiba on Thursday in a trial over Lexar's claims that Toshiba stole its trade secrets. The San Jose jury on Wednesday had awarded Lexar more than $380 million in damages and considered the punitive award separately Thursday.
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