ELYRIA, Ohio - An Ohio judge cut practically in half a $44 million award won by small business owners who accused Oberlin College of ruining their business by encouraging protests against them and branding them racists. On Thursday, Lorain County Judge John Miraldi reduced the total award to $25 million. He ruled David Gibson should receive $14 million in compensatory and punitive damages, his father and family patriarch Allyn Gibson $6.5 million, and their Oberlin business, Gibson’s Bakery, $4.5 million. The school was ordered earlier this month to pay $44 million — $11 million in compensatory damages and $33 million in punitive — to the Gibsons. David Gibson has said the jury awards were a “clear vindication” for his family, their business and their reputations.

Source: thestar June 28, 2019 17:53 UTC