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SUPCO Upholds Financial Award Given To Teen Assaulted By Delaware Pastor

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The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a request from a woman sexually assaulted by pastor Brian Williams in Delaware when she was 15-years-old to boost the amount of damages paid by the church where the minister worked. Attorneys for the woman and her father say a state law limiting noneconomic damages to 350 thousand dollars violates the constitutional rights of underage victims of sexual assault. Attorneys for Delaware Grace Brethren Church argued the caps create a fairer and predictable civil justice system. The ruling upholds the caps, with two justices saying the court shouldn't have taken the case.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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