A Silicon Valley jury decided that operators of a dating website must pay $16.5 million to members with sexually transmitted diseases whose profiles were allegedly shared with affiliated match-making sites, the law firm that represented the certified class said in a Nov. 4 statement (Doe v. PositiveSingles.com, Cal. Super. Ct., No. 1:11-cv-211205, jury verdict).
Jurors in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $15 million in punitive damages to the class under the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1750, according to a statement by Green & ...
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