{"id":2288025,"date":"2024-07-02T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-nationalists-ordered-to-pay-additional-2-million-for-violence-in-charlottesville-rally-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:55:01","slug":"white-nationalists-ordered-to-pay-additional-2-million-for-violence-in-charlottesville-rally-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-nationalists-ordered-to-pay-additional-2-million-for-violence-in-charlottesville-rally-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White nationalists ordered to pay additional $2 million for violence in Charlottesville rally &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-nationalists-ordered-to-pay-additional-2-million-for-violence-in-charlottesville-rally-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2288025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A panel of judges has ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations \u200cinvolved in the Charlottesville, Virginia, \u200bUnite the Right\u2064 rally to pay \u2064an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-set-to-make-over-5-million-from-his-book-deal\/\" title=\"Cuomo Set To Make Over  million From His Book Deal\">additional  million<\/a> in damages to people with physical or emotional injuries from \u2064the event. The initial ruling in 2021 required them to \u200dpay $26 million, which was later reduced to $350,000 to be shared among eight \u200cplaintiffs. \u2062However, a three-judge panel for \u2063the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the $2 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-fran-schools-vp-who-was-sanctioned-for-anti-asian-tweets-sues-district-for-spiritual-damage\/\" title=\"San Fran Schools VP Who Was Sanctioned For Anti-Asian Tweets Sues District For \u2018Spiritual Damage\u2019\">punitive damages<\/a> \u200daward, with each plaintiff now set to receive $350,000. The ruling aims to send a message about the misconduct that occurred during the rally.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White nationalists ordered to pay additional $2 million for violence in Charlottesville rally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/arosciglione\/\">Annabella Rosciglione<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-02T13:44:35-04:00\">July 2, 2024 1:44 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693377\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A panel of judges ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlottesville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Charlottesville<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginia<\/a>, Unite the Right rally to pay an additional $2 million in damages to people with physical or emotional injuries from the event.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, those involved with the rally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjla.com\/news\/local\/white-nationalists-charlottesville-virginia-violence-payout-millions-dollars-punitive-damagages-richmond-federal-court-unit-the-right-supreme-court-eight-plaintiffs-rebuke-racism-conferederate-protestors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>were ordered to pay <\/a>$26 million for damages. Most of that, $24 million, was for for punitive damages, but a judge later slashed that to $350,000 to be shared among eight plaintiffs, citing a state law. On Monday, a three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored the jury\u2019s award of $2 million in punitive damages but found that a state law that imposes the $350,000 cap on punitive damages should be applied per person instead of for all eight plaintiffs. <\/p>\n<p>Now each plaintiff will receive $350,000, instead of the $43,750 they were each set to get under the lower court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver two years ago, the jury used its $24 million punitive damages award to send an unmistakable message to the defendants and to the public about the outrageous misconduct that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. While the law compels us to reduce the award, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-policies-concern-second-amendment-advocates\/\" title=\"Biden gun policies concern Second Amendment advocates\">long past time<\/a> for that message to be delivered,\u201d Chief Judge Albert Diaz wrote in the 3-0 ruling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, image shows a white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ruling comes from a federal lawsuit against two dozen white nationalists and organizations. The rally was prompted after the Charlottesville City Council announced it planned to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. <\/p>\n<p>The rally was deemed an unlawful demonstration by its second day. James Alex Fields Jr., a white supremacist hailing from Ohio, intentionally drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. His actions killed one woman and injured dozens more. <\/p>\n<p>Alex Fields Jr. was one of the defendants in the civil case and is currently serving a lifetime prison sentence for murder and hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys on behalf of the plaintiffs signaled they were pleased with the increased settlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s decision restores over $2 million in punitive damages from the jury\u2019s verdict, which sent a clear message against racist and antisemitic hate and violence,\u201d attorneys Roberta Kaplan, David E. Mills, and Gabrielle E. 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Initially, they were ordered to pay $26 million, but a judge later reduced that amount to $350,000 to be shared among eight plaintiffs. However, a three-judge panel has now restored the jury&#8217;s award of $2 million in punitive damages, with each plaintiff set to receive $350,000. This decision comes from a federal lawsuit against two dozen white nationalists and organizations involved in the rally, which was sparked by the planned removal of a Confederate statue. James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one woman and injuring many others, is currently serving a lifetime prison sentence for his actions. Attorneys for the plaintiffs have expressed satisfaction with the increased settlement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2288026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unite-the-right-rally-nazi-flag.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33694,4585,3699,32076,33693],"class_list":["post-2288025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charlottesville-rally","tag-lawsuit","tag-violence","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-nationalists"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unite-the-right-rally-nazi-flag.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}