RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond civil court jury has ruled in favor of three young women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at the Cumberland Hospital in New Kent County.
After roughly seven hours of deliberations, the jurors returned a $300 million verdict in the case, awarding each plaintiff $60 million in compensatory damages and $40 million in punitive damages.
“Our clients had trouble believing in themselves at one point in their lives,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Kevin Biniazan. “To have a group of people a group of strangers to look at them to listen to them to tell them that they believe them that they believe in them, it broke them down, it broke them down in tears immediately,” said Biniazan. “It broke us all down in tears.”
This was the 15th day of the trial, which stemmed from a $930 million lawsuit filed against Cumberland Hospital and its former medical director, Dr. Daniel Davidow, by 46 former patients.
WATCH: Both sides rest in the civil trial against Cumberland Hospital and its former medical director