The mother of a murdered cross-dressing young woman whose story inspired the movie ``Boys Don't Cry'' deserves more compensation for her daughter's death, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled this week. In a scathing ruling on Friday that demanded a larger damages award against Richardson County, Nebraska, and its sheriff, Charles Laux, the state's highest court declared a lower court had erred in awarding just $17,361 to JoAnn Brandon for official negligence in the death of her daughter, Teena Brandon. [...] "The tape recording reveals that Laux's tone throughout the interview was demeaning, accusatory, and intimidating,'' the court said. "Based upon the undisputed facts in this case, we determine as a matter of law that Laux's conduct was extreme and outrageous, beyond all possible bounds of decency, and is to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.''
Good. Good.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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