New Mexico jury returns $54M verdict against ResCare.

The Louisville Courier-Journal (12/3, Howington) reported, "A jury in Albuquerque, N.M., has returned a damage award of about $54 million against ResCare Inc. over the rape of a disabled male resident in one of the company's group homes five years ago." Carl Bettinger, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said that "The award was the largest ever in a New Mexico personal-injury suit.