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Mansfield News Journal
Linda Martz September 26, 2014
MANSFIELD – Grace Brethren Church and its pastor remain off the hook for damages from a 2009 civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was sexually abused by a 75-year-old man.
But convicted sex abuser David L. Harvey’s son and daughter could still face scrutiny over whether they might owe the victim’s family compensation.
And now-retired Richland County Common Pleas Judge James Henson’s decision to require Harvey to pay the victim up to $175,000 — rather than the $350,000 the jury recommended — has been overturned.
The Fifth District Court of Appeals this week released a decision reversing some decisions and remanding the lawsuit back to Richland County Common Pleas Court.
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