There have been bigger awards, but they did not survive the appellate process.

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This process can take years if you want to drag it out long enough, through appellate courts and a long and exhausting appeals process.

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He sued to have the decision reversed, calling the process a "witch hunt, " but lost at the trial court and in a state appellate court.

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