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Church of Scientology pays $8.6M in legal dispute

Title: Church of Scientology pays $8.6M in legal dispute
Date: Saturday, 11 May 2002
Publisher: USA Today
Main source: usatoday.com

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Church of Scientology has agreed to pay a former member more than $8.6 million to resolve a lawsuit filed nearly 22 years ago. In his 1980 lawsuit, Lawrence Wollersheim accused the church of causing him to develop bipolar disorder and to contemplate suicide. A jury in 1986 awarded him $30 million, an amount reduced on appeal to $2.5 million and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1994. Church officials on Thursday handed over a check for ... [Read the rest at usatoday.com]