Greater Nashua
Judge quickly denies request to discard $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire's youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility's leadership "either knew and didn't care or didn't care to learn the truth" about endemic physical and sexual abuse. A jury earlier this month sided with David Meehan, who alleged he was repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement at the Youth Development Center in the 1990s. The attorney general's office is seeking to drastically reduce the award. While that issue remains unsettled, the state also asked Judge Andrew Schulman to nullify the verdict and issue a judgment in its favor. In a motion filed Monday, attorneys for the state again argued that Meehan waited too long to sue and that he failed to prove that the state's negligence led to abuse. Schulman swiftly denied the motion, ruling in ...
