United States District Judge, Alfred V. Covello orders judgment in the amount of $3,148,607
Hot off the presses!!! United States District Judge, Alfred V. Covello orders judgment in the amount of $3,148,607. The United States District Court, District of Connecticut, has issued its RULING ON THE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A DEFAULT JUDGMENT, in re Melissa Scott v Timothy Briggs, and Does 1 though 10. In his ruling, Judge Covello, granted in part and denied in part Plaintiff, Melissa Scott’s, Motion for Default Judgment. Judge Covello awarded Scott three million, one hundred forty-eight thousand, six hundred seven dollars ($3,148,607.00), which included attorney’s fees and costs of twenty-three thousand, six hundred seven dollars ($23,607.00). The portion of the requests denied by Judge Covello were in the statutory damages and attorney’s fees. Scott requested the maximum statutory damages for each work, one-hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00). Judge Covello denied this request, citing Hollander Glass Texas, Inc. v. Rosen Paramount Glass Co., Inc. “Cas