'Marcos estate should pay $770m'

'Marcos estate should pay $770m'

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Reuter): A jury on Wednesday ordered the
estate of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to pay
about US$770 million in compensatory damages to 10,000 Filipino
dissidents said to have suffered torture and other atrocities
under his rule.

The U.S. District Court panel had ordered the estate to pay
$1.2 billion in punitive damages last February.

The jury of six men and three women took three-and-a-half
hours to reach Wednesday's decision, contained in 14 pages
detailing different class action and individual damages.

The damages are in line with those recommended by a court-
appointed judicial officer, formally called a "Special Master."