Patricia Cornwell wins $51m deal over financial losses
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US crime writer Patricia Cornwell has won a $51m (£33m) lawsuit against her former financial managers, after a jury agreed their negligence cost her millions in losses.
A lawyer for Anchin, Block and Anchin LLP insisted the firm had acted "professionally and appropriately".
It blamed Cornwell's losses on the recent recession and on her supposedly extravagant spending habits.
Cornwell is best known for novels about heroine medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.
In a lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts, the writer said that in 2009 she discovered her net worth was less than $13m, even though she had made an eight-figure annual income for the previous four years.
James Campbell, an attorney for the defendants, said the firm was considering appealing against the verdict.
"We continue to believe the firm acted professionally and appropriately," he told the Boston Globe. "For more than 90 years, the professionals at Anchin have built a reputation for honesty and integrity. The firm will endure in spite of today's outcome."


















































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