Court Orders Los Angeles Dodgers to pay $100,000 to Fan over Beating

A Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered the Los Angeles Dodgers to pay $100,000 in punitive damages to a fan, who was beaten by a security guard. It also ordered the guard, Erik Pena, to pay $5,000 in punitive damages to the fan, Francisco Rodriguez. Meanwhile, the punitive damages phase of the trial was triggered when the jury, while deciding Rodriguez's compensatory damages, concluded that Pena acted with malice, fraud or oppression. Originally, the panel awarded Rodriguez $131,780 in p