Judge Dismisses Big Keyboard Damage Verdicts

BURBANK - On April 29 a judge in US District Court in Brooklyn, asked to review three jury verdicts against Digital Equipment Corp., threw out the $3.5 million case, dismissed a $302,000 award and let a third case for $274,000 stand. All three women bringing suit were represented by some of the same attorneys. They said use of DEC keyboards had debilitated them.Patricia Geressy was the big winner in December. But, in his oral decision in April, the judge said he would call for a new trial in her