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KCRA-TV.com article in entirety.
SACRAMENTO, Calif -- A Sacramento man who blew the whistle on the California Department of Education, discovering millions of dollars in fraud, has won his lawsuit, and he won big.
A Sacramento jury awarded whistleblower Jim Lindberg (pictured, right) $4.51 million in compensatory damages in a Sacramento courtroom Wednesday. A jury will still have to determine how much, if any money will be awarded in punitive damages.
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Much better outcome than the "take a 12 guage to work option", although both send shivers through the spines of the oppressors.