[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]posted 11th December 2005 19:43 [/FONT] [FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Bruce Willis/Demi Moore Gulfstream pilot wins $53 mil. in Los Angeles Court[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]9:20 p.m. December 9, 2005
LOS ANGELES – The company that once managed a private jet owned by Demi Moore and her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, must pay a pilot $53.8 million for firing him, a jury ruled.
The Superior Court jury ruled Wednesday in favor of Doyle D. Baker against PrivatAir Inc. After a three-week trial, jurors found the Connecticut-based company defamed and wrongfully terminated Baker in July 2004.
"The jury found that Mr. Baker's age, 63, was the motivating factor in his termination," Baker's attorney, Michael Kelly, said.
The San Bernardino pilot had been hired nine years earlier to fly the Gulfstream II jet owned by Moore and Willis, who were not named in the lawsuit.
His lawsuit alleges that he was defamed and eventually fired after PrivatAir took over management of the jet in 2002.
A call left after-hours to Joseph Maya, the Fairfield, Con., attorney who represented PrivatAir, was not immediately returned
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LOS ANGELES – The company that once managed a private jet owned by Demi Moore and her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, must pay a pilot $53.8 million for firing him, a jury ruled.
The Superior Court jury ruled Wednesday in favor of Doyle D. Baker against PrivatAir Inc. After a three-week trial, jurors found the Connecticut-based company defamed and wrongfully terminated Baker in July 2004.
"The jury found that Mr. Baker's age, 63, was the motivating factor in his termination," Baker's attorney, Michael Kelly, said.
The San Bernardino pilot had been hired nine years earlier to fly the Gulfstream II jet owned by Moore and Willis, who were not named in the lawsuit.
His lawsuit alleges that he was defamed and eventually fired after PrivatAir took over management of the jet in 2002.
A call left after-hours to Joseph Maya, the Fairfield, Con., attorney who represented PrivatAir, was not immediately returned
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