Texas oil heir Charles Brooks Jr. ordered to pay historic $1.1B after brutally attacking toddler stepson, putting him in wheelchair
By Nicholas McEntyre••New York Post
The gargantuan payout is the total of $291 million in compensatory damages and $810 million in punitive damages, according to court records viewed by The Post.
A Texas oil heir was ordered to pay $1.1 billion to the young child he violently beat to near death and left bedridden in a wheelchair, needing 24-hour care, in a landmark ruling. Charles Brooks Jr …