Being involved in a law suit is a stressful experience. But one would think that the experience would be less stressful for an attorney or a judge. Apparently that is not the case with Judge Ernest Murphy.
Murphy won a libel suit against the Boston Herald and was awarded $2,010,000. This was not enough as he demanded more money from the publisher of the Herald. For this demand Murphy is facing charges that he violated judicial ethics.
Now, Murphy has applied for a disability pension from the state that would pay him $99,350 annually free of state income taxes. He claims that the experience of the legal matter caused him to develop PTSD. Fortunately, the governor has disallowed Murphy's request.
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