Perelman Wins $1.4 Billion Against Morgan Stanley

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Morgan Stanley must pay billionaire financier Ron Perelman more than $1.4 billion in damages, awarded by a jury that said it found clear evidence the investment firm acted fraudulently in Perelman’s 1998 sale of his Coleman camping gear company to Sunbeam Corp.


The jury deliberated for nearly four hours Wednesday before deciding on $850 million in punitive damages. Two days earlier, the same jury awarded Perelman compensatory damages of $604.3 million.


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