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Wilfs To Pay About $85 Million In Damages

More than 20 years and 100 days of testimony have passed in a case that's pitted a brother and sister against some of the most powerful real estate moguls in New Jersey – the Wilf brothers In a hearing Monday, Judge Deanne Wilson decided how much money the Wilfs had to pay for defrauding former business partners in an apartment deal in the 1980s. Wilson said the plaintiffs - Ada Reichmann and her brother, Josef Halpern - deserve $36 million in punitive damages. Halpern's attorney says his client client's decades-long dispute with the Wilfs has taken a toll on his health.

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