Shannen Doherty.Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty
Shannen Dohertyhas prevailed in her lawsuit against State Farm.
TheBeverly Hills, 90210alum, 50, was awarded $6,346,000 in damages, PEOPLE confirms, after the insurance company refused to pay for repairs under the policy on her Malibu, California home, which was damaged in the Woolsey Fire of 2018.
“We thank the members of the jury for their thoughtful consideration of Shannen’s case,” her attorney Devin McRae tells PEOPLE in a statement. “We are happy they saw the case the way we do. this should send a message to institutions that they should not forget they are dealing with human beings.”
The amount awarded in the civil lawsuit covers damages to her home, personal property, emotional distress and attorney fees.
Doherty revealed that she wassuffering from stage 4 breast cancerin February 2020, after she previously announced that the cancerwas in remissionin 2017. Although the star said she was reluctant to go public with the health update after living privately with the diagnosis for a year, the actress expressed that saidwanted to get ahead of the news, which was to be revealed in her legal fight with the insurance company.
State Farm accused her of using her condition as a legal strategy to “garner sympathy” in the lawsuit, TMZreported at the time.
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“I’d rather people hear it from me,” Doherty said onGood Morning Americaat the time. “I don’t want it to be twisted; I don’t want it to be a court document. I want it to be real and authentic, and I want to control the narrative. I want people to know from me.”
TheCharmedstar’s legal victory comes as she provided a health update to ABC News on Monday, explaining that she’s “living life” and spending her time “with friends and family and working.”
“I think work was always very fulfilling to me, but in a way it’s become even more fulfilling. A lot of people who get diagnosed with stage 4, they sort of get written off,” Doherty said. “It’s assumed that they cannot work or they can’t work at their full capacity. And that is not true and that is something that I would really like for people to sort of stop assuming, and give us a chance to prove them wrong.”
source: people.com
