The Region - News from March 1, 1987
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A 44-year-old Thousand Oaks woman who sued her psychotherapist for malpractice, alleging that their sexual relationship left her an emotional wreck, has been awarded $162,000 in damages. Lynda Gifford had sought $1 million in damages and had rejected a pretrial settlement offer of $300,000, court officials said. The psychologist, Sanford Brotman, of Encino, has had his license to practice psychology suspended by the state Board of Medical Quality Assurance.
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