Jury sides with Leprino Foods, billionaire CEO in case that exposed family feud

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Leprino Foods and its reclusive billionaire CEO do not have to pay $900 million to two heirs, a Denver jury ruled Friday.

The company, CEO James Leprino and two of Leprino’s daughters did not breach their fiduciary duty or wrongfully withhold information from two of Leprino’s nieces, the jury decided.

The jury of three men and three women deliberated for less than three hours Friday morning before reaching their verdict. They then notified Judge Stephanie Scoville’s clerk, who told the judge at 11:25 a.m. Scoville read the verdict aloud at 11:45 a.m.

“This verdict…