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Robert Haft Wins $34.1-Million Award: Haft, 41, filed the suit against Dart Group Corp. and its operating companies, Crown Books Corp. and Trak Auto Corp., charging that he had been fired without cause as president of Dart last year by his father, Dart Chairman and founder Herbert Haft, in a struggle for succession. A U.S. District Court jury, after deliberating less than three hours, awarded Robert Haft damages of $18.8 million from Dart, $12.8 million from Crown and 100,000 shares of Crown worth $2.4 million when he was fired in June, 1993. Dart and Crown said in a statement that they will study alternatives, “including a motion to overturn the verdict or an appeal in the coming week.”