“For want of a comma, we have this case.” This is the First Court of Appeals’ opening sentence to a thirteen-page opinion analyzing the effect that a little piece of punctuation, or lack thereof, had on its interpretation of a legislative provision. That “little piece of punctuation” is commonly known as the Oxford comma, and its absence ultimately led to a steep damages award. Before we turn to the opinion itself, let’s re-cap what the Oxford comma is. Also called
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