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Insurance

Nov. 8, 2006

Victorious Plaintiff Suffers Reversal of Fortune

SAN FRANCISCO - For Ellen Dixon, it was bad enough to suffer a spinal injury while her husband died in a helicopter crash, and never see most of the $17 million she won in two trials.

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - For Ellen Dixon, it was bad enough to suffer a spinal injury while her husband died in a helicopter crash, and never see most of the $17 million she won in two trials.
      Now, Dixon has been hit up for $41,000 in legal bills by the insurance company representing the city of Livermore, which hosted the air show where the copt...

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