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Apr. 11, 2008

Jury Awards Marine $3.5 million

On Tuesday, U.S. Marine Capt. John Colombero was informed that a San Diego jury in Vista had just awarded him $3.5 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit against his insurance company.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 3

      SAN DIEGO - At noon Tuesday, U.S. Marine Capt. John Colombero called from his base in Iraq to his attorney at a Vista courthouse, as instructed.
      Colombero was scheduled to receive an update on jury deliberations in his insurance bad faith trial, but instead his lawyer, Ricardo Echeverria, i...

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