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Litigation

Dec. 29, 2011

Judge awards $18 million in case stemming from U.S. Marines fighter jet crash

A federal judge has awarded nearly $18 million in damages to the family of a San Diego woman who was killed with her two daughters and mother when a U.S. Marines fighter jet crashed into their home.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A U.S. judge awarded $18 million in damages to the family of a San Diego woman killed with her two daughters and mother when a U.S. Marines fighter jet crashed into their home.


In rendering his decision Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller of the Southern District delved deep into family dynamics to describe the loss of Youngmi Lee Yoon, 36, her mother Seokim Kim-Lee, 59, and Yoon's d...

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