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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jul. 11, 2008

Families Awarded $29 Million for Fire

An arbitrator has awarded $29 million to the families of five people killed by an apartment fire in the Kings County city of Lemoore.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 2

      An arbitrator has awarded $29 million to the families of five people killed by an apartment fire in the Kings County city of Lemoore.
      Arbitrator Daniel S. Pratt, an Orange-based retired judge affiliated with the ADR firm JAMS, held in the award Tuesday that negligence by the apartment's manager, Lemoore...

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