Civil Litigation
Oct. 22, 2018
Jury awards $41.8M after deliberating 4 hours
A Superior Court jury awarded $41.8 million on Friday to a 32-year-old U.S. Air Force captain for past and future physical pain, medical expenses, and his wife’s loss of consortium after a seizure-prone Southern California Gas Co. driver crashed a company truck into him while he was fully stopped at a red light.
LOS ANGELES -- A Superior Court jury awarded $41.8 million on Friday to a 32-year-old U.S. Air Force captain for past and future physical pain, medical expenses, and his wife's loss of consortium after a seizure-prone Southern California Gas Co. driver crashed a company truck into him while he was fully stopped at a red light.
After hearing a month and a half of testimony, the jurors deliberated about four hours before announcing th...
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