Civil Litigation
Oct. 23, 2018
SoCalGas settles in negligence trial on eve of punitive damages hearing
Minutes before a state court jury was about to deliver half a million dollars in punitive damages against a Southern California Gas Company driver Monday, the utility agreed to settle the case globally for $46 million.
LOS ANGELES -- Minutes before a superior court jury was perhaps about to deliver half a million dollars in punitive damages against a Southern California Gas Company driver Monday, the utility let him off the hook and agreed to settle the case globally for $46 million.
The settlement avoided liability for driver Dominick Consolazio, who crashed into U.S. Air Force captain Jason Lo and dragged him some 400 feet while trying to flee th...
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