Torts/Personal Injury
May 26, 2026
Carson odor-crisis plaintiffs fight bid to overturn $8.8 million verdict
Carson residents who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 odor crisis urged a judge to reject defense efforts to overturn the award, while defendants argued legal errors and excessive damages tainted the trial.
Plaintiffs who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 Carson "rotten egg" odor crisis are urging a Los Angeles judge to reject attempts to overturn the jury's findings, arguing defense motions for a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict improperly seek to relitigate issues already resolved at trial.
However, some of the defendants argue the verdict was driven by legal and evidentiary errors, contending the odor event itself was an unforeseeable "pe...
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