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Litigation

Jun. 7, 2012

Jury clears hotel in plane crash case

A Long Beach jury rejected a prominent plaintiffs' attorney's argument that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Laguna Niguel should be liable for a plane crash that killed two guests because the pilot was recommended by its concierge .


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - A Long Beach jury rejected a plaintiffs' attorney's argument that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Laguna Niguel should be liable for a plane crash that killed two guests because the pilot was recommended by its concierge.


In its decision Friday, the jury did award $5.5 million in damages against the estate of pilot Mark Hogland, who also died in the February 2009 crash on Santa Catal...

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