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Personal Injury & Torts

Jun. 15, 2001

Pilot's Widow Receives $9 Million

SANTA ANA - For Sharon Hiser, an $8.7 million jury verdict against Bell Helicopter is bittersweet. The award means justice to the Blythe woman, but she can't share the triumph with her husband, who died in 1997 when the Bell chopper he was flying during a firefighting mission crashed, apparently because of a faulty fuel system.

By David Lipin
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - For Sharon Hiser, an $8.7 million jury verdict against Bell Helicopter is bittersweet.
        The award means justice to the Blythe woman, but she can't share the triumph with her husband, who died in 1997 when the B...

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