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Litigation

Mar. 8, 2001

Clean Hands?

When someone comes into your home to perform work, you expect to be safe. That was the thrust of an argument that won $11.5 million in damages for the husband of a Bay Area pediatrician who was murdered in her home by a carpet cleaner with a criminal record.

        BY LEONARD NOVARRO
        
        When someone comes into your home to perform work, you expect to be safe.
        That was the thrust of an argument that won $11.5 million in damages for the husband of a Bay Area pediatrician who was murdered in her home by a carpet cleaner with a c...

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