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Litigation

Jul. 7, 2006

In Market-Tragedy Lawsuits, Santa Monica Is Immune

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge has ruled the city of Santa Monica has a sufficient traffic plan and should not face civil claims for a July 2003 auto accident at a farmers' market that left 10 people dead and 63 injured.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge has ruled the city of Santa Monica has a sufficient traffic plan and should not face civil claims for a July 2003 auto accident at a farmers' market that left 10 people dead and 63 injured.
      Eighty-nine-year-old George Russell Weller lost control of his car and raced through the market at 60 mph. Weller and Bayside Dis...

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