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Criminal

Jul. 7, 2007

Court Tosses Daughter's $1 Million Award

A woman whose father was killed in an industrial accident stood to become an instant millionaire after persuading a trial judge and an appellate court that her new stepmother didn't deserve big winnings from a wrongful-death suit.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A woman whose father was killed in an industrial accident stood to become an instant millionaire after persuading a trial judge and an appellate court that her new stepmother didn't deserve big winnings from a wrongful-death suit.
      But the California Supreme Court was not sold on the woman's claims that the father had planned to divorce his ...

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