Litigation
Feb. 9, 2008
Families Get $2 Million in Earthquake Trial
In what appears to be the first verdict of its kind in the state, a San Luis Obispo County jury has awarded $2 million in damages to the families of two women crushed to death when an 111-year-old unreinforced masonry building crashed down in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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In what appears to be the first verdict of its kind in the state, a San Luis Obispo County jury has awarded $2 million in damages to the families of two women crushed to death when an 111-year-old unreinforced masonry building crashed down in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake.
Joel B. Castro, co-couns...
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