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Verdicts

Mar. 17, 2007

L.A. Jury Awards $55 Million in Truck-Malfunction Lawsuit

In the state's largest verdict this year, a jury has awarded a San Pedro woman $55 million in the death of her husband, whose pickup truck struck and fatally injured him after he had exited the vehicle.

By Alexa Hyland
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      In the state's largest verdict this year, a jury has awarded a San Pedro woman $55 million in the death of her husband, whose pickup truck struck and fatally injured him after he had exited the vehicle.
      Lawyers for Adriana Mraz argued during a weeklong trial that DaimlerChrysler was mainly at fault when the transmission of Richard Mraz's idling ...

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