Jury awards $21.9M to families from fatal 2019 crash
Jury awards $21.9M to families from fatal 2019 crash
Source: The Signal
Date: 11/14/2026 8:27am
Article Summary:
Jury Awards $21.9 Million to Families After Fatal 2019 Crash, Finds Trash Company and Driver Partly Liable
A Chatsworth jury awarded $21.9 million to the family of Sebastien Gallegos and crash survivor Angel Sanchez over a 2019 collision that killed Gallegos and driver Eugene Oh and left Sanchez with a traumatic brain injury. Jurors assigned 65% of the responsibility to Oh, 20% to Consolidated Disposal Services and 15% to the trash-truck driver; the plaintiffs argued a faulty underride guard contributed to the deaths and injuries.
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Date: 11/14/2026 8:27am
Article Summary:
Jury Awards $21.9 Million to Families After Fatal 2019 Crash, Finds Trash Company and Driver Partly Liable
A Chatsworth jury awarded $21.9 million to the family of Sebastien Gallegos and crash survivor Angel Sanchez over a 2019 collision that killed Gallegos and driver Eugene Oh and left Sanchez with a traumatic brain injury. Jurors assigned 65% of the responsibility to Oh, 20% to Consolidated Disposal Services and 15% to the trash-truck driver; the plaintiffs argued a faulty underride guard contributed to the deaths and injuries.
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