"Two dozen people who sued the owners and tenants of a Carson-based warehouse responsible for a putrid smell emanating from the Dominguez Channel waterway, which led to hospital visits and headaches, won a multimillion-dollar verdict Friday. Those plaintiffs were awarded $6 million in punitive damages along with $2.89 million in compensatory damages in a mass tort lawsuit that dates back to 2021."
""Carson is a working-class community of janitors, barbers, bus drivers and longshoremen," said attorney Gary Praglin of the Santa Monica-based law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy. "The defendants forced us to trial because they didn't want to pay these people and this is recognition of their suffering." The punitive damages will be split equally among 24 Carson-area residents, amounting to $250,000 for each. The compensatory damages for medical claims ranged between $40,000 and $240,000 per client."
Twenty-four Carson residents prevailed in a mass tort verdict tied to a putrid odor from the Dominguez Channel that caused hospital visits and headaches. Jury awards totaled $6 million in punitive damages and $2.89 million in compensatory damages, with punitive amounts split equally at $250,000 per plaintiff and compensatory awards ranging from $40,000 to $240,000 per medical claim. About 13,750 additional plaintiffs are seeking compensation and the court will determine whether further trials or settlements occur. Defendants include Prologis, its subsidiary Liberty Property LP, and the Nourollah brothers. The lawsuit dates to 2021 and could become the largest recovery in California history for breathing toxic fumes if remaining plaintiffs receive similar compensation.
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