A jury has found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on C38 Pendleton in 2004.
Jurors on Wednesday awarded more than $15 million in economic damages in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the families of the Marines.
The jury found the utility failed to install safety lights to prevent accidents. During the trial, lawyers for SDG&E said crash was not the result of negligence but rather pilot error.
Jurors were scheduled later Wednesday to consider possible punitive damages against SDG&E.
