California Jury Awards $12M To Mother For Son’s Heat Exhaustion Death

Mealey's (December 10, 2019, 12:50 PM EST) -- SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The mother of a man who died from a heart arrhythmia due to heat exhaustion was awarded $12 million on Nov. 25 by a California jury that held the club where he was a member 80 percent liable for failing to immediately call 911 and the decedent 20 percent liable because he refused help and had underlying health problems (Katherine Keck v. Bel-Air Bay Club Ltd., No. BC704134, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.)....