A jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million to the daughter of a Denver couple who were killed in a car crash.
Clinton Andersen, 85, and Sophie Anderson, 83, who who established one of the city's first buffet restaurants, Andy's Smorgasboard, were killed when they were struck by a car driven by Frederick L. Culp. Accident reconstruction experts estimated that Culp, 31, was traveling between 60 and 67 mph in a 25 mph zone.
A jury on Wednesday ruled that Culp must pay the couple's daughter Marilyn Wagner $2 million in punitive damages, $1 million for causing her pain and emotional suffering, and nearly $200,000 for her economic loss, her attorneys said.
Wagner's attorney, Kyle Bachus, said that because of caps on damages, the jury award could be reduced to $2.4 million. Culp has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of criminally negligent homicide in the case.
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