Sacramento Kings minority owner Phil Oates has been ordered by a jury to pay $15.8 million to the widow of a retired California Highway Patrol officer he killed in a car crash.
The widow of the officer who lost his life in a motorcycle collision with Oates on a suburban street in 2024 was awarded the nearly $16 million by a Placer County jury this week.
The Sacramento Bee reports that the unanimous 12-0 verdict is a small portion of the $45 million Miranda Flores had requested in compensation for her husband Patrick Mulderrig’s death. Nevertheless, it is four times the amount that Phil Oates’ lawyer determined should be paid…