
SACRAMENTO -- The man in his office had lost a daughter, just 13. After months of failed settlement talks, he and his family were heading to trial as plaintiffs in a looming weekslong civil trial over her death.
Judge Kevin R. Culhane understood some of what the plaintiff was going through.
At 16, Culhane found his 3-year-old sister Connie accidentally drowned in the family swimming ... (continued)