( February 13, 2026, 8:49 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California jury has awarded plaintiffs a combined $8,869,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for injuries stemming from airborne exposure to hydrogen sulfide following a “toxic exposure event” in 2021 in which multiple chemicals were released after wooden pallets of flammable hand sanitizer and other products, which were stored in a warehouse, caught fire. The plaintiffs also said they had been injured by noxious odors that emanated from the Dominguez Channel in the aftermath of the incident....