Appellants: Awards In Jet Fuel Case Should Be Vacated As ‘Internally Inconsistent’

( May 28, 2026, 1:28 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Four adults representing seven minor bellwether plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the U.S. government over groundwater contamination from a jet fuel spill filed a reply brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that a $598,633.15 damages judgment should be vacated and remanded for recalculation because similarly situated minors received “sharply different” awards without a stated methodology, rendering the awards “internally inconsistent.”...