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Judge awards $10.5M to family of Ugandan woman decapitated in Arches National Park

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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge awarded more than $10.5 million to the widower and parents of a Ugandan celebrity and activist decapitated by a traffic control gate in Arches National Park. The husband of Esther "Essie" Nakajjigo, Ludo Michaud, was awarded $9.5 million, while her mother was awarded $700,000 and her father received...

Family of woman killed by gate at Arches National Park awarded $10.2 million

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SALT LAKE CITY — A Judge awarded $10.2 million to the family and spouse of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, who was killed by an unsecured gate at Arches National Park in 2020. Nakajjigo, 25, a women’s rights activist from Uganda, was killed when driving in Arches National Park with Ludovic “Ludo” Michaud during a camping...

Family of Ugandan activist decapitated in Arches National Park to receive $10.5M

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A federal judge in Utah on Monday awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, a Ugandan human rights activist who was decapitated in Arches National Park in 2020. Nakajjigo’s husband, Ludovic Michaud, and her parents had sued the U.S. government for negligence as well as emotional distress on the part...

Family awarded $10.55 million in damages after Ugandan activist killed by Arches National Park gate

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MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — The United States District Court in Utah has ordered $10.55 million in damages to be awarded to the family of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020. On June 13, Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, 25, visited the national park with her husband, Ludovic “Ludo” Michaud, to celebrate...

Family of woman decapitated in 2020 Arches National Park accident awarded $10.55M in wrongful death lawsuit

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UTAH, Jan. 30, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The heirs of a woman decapitated by a swinging gate in Arches National Park in 2020 have been awarded $10.55 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The victim was Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, 25. “On June 13, 2020, an untethered metal gate used to control highway traffic out of...

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