Sacramento County ordered to post bond while it appeals $107 million jury verdict
A federal judge has ordered Sacramento County to post a bond of more than $50 million while it appeals a jury verdict that awarded $107 million to two gravel mining families who contend the county unfairly forced them out of business years ago.
The order by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller was filed in federal court Friday morning in Sacramento and could result in the county having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in premiums to obtain the bond, according to court filings.
Sacramento County officials have been fighting the March 2017 verdict for more than two years, and have argued in court papers that the county should not be required to post a bond while the matter is under appeal.
Mueller’s order stayed imposition of the verdict while the county continues its appeal, but rejected the county’s position that it should not have to post a bond while the legal fight goes on.
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