CBS Hit With $10.4 Million Judgment Over ‘NCIS’ Set Death

Network had been sued by the family of a security guard who died on set

CBS was ordered to pay more than $10.4 million on Tuesday for the death of a security guard who was killed on the set of the hit procedural “NCIS.”

Relatives of the security guard were awarded the $10.4 million judgment after suing CBS  Corp. The family’s attorney, Brian Panish, told TheWrap that the total verdict, handed down in Los Angeles Superior Court, was $10, 450,000.

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The jury in the case awarded $4 million to the widow of Julio Villamariona, who died at age 52 on the set of “NCIS” in Santa Clarita, Calif.

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