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Dec 11, 2008 12:36 pm US/Pacific

Lawyer: Settlement Reached In Fatal Balloon Crash

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) ― A lawyer says the family and friends of a California woman who fell 70 feet to her death when the hot air balloon she was riding in was caught in power lines have reached a $1.4 million settlement.

A sister of Rosemary Wooley Phillips of Oceanside filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, pilot Tom Reyes and two companies, Star Trail Inc. and Rainbow Ryders.

Greg Patton, an attorney for Phillips' partner Cheri Dias, says the $1.4 million agreement was the limit of what the fiesta was insured to cover. He says Reyes recently died.

It was not clear whether the companies contributed to the settlement. Involving the October 2007 death.

A fiesta spokesperson declined to comment on the settlement but says in an email it's hoped it will help the families deal with their loss.

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Information from: North County Times, http://www.nctimes.com

(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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