Four orphans could each get more than $11 million in a wrongful death case after a California appellate court decided comparing the verdicts of similar cases has “limited value.”

A jury awarded Rachel Fernandez, Jeremy Valle, Donovan Valle and Ryan Valle $11.25 million each in noneconomic damages after a drunken driver killed their 38-year-old, single mother, Claudia Fernandez, outside a taco truck. As the eldest, Rachel, 26, has taken on the role of caretaker, but they allege the loss of their prior family life has driven a wedge between them.

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