The former University Medical Center campus in 2019 in Fresno.
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Monday’s news from The Fresno Bee spans a family fight, and an overnight death behind a big-box store and a jury award over a failed hospital campus deal.
Here are Monday’s top stories to catch you upMan killed by tractor trailer behind Sam’s Club in Fresno, police say — A man was found dead early Sunday in the rear parking lot of the Sam’s Club near Blackstone and Nees avenues, Fresno police said. Officers responded around 1:30 a.m. and found the victim lying on cardboard. Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said the man appeared to have made a sleeping area beneath the tractor trailer, unaware it would begin moving again.After night of drinking, cousins brawl over keeping party going, Fresno police say — Two cousins fought at a Fresno home Sunday morning after one wanted to stop drinking and rest while the other wanted the party to continue, police reported. The argument near N. Angus Street escalated around 6:30 a.m., and both women briefly picked up weapons — a butcher knife and scissors. Neither threatened the other with the weapons, and no injuries were reported. The incident was documented as a battery.Developer wins $2.5M from Fresno County. ‘Made-up reason’ broke contract, lawyer says — A Fresno County Superior Court jury awarded CMG Construction Management Group Inc. $2.5 million after a two-week trial over a failed 2019 deal to buy the University Medical Center campus for $4 million. The county backed out in 2021, citing a conflict of interest involving former Supervisor Sal Quintero’s staffer Steve Rapada, but the judge barred that from evidence. Attorney Butch Wagner said the county later listed the property for $6 million, indicating it had undervalued the site. The county said it plans to challenge the verdict.
Original stories by Anthony Galaviz, Nick Fenley, and Thaddeus Miller
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