The State - News from April 9, 1989

A Sacramento man serving 17 years to life in prison for the murder of a prominent attorney was ordered to pay the victim’s widow $16.5 million in damages. Superior Court Judge Anthony DeCristoforo made the judgment in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Dorothy Bullen. George de Urioste was sentenced in January for killing George Bullen, whose wife found him dead in their home in October, 1987. The judge awarded $1.5 million based on what Bullen probably would have earned in the next 10 years, $5 million for general damages, including suffering caused by de Urioste and $10 million in punitive damages for other harm, including trying to blame Dorothy Bullen for the murder.