 Criminal charges were dismissed against SDG&E on October 6, 2009.On September 3, 2008 a jury awarded $55.6 million to the families of four United States Marine aviators killed when their UH-1 helicopter crashed into a 130-foot-tall SDG&E utility tower at Camp Pendleton.The amount awarded included $15.2 million in compensatory damages and $40.4 million in punitive damages.