A victory for those who would like to see corporations held accountable for their actions. Also, two executives at the company are being charged with manslaughter.

After only two days of deliberations, a jury found Far West Water and Sewer Company guilty on five of the six felony charges filed against it.

The jury, which returned its verdict late Friday afternoon, convicted the water and sewer company of negligent homicide, aggravated assault, violating a safety standard causing the death of an employee and two counts of endangerment in the deaths of James Gamble, 26, and Gary Lanser, 62, who were overcome by toxic sewage gases while working on an underground sewer tank on Oct. 24, 2001, in Mesa Del Sol.

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