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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — NBC5 News first told you about a redwood tree falling on Highway 199, killing two people from Yreka, last week. A northern California attorney tells us he’s seen this situation happen before, and it resulted in a $2 million settlement from the state. Eureka, California attorney Ben Mainzer says this case is similar to one he worked on back in 2012. A Humboldt County man was killed by a falling redwood tree on Route 36. His investigation determined that Caltrans had failed to do adequate tree inspections on the highway. If done, he says the incident could have been p...