A tentative trial date has been set for James Pflueger, a retired car dealer from charged in the deaths of seven people swept from their homes after a century-old earthen dam broke
on his property upstream.
Prosecutors and attorneys for Pflueger have agreed to begin the trial Oct. 1.
85 year-old Pflueger is accused of altering his property in a way that caused a Kauai dam to give way on March 14, 2006.
He has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of manslaughter.
Attorneys anticipate the trial to last six to eight weeks.
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