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Litigation

Aug. 4, 2016

$15 million for former UCLA football starter who lost leg in traffic accident

Attorneys for a former UCLA football starter who had his leg amputated due to a car accident have settled for $15 million with the driver who struck him. The agreement was a rare move done under a Mary Carter Agreement.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A former UCLA football player whose left leg was partially amputated after a 2012 motorcycle accident settled with a taxicab driver for $15 million via an uncommon agreement.

Plaintiff Nick Ekbatani and defendant Mesfin Kinfu, who struck Ekbatani with his taxi after failing to yield, settled via a Mary Carter Agreement, where one defendant agrees to pay a settlement to ...

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