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Personal Injury & Torts

Sep. 21, 2016

Woman crushed by fallen branch files claims with city

An attorney for a woman left paralyzed after a 100-pound tree branch fell on her head filed four claims Monday with the city and county of San Francisco.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

An attorney for a woman left paralyzed after a 100-pound tree branch fell on her head filed four claims Monday with the city and county of San Francisco, initiating the first steps of what is expected to be a formal lawsuit.

Jeremy Cloyd of The Veen Firm PC represents Emma Zhou. Zhou was watching her children play in a city park when the branch fell. The impact severed Zh...

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