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Personal Injury & Torts

Mar. 21, 2009

$45 Million Award For San Mateo Woman Injured in Car Accident

A San Mateo County Superior Court judge has awarded $45 million in damages and compensation to a 41-year-old woman who sued a truck driver and the hauling company he worked for after she was rendered a quadriplegic in a car accident.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Mateo County Superior Court judge has awarded $45 million in damages and compensation to a 41-year-old women who sued a truck driver and the hauling company he worked for after she was rendered a quadriplegic in a car accident.

San Francisco attorney Mary E. Alexander successfully argued in the March 9 trial that her client, San Mateo resident and former Microsoft Corp. software deve...

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