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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 29, 2016

Car accident victim awarded $29 million

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded the teenage victim of a traumatic brain injury $29 million.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded $29 million Thursday to a teenager whom they found to have sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car accident.

The jury found defendant Caleb Sunde negligent in a 2013 accident that occurred in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where 16-year-old Javier Perez was hit after Sunde made a sharp turn, cutting the curb t...

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