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Litigation

Jan. 26, 2002

Damage Debate

For 19-year-old Becky Burch, a license to drive was almost the end of her world. When a bob-tail truck broadsided her car in Newport Beach, she suffered brain and other injuries that left her confined to a wheelchair.

Verdict: $51.6 million plus, $4.3 million in interest
Case: Burch v. Children's Hospital of Orange County Thrift Stores Inc.
Type: Personal injury, vehicular negligence

        By Lisa Miller
        
        For 19-year-old Becky Burch, a license to drive was almost the end of her world.
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