Personal Injury & Torts
Sep. 14, 2007
Judge Orders U.S. to Pay Severely Injured Girl $55 Million
SANTA ANA - A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to pay $55 million to a Costa Mesa girl who was injured when the sport utility vehicle she was riding in was struck by a car driven by an Army employee in 2002.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to pay $55 million to a Costa Mesa girl who was injured when the sport utility vehicle she was riding in was struck by a car driven by an Army employee in 2002.
U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler ruled after an eight-day, nonjury trial in Santa Ana that Leilani Gutierrez, who is now 9, w...
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