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Litigation

Dec. 13, 2013

Woman paralayzed in crash wins nearly $32 million in damages

A woman whose legs became paralyzed after a semi-truck crashed into the bus she was driving has won Sacramento County's largest personal injury damages award.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A woman whose legs became paralyzed after a semi-truck crashed into the bus she was driving has won nearly $32 million in her Sacramento County Superior Court lawsuit.


The jury verdict reached last week is the largest personal injury award ever in Sacramento County, according to Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP, the firm that represented plaintiff Debra L. Hackett.


She and her husband...

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