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Litigation & Arbitration

May 12, 2023

LA jury awards $13.15M to family hit by semi-truck

According to a trial brief filed by the plaintiffs, a 18-wheeler rear-ended the family’s vehicle when the truck driver was distracted by ash from a cigarette landing in his lap.

Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP attorneys won a $13.15 million Los Angeles jury verdict for a family injured in a rear-end collision with a tractor trailer. The jury rejected the defense’s argument that the family’s injuries were the result of previous medical conditions instead of the crash.

“This is an outcome that reflects the devastation that this particular motor vehicle collision involving this 18-wheel semi truck inflicted on this fa...

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