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Torts/Personal Injury

Mar. 26, 2024

LA utility liable for $11M in motorcycle collision

The jury found the motorcyclist negligent but not a substantial factor in causing his harm. The utility is considering appeal.

A Van Nuys jury awarded $11 million to a motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a collision after a van driven by a Los Angeles utility department employee turned into his path of travel in April 2019.

“The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power fought us every step of the way,” Robert Glassman, partner at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP, said in a statement Monday. “They asked the jury to award our client nothing and find him 100% ...

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