A 55-year-old Orange resident is seeking $850,000 in Orange County, California personal injury compensation from the city of Newport Beach for injuries she sustained when she was run over by a lifeguard truck. Janice Coia says she fractured her pelvis, sustained "extreme bruising," and suffered emotional distress over the incident.
Coia says the Newport Beach injury accident happened last month as she lay on the beach. According to her Orange County, California injury attorney, the lifeguard, who was using a loudspeaker to order surfers from the water because conditions had turned precarious, did not see his client and ran over her with one set of wheels before he heard her scream and stopped the vehicle.
Newport Beach officials are not disputing Coia's claim. They are hoping to settle her case.
This is not the first time that a beachgoer has been run over by a vehicle at an Orange County, California beach. In 2001, a man was injured when he was run over by a lifeguard near Huntington Beach Pier. Another person, who had to undergo shoulder surgery after being run over by a police officer's vehicle in 1993, settled a Newport Beach personal injury claim for $125,000.
Accidents can happen while on a beach or another public premises. If negligence occurred on the part of the entity that owns the beach (or one of its employees) that contributed to creating a hazard on the property that caused the injury accident, you may have grounds for an Orange County, California premises liability claim. If th entity doesn't respond to your claim or you are unable to agree on a settlement, you may want to file a civil lawsuit.
Woman run over by lifeguard, seeks $850,000, OC Register, September 3, 2010
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