Miranda Sosa, 18, has filed a Huntington Beach personal injury claim against the city. The local resident contends that she bruised her face, developed headaches, experienced pain in her neck and arm, and suffered vision loss after she was struck by the left tire of a lifeguard truck that was making a U-turn on the beach. At the time of the Orange County, California truck accident, Sosa was lying in the sand.
She is not the first person to seek compensation after being run over by a vehicle on an Orange County beach. Just last August, the city of Huntington Beach paid Paula Lemons $120,000 after she was struck by an ATV that was being driven by a city employee. Also recently, an Orange, California woman filed a Newport Beach injury claim against that city seeking $850,000 in compensation for injuries that she said she sustained when she was run over by a lifeguard truck. Newport Beach has already paid one man $125,000 after he was struck by a police Chevy Blazer while on the beach.
Filing A California Accident Claim Against the State, A County, or a Local Government Property
In California, an injury victim has six months from the date of injury to file a claim against the state, a county, or a local government property. Failure to do sue can prevent you from later being able to file an Orange County, California injury lawsuit. You may have grounds for an injury case if you were injured on government property and/or if the injury was caused by the negligence of that government entity or by one of its employees. If your claim is denied, you can then choose to file your personal injury lawsuit.
Claim: Woman lying in sand hit by H.B. lifeguard truck, OC Register, November 19, 2010
Newport Beach Personal Injury Claim Seeks $850,000 for Woman Run Over by Lifeguard Truck, California Injury Lawyers Blog, September 25, 2010
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