Woman injured in crash that killed 2 others drops suit against Long Beach driver’s estate
The woman was injured when her vehicle was struck by a Lamborghini that crashed and caught fire near the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in Encino in 2019.
The woman was injured when her vehicle was struck by a Lamborghini that crashed and caught fire near the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in Encino in 2019.
Felicia Smith was waiting for a Metrolink train when she began to lose consciousness from having donated blood and plasma about three hours earlier and unknowingly entered the yellow zone at least twice as the train approached.
The action stems from allegations that the city’s top tourism official was spending tens of thousands of dollars in public funds on unnecessary furnishings for the facility without proper approvals.
The recommended settlement amount, $245,000, is in line with what plaintiff Crystal Whitsett was seeking in her original complaint, which she filed in Long Beach Superior Court in October 2018.
A former student’s lawsuit says a computer teacher at Hughes Middle School groped her and groomed other students. He says details of his time at the campus should be kept private.
By enacting SB 9, the state “eviscerated a city’s local control overland use decisions and a community-tailored zoning process,” the petition states.
Long Beach will pay $499,800 to settle a federal police brutality lawsuit from a Lomita man who alleges that he was injured by a police officer outside a Pine Avenue bar in 2018.
The lawsuit alleges he was hurt when he tripped on a black-taped cable stretched across a walkway of the same color, making the cable hard to see.
The Long Beach City Council is set to vote on a $425,000 payment to settle the case at its next meeting.
The plaintiffs want an injunction directing the companies to pay for relocation and future medical monitoring expenses as a result of the nauseating gas, as well as unspecified damages.