Listen to Radio Interview Charles Naylor is a highly experienced attorney who has practiced admiralty and maritime law in the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Long Beach harbor areas since 1974. In this interview, he discusses his work in the case of Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, which resulted in a $55 … [Read more...]
Judge Upholds $55M Payout
LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM By Kristopher Hanson, Staff writer LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has upheld a $55 million verdict awarded to the family of a San Pedro longshoreman killed when an apparently defective Dodge pickup hit him at a shipping terminal three years ago. Richard Mraz was working at … [Read more...]
$50 Million Award Will Stand
DAILY BREEZE A judge has refused to overturn or reduce a $50 million award for the family of a San Pedro longshoreman who was killed by a runaway Dodge Dakota. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel "Red" Recana denied DaimlerChrysler Corp.'s motion for a new verdict, trial and reduction in the … [Read more...]
Can Tugboat Death Be Guide to Safety?
LOS ANGELES TIMES By Ronald D. White, Times Staff Writer On the last morning of her life, 26-year-old Piper Inness Cameron was doing exactly what she had always wanted to do. She was working on the deck of a tugboat and counting the days until she, like her father, would be piloting one. There … [Read more...]
Victim’s Wife Says Battle Is Not Over
DAILY BREEZE By Doug Irving, Staff Writer The widow of a San Pedro longshoreman crushed by a Dodge pickup plans to use millions of dollars she won from the automaker to publicize defects in those and other vehicles. Adriana Mraz said Friday that she has little hope of collecting the full $55.2 … [Read more...]
