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...]
LA Jury Returns Verdict Against Carmaker
ASSOCIATED PRESS By Robert Jablon A jury ruled that DaimlerChrysler must pay about $54 million to the family of a longshoreman who was killed by a Dodge truck that backed over him at the Port of Los Angeles, attorneys said Friday. A Superior Court jury awarded damages to the family of Richard … [Read more...]
55.2M Award in Port Death
LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM By Kristopher Hanson, Staff Writer SAN PEDRO - The family of a longshoreman who was run over by a Dodge pickup at a container terminal in 2004 has been awarded $55.2 million by a jury who found the truck mechanically defective. Richard Mraz, 38, was working at the … [Read more...]
Daimler Loses Wrongful-Death Verdict in L.A.
LOS ANGELES TIMES From Bloomberg News DaimlerChrysler has lost a $55.2-million verdict in a lawsuit filed by the family of a San Pedro longshoreman who was run over and killed by his 1992 Dodge Dakota pickup after he exited the truck. A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury Wednesday awarded … [Read more...]
