ONE FATALITY IN RIVERSIDE AND ONE HIT AND RUN DEATH IN MONTEBELLO COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
There are certain accidents in which fault cannot be assigned to either party because of another intervening force that caused the incident. There are also circumstances in which negligence is present because of specific acts that one of the parties did. Once negligence is involved, then the injured party may be able to sue the wrongdoer for the injuries that resulted from the incident. There are also other situations in which there may be negligence as well as criminal acts, and the wrongdoer may be prosecuted for the crime as well as sued in civil court for the incident.
There were several incidents in Los Angeles County over the last week that resulted in fatalities. The first one occurred in Montebello on October 7, 2009, when an 84 year old woman was killed as she walked across the street. The woman was Norma Lambo, and she was walking her dog at approximately 6 p.m. Lambo and her dog were killed at the scene. The driver of the truck fled the scene of the accident, but was arrested a couple of days later. There was also a drinking and driving accident in Riverside on October 9 in which Carlos Delgado was killed. The driver of the other car was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, felony driving under the influence and DUI with injury.
Just because someone is arrested for a crime or convicted of it does not mean that you have no other remedies. You can still sue someone for damages in civil court. Find out your rights by calling Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for your free and confidential consultation. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means that you do not pay any fees or costs unless we win the case for you. Please visit our website, www.alawpro.com to read more about the different areas of law that we cover.
