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Civil Litigation,
Government

Jun. 6, 2018

LA pays $14M after losing ‘trail immunity’ claim

Attorneys for an Italian woman killed on her honeymoon by a car that slipped through bollards on the Venice boardwalk have reached a $12 million settlement with the city of Los Angeles.

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Attorneys for an Italian woman killed on her honeymoon by a car that sped through bollards on the Venice boardwalk have reached a $12 million settlement with the city of Los Angeles, which had claimed it was not liable under the state's "trail immunity" law.

The settlement, which also pays $2 million to three plaintiffs injured in the incident, was approved by the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday.

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