Civil Litigation
Oct. 5, 2018
Lawyer asks defendant if he is having a seizure
The witness, a former Southern California Gas Co. employee who was convicted of criminal hit and run after crashing into a stopped motorcyclist and attempting to flee, has been diagnosed with epilepsy.
LOS ANGELES -- Four hours into direct examination, a plaintiff's personal injury attorney asked a defendant Thursday whether he was having a seizure.
The defendant, a former Southern California Gas Co. employee who was convicted of criminal hit and run after crashing into a stopped motorcyclist and attempting to flee, has been diagnosed with epilepsy, and the plaintiff, an Air Force officer badly injured in the crash, alleges the de...
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