Torts/Personal Injury,
Government,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 6, 2021
Woman struck walking in street sues LA over homeless encampment blocking sidewalk
The plaintiff claims an “unfettered and sprawling encampment” blocked her from using the sidewalk and obstructed her view of the road.
Volunteers in Los Angeles' annual count of its homeless population walk through an underpass lined with tents on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Like the census, the count is federally mandated and imperfect, and the results help determine how and where money flows. (Jessica Pons/The New York Times)
A lawsuit filed against the city of Los Angeles by a woman struck by a car while walking on the street to avoid a homeless encampment is likely to center on what duty a municipality has to keep sidewalks clear for pedestrians.
According to the lawsuit filed Monday by Alan S. Turlington of Tustin, his client, Debra Todd stepped into North Gower Street in Hollywood when the sidewalk became impassable because an "unfettered and sprawling enca...
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