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Lieff Cabraser attorneys Robert J. Nelson and Scott Nealey discuss a wrongful death lawsuit based on a transmission defect in millions of Chrysler vehicles.



 

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August 24, 2009
The Mountain Enterprise, "Big Rig Crash: Lost Brakes Cause Fatal Accident"
California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Etchebarne reported details of the fatal runaway truck accident that took the life of Sumiko Imamura, 67 on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 4 p.m. The big rig was traveling north on Interstate-5 at Fort Tejon when it lost its brakes, Etchebarne said. "The truck continued to gain speed down the hill and collided with a Mazda sport utility vehicle in the I-5 northbound fast lane, just north of the runaway escape ramp on the west side of the road. This caused the Mazda to travel onto a dirt embankment west of the freeway where it rolled over. A passenger was ejected from this vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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About Lieff Cabraser

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a national plaintiffs' law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries and property damage due to defective products, including dangerous and defective vehicles.

In 2007, in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained the fourth-largest verdict in California for the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that a defective transmission was responsible for making a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and run over Richard Mraz.

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