Leila Miyamoto v. Service Group of America Inc.

Summary

Plaintiff Leila Miyamoto sued food distribution company Services Group of America Inc. after one of their trucks slammed into her car in 2016. Her attorneys claim a distracted and overworked driver hit her while she was stopped and waiting to make a left turn, but the truck’s driver maintains she stopped suddenly in front of him.

Attorney Nick Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice asked a Los Angeles County jury to award between $48.5 million and $72.75 million to compensate for numerous neck and back surgeries and the supposed lasting effects of a serious traumatic brain injury, however the defense argued she suffered injuries far less severe than claimed in an accident they characterize as a simple, low-speed collision.