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CONFIDENTIAL

Sep. 25, 1999

Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
Negligence
Cosmetology

Confidential

Settlement –  $25,250

Court

L.A. Superior Norwalk


Attorneys

Plaintiff

William J. Weilbacher Jr.


Defendant

Terisa Phillips


Facts

On July 2, 1997, the plaintiff, a 65-year-old woman, was having her eyebrows done at defendant's cosmetology school when a student accidentally released the back of the chair causing it to recline suddenly and unexpectedly causing injury to plaintiff's neck.

Specials in Evidence

$11,643.30 $500

Injuries

The plaintiff sustained soft tissue to neck and herniated disc.

Result

Settlement post arbitration.

Other Information

An arbitration was held on Jan. 28, 1999, before Judge Robert Einstein, resulting in $10,243. Both parties filed a trial de novo following the arbitration hearing.


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