Lawsuit Filed After Runaway Car Strikes Girl Scout Stand
In California safety and legal news, a lawsuit was filed following a tragic incident where a runaway vehicle hit a Girl Scout Stand. According to reports, a woman has filed suit against a Sonnenschein partner Paul Glad, after this vehicle ran into a group of Girl Scouts that were selling cookies in front of a grocery store. Glad according to the lawsuit filed by a woman and her daughter that were injured in the accident, when he failed to put his Lexus in park. Talk about a major league type of safety violation. Glad stopped to purchase cookies from the Girl Scouts and exited the vehicle without putting it into park. When he realized the vehicle was moving in an attempt to stop it he hit the accelerator. Go to California News for additional safety, legal and regulatory headlines from the golden state.
Holly Rogers age 49 and her 7year old daughter were both injured when the car careened into the Girl Scouts. Rogers suffered injuries including having her leg amputated. Rogers daughter Caroline Schoustra sustained multiple leg fractures. This is one of the most horrible safety violations I can remeber in California in quite a while.
