A Long Beach woman has won $21.3 million in a negligence lawsuit alleging she was left with a traumatic brain injury and chronic pain when her van was hit from behind by a big-rig truck in the California Heights neighborhood.
In her lawsuit, Leila Miyamoto, 43, said she had been fully stopped for at least a minute, waiting to make a left turn near Wardlow Road and Elm Avenue, when an 18-wheeler slammed into her minivan from behind. The 2016 wreck left her needing “numerous neck and back surgeries,” according to her attorneys.
After the crash, she and her 9-year-old son — who was in the van with her — filed a negligence lawsuit against Services Group of America, Inc., Food Services of America, Inc., driver Daniel Almazan and Systems Services of America, Inc…