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Contractors attempt to set up traffic break without CHP, resulting in crash. $5.5M. San Luis Obispo County.

Summary

Paving contractors need to move equipment from one side of highway to the other. They use their vehicles to set up a traffic break, resulting in a high-speed crash.

The Case

The Attorneys

  • Attorney for the Plaintiff:

    Law Office of Greg A. Coates by Greg A. Coates, San Luis Obispo.

    Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, and Schoenberger by Richard Schoenberger and Joseph Nicholson, San Francisco.

  • Attorney for the Defendant:
    Epps and Gilroy by Darren W. Epps, Santa Maria. (For Anrak Corporation)
    Wait and Hufnagel by Robert A. Hufnagel,  Claremont. (For Telfer Highway Technologies)

    Ericksen Arbuthnot by Sharon L. Hightower, San Jose. (For California Department of Transportation)

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