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Introducing our first amazing Women's History Month Honoree - Deborah Chang - a leader, innovator and inspiration to us all! Let’s give her a round of applause 🎉 LACBA member Deborah Chang is the founder and managing partner of Athea Trial Lawyers LLP, a national law firm that promotes women trial lawyers, and a partner...

Judge awards $10.5M to family of Ugandan woman decapitated in Arches National Park

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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge awarded more than $10.5 million to the widower and parents of a Ugandan celebrity and activist decapitated by a traffic control gate in Arches National Park. The husband of Esther "Essie" Nakajjigo, Ludo Michaud, was awarded $9.5 million, while her mother was awarded $700,000 and her father received...

Family of woman killed by gate at Arches National Park awarded $10.2 million

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SALT LAKE CITY — A Judge awarded $10.2 million to the family and spouse of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, who was killed by an unsecured gate at Arches National Park in 2020. Nakajjigo, 25, a women’s rights activist from Uganda, was killed when driving in Arches National Park with Ludovic “Ludo” Michaud during a camping...

Family of Ugandan activist decapitated in Arches National Park to receive $10.5M

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A federal judge in Utah on Monday awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, a Ugandan human rights activist who was decapitated in Arches National Park in 2020. Nakajjigo’s husband, Ludovic Michaud, and her parents had sued the U.S. government for negligence as well as emotional distress on the part...

Family awarded $10.55 million in damages after Ugandan activist killed by Arches National Park gate

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MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — The United States District Court in Utah has ordered $10.55 million in damages to be awarded to the family of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020. On June 13, Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, 25, visited the national park with her husband, Ludovic “Ludo” Michaud, to celebrate...

Family of woman decapitated in 2020 Arches National Park accident awarded $10.55M in wrongful death lawsuit

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UTAH, Jan. 30, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The heirs of a woman decapitated by a swinging gate in Arches National Park in 2020 have been awarded $10.55 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The victim was Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, 25. “On June 13, 2020, an untethered metal gate used to control highway traffic out of...

Rooftop Accident Case Settled During Jury Deliberations

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A real estate agent who suffered a brain injury when he fell from a stairwell structure at the summit of the Sunset Vine Tower reached a settlement of the negligence suit he brought against the property owners and managers.

Chang | Klein LLP Named Among 2022 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News — Best Lawyers®

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In its first year, Chang | Klein LLP is honored to have been ranked in 2021 "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers©. The firm is recognized with a Regional Tier 1 Firm ranking, the highest ranking a firm can receive, in the area of Personal Injury Litigation. Law...

Sunset Vine Tower Manager Says Man Gazed at Hollywood Sign Before Fall

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A real estate agent who suffered a brain injury when he fell from a stairwell structure at the summit of the Sunset Vine Tower was looking at the famous hillside Hollywood sign in the distance just before his tumble, a member of the building’s property management team told a jury Tuesday. Eric Click, a business...

Attorney Blames Building Owners, Managers for Man’s Life-Changing Fall

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A real estate agent whose Hollywood ties had his career on the ascent saw his fortunes and his career take a fall when he literally tumbled more than a dozen feet from a rooftop surface of the iconic Sunset Vine Tower due to the negligence of the property owners and management company, an attorney...

Injured Fire Captain’s Lawsuit, KABC7 News

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KABC7 News Segment About Victor Aguirre

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L.A. fire captain severely burned in downtown explosion sues building owners, vape shops

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A Los Angeles Fire Department captain severely burned in a May 2020 explosion inside a downtown L.A. warehouse has sued the owners of the building and a vaping supply shop housed there, accusing them of hazardous activity, premise liability and negligence. Victor Aguirre and his wife, Claudia Aguirre, filed suit Wednesday in Los Angeles County...

LA fire captain burned in explosion sues warehouse owners, vaping supply shop

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A Los Angeles fire captain has sued the owners of one building and the owners of two vaping shops after a May 2020 explosion left him with "catastrophic" injuries. Victor Aguirre and his wife, Claudia, filed their lawsuit on Wednesday against building owner Steve Sungho Lee and his other companies as well as the...

Severely Burned Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department Captain Files Lawsuit

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With accusations of hazardous activity, premise liability, and negligence, Victor Aguirre and his wife, Claudia, filed suit Wednesday against property owner Steve Sungho Lee and his various companies as well as the operators of Green Buddha and Smoke Tokes, the report says. A criminal investigation saw them charged with more than 300 criminal counts. The lawsuit claims...

Family of 3 killed in Encinitas bluff collapse say lawsuit could spur ‘positive change’

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A lawsuit filed against the city of Encinitas, the state and a local homeowners’ association following a deadly 2019 bluff collapse will move ahead after a recent motion to dismiss the case was denied. Read Full Article Written by Kasia Gregorczyk, City News Service

Widower Struggles With Loss After Wife Decapitated By Gate In Arches National Park

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Deborah Chang of Chang Klein LLP has been recognized with the 2025 Lee B.Wenzel Civility Award by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates(ABOTA)

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Deborah Chang is the Marvin E. Lewis Award Recipient

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