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Man sues in runaway car that caused smashup
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Posted on Aug 02 2008
An alien worker has filed a lawsuit over the injuries he suffered when an occupied vehicle rolled onto a highway and hit his truck in Chalan Kiya.
Lan Lin sued Juan Iglecias Blas for negligence. Lin’s employer and owner of the truck, US-CNMI Development Corp., also joined as co-plaintiff in the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs, through counsel Eric S. Smith, asked the Superior Court to order Blas to pay them past and medical expenses, lost wages, damages, court costs, and attorney’s fees.
Smith stated in the complaint that on Dec. 17, 2007, at 8:30pm, Lin was driving his employer’s 1997 Nissan truck on Beach Road in Chalan Kiya.
As Lin was traveling north on the highway, an unoccupied blue 1996 Toyota vehicle owned by Blas rolled onto the highway and collided with the truck.
Smith said Blas had told a responding police officer that he had pulled off Beach Road and parked his vehicle at a store. Blas apparently went inside the establishment, but he failed to engage his vehicle’s handbrake. While the defendant was inside the store, the vehicle rolled onto the street and collided with plaintiffs’ truck.
Smith said the collision of the two vehicles caused substantial damage to Lin’s truck.
“Lin sustained painful, permanent, and disabling injuries to his body and was otherwise bruised, cut, lacerated, strained, sprained, and injured,” Smith said.
The lawyer said his client was required to undergo medical treatment and was unable to report to work.
“Defendant Blas carelessly and negligently operated and controlled the Toyota, such that it rolled from its position at the market parking area into plaintiffs’ truck hitting it with great force and violence, causing the driver injuries, great pain, soreness, and serious shock,” Smith added.
