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Hopwood student filed $1M lawsuit against UIC
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Posted on Jun 16 1999
A 13-year-old student of Hopwood Junior High School has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the United International Corp. for injuries she has suffered after allegedly being hit by a vehicle owned by the company and operated by its employee.
Lawyers Ted Mitchell and Jeanne Rayphand, who represent the girl, filed the case in the Superior Court last Monday.
Also named as plaintiffs in the case are the girl’s guardians, Margaret Tenorio and Jose R. Santos.
The case stemmed from an incident in the afternoon of March 9, when the girl was crossing Beach Road in front of Hopwood school.
The complaint said UIC’s employee Huei Yin Chang, who was also named as defendant in the case, was driving the company’s 1994 Mazda Protege “at reckless speed” toward north of Beach Road when he hit the girl.
The lawyers said that as a result of the Huei’s “negligent and reckless” driving, the girl was struck “with great force and violence,” causing great injuries such as “multiple trauma, fracture of left subcapital humerus, fracture of left ankle and multiple abrasions, bruises and lacerations.”
The complaint said that Huei failed to exercise care and caution while driving around the school zone.
UIC, owned by James Lin, is one of Saipan’s biggest garment firms.
