{"id":72651,"date":"2016-07-19T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=72651"},"modified":"2016-09-22T09:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T16:24:03","slug":"lawsuit-settled-in-crash-that-killed-sleeping-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/07\/19\/lawsuit-settled-in-crash-that-killed-sleeping-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit settled in crash that killed sleeping teen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The civil lawsuit alleged that the building owner negligently maintained a railing in front of the apartment, and his inaction allowed a suspected drunken driver\u2019s vehicle to plow through the wall of the apartment building and into Giselle Mendoza\u2019s bedroom, killing her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – The mother of a 16-year-old Palmdale High School sophomore who died when a SUV slammed into their apartment reached a settlement of the lawsuit she filed against the intoxicated man behind the wheel, as well as the building’s owner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Mendoza sought unspecified damages on allegations of wrongful death and negligence. On July 11, her attorneys filed court papers with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michelle Court stating that the case was settled. <\/span><\/p>\n

No terms were divulged. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mendoza’s daughter, <\/span>Giselle Mendoza<\/b>, was killed about 3:50 a.m. April 20, 2014, in the bedroom of her family’s apartment in the 1000 block of East Avenue R.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mendoza’s Los Angeles Superior Court suit, filed in March 2015, alleged building owner Bo Kun Song negligently maintained a railing in front of the apartment that he knew was unsafe and needed repair or replacement.\u00a0[View the civil complaint here<\/a>.]<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The plaintiff alleged that <\/span>Roberto Rodriguez<\/b>‘s vehicle plowed through the wall of the apartment building and into the teen’s bedroom as a result in part of Song’s inaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Song’s lawyers maintained the accident was the result of an “unforeseeable criminal act” and that Rodriguez’s actions cut off any liability for their client.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last September, Rodriguez pleaded no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawsuit filed in Easter Sunday crash that killed sleeping teen<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Murder trial ordered in fatal Easter Sunday apartment crash<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hearing starts for driver accused of crashing through bedroom, killing sleeping teen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Alleged DUI driver charged with murder in Easter Sunday apartment crash<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Loved ones mourn girl killed when alleged drunk driver crashed through bedroom<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Suspected drunk driver crashes SUV into apartment, teen killed<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – The mother of a 16-year-old Palmdale High School sophomore who died when a SUV slammed into their apartment reached a settlement of the lawsuit she filed against the intoxicated man behind the wheel, as well as the building’s owner. Maria Mendoza sought unspecified damages on allegations of wrongful death and negligence. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":50762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}