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A 38-year-old Riverside woman who pleaded guilty to hit and run manslaughter in the death of an Irvine bicyclist has been sentenced to three years in prison, according to a news report.

Patricia Ann Izquieta was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in December of 2009 when she hit 49-year-old Donald Murphy while he was bicycling with two friends in Newport Beach. She failed to stop, dragging Murphy’s bike under her car for more than a mile.

Murphy, an Irvine civil engineer, husband and father of two, died the next day of severe head and neck injuries.  Izquieta was found to be under the influence of methadone and Clonazepam when the accident occurred.

If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm. We are one of the leading catastrophic injury firms in the state of California. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.2 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.  Callahan & Blaine has also recently obtained a $28 Million settlement for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway, a $7 million settlement for a bicyclist who was struck by a newspaper delivery truck, and a $7.25 million settlement for a man who was run over trying to board a city bus.

Our success in litigating and negotiating personal injury cases comes from our uncommon approach; we handle each personal injury case as though it were a complex business litigation case, attacking it from every angle possible. While our firm is located in Orange County, California, we handle serious personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases nationwide.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of a bicycle accident, please contact our California law firm for expert legal counsel.