Callahan & Blaine

Forty-nine year old Laura Casey was riding her bike along a Richmond, California road when she was struck by a car and knocked to the ground. As the car that hit her drove off, Casey started screaming for help, but before witnesses could reach her she was struck by another car that got caught on her bicycle, dragging the injured woman 25 feet along the road. She died at the scene. The second car also drove off without stopping.

The driver of the first car later turned herself into police. Twenty three year old Tiffany Powell, also of Richmond, California, said that she thought she only hit a bike and then drove away without stopping because she was scared, but later turned herself in when she realized she had injured someone. She was accompanied by her pastor and family members when she turned herself in to authorities. She is being held on suspicion of hit and run, vehicular manslaughter and driving with a suspended license.

The second driver has not been found, and police are urging that person to come forward. Investigators have still not determined fault in the accident, but said that the fact that Powell turned herself in was helpful to her case.

At Callahan & Blaine, 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.

In a similar case, this approach allowed us to negotiate a $7 million settlement for a cyclist who was left with a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a newspaper delivery truck.

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