Teen Ordered to Pay $7 Million in Crash
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A jury in Fort Worth ordered a teenager to pay $7 million in damages to the family of a boy killed when she lost control of her vehicle while answering a cellular telephone. Kayla Segerstrom, 18, crashed her family van head-on into another car Jan. 13, 1996. A 3-year-old boy was killed in the accident. His baby sister’s neck was broken and their father, James Colvin, suffered serious brain damage. The Colvins’ attorney said Segerstrom’s parents should have taught her how to use the phone safely.
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