Marketplace    Homes    Jobs    Classifieds    Coupons
[SeMissourian.com] Fair ~ 40°F  
River stage: 35.36 Falling
Friday, Mar. 19, 2010
Print Email link Respond to editor Read comments (1)

Attorney: Lohan settles lawsuit with busboy stemming from 2005 car crash

Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Associated Press
(Photo)
Lindsay Lohan wears a creation part of the Dolce & Gabbana women's Fall/Winter 2008/2009 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.
(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
[Click to enlarge]
LOS ANGELES -- A busboy looking to clean up has settled a lawsuit against Lindsay Lohan over a 2005 car crash.

"It's been resolved," said Robert G. Klein, the attorney for busboy Raymundo Ortega, who settled for an undisclosed amount Wednesday.

Lohan's Mercedes-Benz collided with Ortega's van as he was making a turn in October 2005. Though the California Highway Patrol concluded that Ortega caused the crash by making an illegal U-turn, he sued Lohan seeking at least $200,000 in damages.

Ortega's lawsuit contended Lohan was fleeing paparazzi at the time and was under the influence of alcohol.

A message left Friday with Lohan's attorney, David J. Ozeran, was not immediately returned. Lohan publicist Leslie Sloane-Zelnik did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

© Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Comments
Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.

This is what is wrong with this country! You can do something wrong/illegal and still sue another person involved and win the lawsuit!? This is CRAZY!!!! It is people like these that make it twice as hard on those of us who have a legitimate lawsuit. You money hungry idiots need to wake up!

-- Posted by tismebeckie on Sun, Feb 24, 2008, at 11:54 PM

Respond to this story

Posting a comment requires free registration. If you already have an account on seMissourian.com, semoball.com, or shethemagazine.com, enter your username and password below. Otherwise, click here to register.

Username:

Password:  (Forgot your password?)

Your comments:
Please be respectful of others and try to stay on topic.
Related subjects

Enter your email address to subscribe to our mailing lists: