- 2 -
FINDINGS OF FACT
From 1985 through the years in issue, Theodore Green was
employed as a tax auditor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
His duties included examining Federal income tax returns. On
November 12, 1989, Jacqueline Green sustained injuries when she
was struck in a grocery store parking lot with a shopping cart
operated by Rachel Perez. Mrs. Green, on November 7, 1990,
sought redress for these injuries by filing a complaint against
Ms. Perez in the Superior Court of Ventura County, California.
Mrs. Green’s injuries prevented her from continuing to work on
the assembly line at General Motors (GM) and beginning in 1991,
she began working as a GM decal assembler (i.e., a person who
attaches invoices to automobiles). On August 27, 1991, while
working as a decal assembler, she sustained additional injuries
including severe back injuries requiring several surgeries and
rendering her unable to work.
On August 6, 1992, Mrs. Green filed a claim for Social
Security benefits, and on December 17, 1993, began receiving such
benefits relating to the injuries sustained at GM. Mrs. Green
also filed, with the State of California’s Workers’ Compensation
Appeals Board, a claim against GM for these injuries. At the
time of trial, however, Mrs. Green had not received any workmen’s
compensation benefits.
On November 12, 1996, Mrs. Green obtained a default judgment
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011