Hours after they grew to become the primary father-son duo to share an NBA courtroom collectively, LeBron and Bronny James had been sued for his or her alleged involvement in a 2022 automotive crash within the desert city of Littlerock within the Antelope Valley.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom claims the Lakers teammates “negligently owned, managed, repaired, entrusted, maintained and operated an car as to trigger it to, and it did, develop into concerned in an accident or collision” that precipitated damage to the plaintiffs and injury to the car they had been in.
In line with the grievance, plaintiffs Kiara McGillen and April Lopez had been in a automotive on Pearblossom Freeway at or close to the intersection of 87th Avenue on Nov. 13, 2022, when the alleged incident occurred. McGillen was the driving force, however the car is owned by Lopez.
The Antelope Valley workplace of the California Freeway Patrol was unable to discover a report filed on that date relating to an accident at that location. The lawsuit doesn’t point out whether or not CHP was notified of the incident.
The lawsuit states that the plaintiffs “sustained private accidents which precipitated and can proceed to trigger ache, discomfort and bodily incapacity,” they usually have “employed and can make use of sooner or later physicians, surgeons and others for examination, therapy and care.”
The plaintiffs are looking for unspecified damages. They’re represented by the Regulation Workplaces of Larry H. Parker, which didn’t instantly reply to The Instances. A consultant for LeBron James additionally didn’t instantly reply.
Along with LeBron and Bronny James, the lawsuit contains a number of “Does” as attainable defendants.
A courtroom listening to has been scheduled for Feb. 19, 2025.
LeBron James is in his twenty second NBA season and is the league’s all-time main scorer. His oldest son, Bronny James, was a second-round draft choose for the Lakers this offseason.
They performed collectively for greater than two minutes Tuesday night time throughout the Lakers’ season-opening win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. LeBron completed the sport with 16 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Bronny missed each pictures he tried however grabbed a rebound.