Sightseeing Company To Pay Injured Passenger $3.5M

A jury today ordered a sightseeing company to pay $3.5 million to a Hollywood woman whose head struck a tree branch while she was riding on the top level of an open-air double-decker bus two years ago. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for a day-and-a-half before finding in favor of 36-year-old Lauren Guerra in her negligence suit against Starline Tours of Hollywood. Guerra said her face was disfigured and that she suffered permanent double vision as a result of the accident on Venice Boulevard that occurred about 2 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2013.