Marin faces 2nd lawsuit over deadly Woodacre crash
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One year after a crash in Woodacre killed four teenagers, the pile of litigation against the county is growing. The county has been hit with three more lawsuits over the road conditions on San Geronimo Valley Drive on April 18, 2025, when six girls in a Volkswagen Tiguan crashed into a tree along a curve. Relatives of victims Olive Koren, Josalynn Osborn and Sienna Katz hired the same attorneys to file lawsuits in Marin County Superior Court. All three lawsuits allege the county allowed hazardous road conditions at the crash site.
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1 eventMarin faces 2nd lawsuit over deadly Woodacre crash
One year after a deadly crash in Woodacre killed four teenagers, the county of Marin is facing its second lawsuit over the same road conditions. Three more lawsuits have been filed by the relatives of the victims, alleging that the county failed to maintain safe road conditions on San Geronimo Valley Drive, where six girls were involved in a crash on April 18, 2025. This growing pile of litigation highlights the county's potential legal and financial liabilities stemming from the hazardous road conditions.