Instant Soup Burns Statistics in Los Angeles
3.9M (LA County: 9.9M)
City population
$4.2M — Garza v. Nissin Foods USA (2024)
Notable verdict
LAC+USC Medical Center Regional Burn Center
Primary burn center
Courts in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Superior Court — Stanley Mosk Courthouse
111 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Los Angeles
LAC+USC Medical Center — Regional Burn Center
2051 Marengo St, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Liability Considerations in Los Angeles
Your Legal Team
Sarah Mitchell
Senior Partner
Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Mitchell has spent 18 years representing burn victims and product liability plaintiffs in Southern California, with a particular focus on defective consumer product cases involving children. Her engineering background gives her a unique ability to engage with product design expert witnesses and cross-examine defense engineers on the physics of cup stability, heat transfer, and foreseeable consumer use. She has recovered more than $60 million for product liability clients across California, including multiple seven-figure verdicts in pediatric burn cases. Sarah serves on the Product Liability Litigation Group Executive Committee of the American Association for Justice.
Education
- J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law (2008)
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, UCLA (2005)