Kim Kardashian was sued Tuesday by the workers’ compensation carrier for a company that employed a man who says he was injured in a 2014 Beverly Hills collision involving a car driven by the reality star. Applied Risk Services Inc. filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages. Applied Risk Services is the TPA for California Insurance Company, the workers’ compensation carrier for John Paul Co. Inc. of Van Nuys, which employed Rafael Antonio Linares of Moreno Valley at the time of the collision.
Linares sued Kardashian in a separate complaint filed March 1, which says the crash occurred on Sunset Boulevard near Benedict Canyon Drive on March 11, 2014. Linares has had to seek medical care and his car was damaged and is now worth less than before the collision, according to his court papers. Kardashian reportedly collided with Linares’ silver sedan while turning left in her black Mercedes G Wagon. Though some reports claim that the mother-of-two had her turn signal on at the time, Linares maintains that Kardashian was driving recklessly.
Linares and Kardashian were both able to drive their vehicles to the nearby Beverly Hills Hotel, Gossip Cop reported, where “they exchanged information and even hugged.” There were no tickets issued at the time of the incident.
In reporting the Kim Kardashian lawsuit Tuesday, TMZ shared a photo of the damage to Kim’s G-Wagon after the incident and notes that sources close to Kim called the damage to her vehicle “minimal.” The TMZ photo shows a small scuff on the bumper of the star’s SUV.
The Applied Risk Services suit seeks recovery from the 35-year-old Kardashian of all workers’ compensation benefits paid to Linares as a result of his injuries from the accident.