A 17-year-old passenger suffered spine, joint, and brain injuries after the driver lost control and crashed into a brick wall in Tarzana. Despite disputed injuries and treatment, expert testimony helped secure a $290,000 settlement.
Plaintiff, a 17 year old female at the time of the subject accident, was a passenger in Defendant’s vehicle. Upon their course of travel on a public street in Tarzana, CA; Defendant, who at the time was traveling at an excessive speed, severely collided with a brick wall and overturned the vehicle.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiff thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that the Defendant took no attention to her speed, thereby precipitating a collision. The Defendant was operating the vehicle in such a reckless manner, in violation of the following California Vehicle Codes: 22350 – “No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.” 23103 – “(a). A person who drives a vehicle upon a highway in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.”
As a result of her automobile accident, Plaintiff suffered from injuries to her head, neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, and joints, as well as post-traumatic stress. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $176,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required lumbar spinal pain relieving injections, as well neurocognitive rehabilitation therapy as a result of sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury, to where she now has ongoing sporadic lower back pain and neurocognitive deficits, for which she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future, and neurocognitive behavioral therapy, along with psychological therapy.
Defendant disputed Plaintiff’s claims for injuries and damages. Defendant also disputed the reasonableness and necessity of Plaintiff’s medical treatment. However, through the testimony of expert doctors, it was determined that Plaintiff’s injuries and treatment were reasonable and necessary, considering the severity of the impact. Messrs. Khakshooy and Agarwal were able to recover $290,000 for Plaintiff.
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