A 60-year-old passenger injured in a Daly City rideshare collision involving two merging vehicles secured a $375,000 settlement for significant injuries and ongoing treatment. The case highlighted reckless driving and secured justice through expert legal advocacy.
Plaintiff, a 60 year old male, at the time of the subject accident, was a passenger in Defendant-2’s ride share vehicle, traveling on a public street, located in Daly City, CA; during which time, the Defendant-2 began to merge into his right lane; simultaneously, Defendant-1, who was two lanes over, began to merge into the same lane as Defendant-2, causing both vehicles to collide.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiff thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that both Defendants took no attention to their speed or the traffic around them, thereby precipitating a collision between both vehicles, one of which Plaintiff was a passenger in. The Defendants were operating their vehicles in such a reckless manner, in violation of the following California Vehicle Codes: 22107 – “No person shall turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway until such movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after the giving of an appropriate signal in the manner provided in this chapter in the event any other vehicle may be affected by the movement.” 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 his automobile accident, Plaintiff suffered injuries to his neck, upper back, lower back, right shoulder, right arm, chest and left knee. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $92,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required a left knee arthroscopic surgery, to where he now has ongoing sporadic left knee pain, for which he will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future.
Defendants disputed liability and Plaintiff’s claims for injuries and damages. Defendants 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 $375,000 for Plaintiff.
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