A 24-year-old plaintiff injured in a highway collision in Norwalk, CA, received a $435,000 settlement. She suffered spinal injuries and ongoing pain, requiring extensive medical treatment and future care.
Plaintiff, a 24 year old female at the time of the subject accident, was traveling in stop-and-go traffic on a public highway located in Norwalk, CA; during which time, the Defendant, who at the time was not paying attention to the stopped traffic ahead of him, collided with the front driver’s side of Plaitiff’s vehicle, while Plaintiff was stopped during a lane merge between two lanes of travel.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiff thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that the Defendant took no attention to his speed or the traffic around him, thereby precipitating a collision with Plaintiff’s vehicle. 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 injuries to her neck, upper back, middle back and lower back, along with headaches. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $140,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required cervical and lumbar spinal pain relieving injections, to where she now has ongoing sporadic cervical and lumbar spine pain, for which she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future.
Defendants disputed 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 $435,000 for Plaintiff.
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