Two rideshare passengers injured in a hit-and-run collision in Hawthorne, CA, suffered significant neck, back, and knee injuries. The case resulted in a $615,000 global settlement after proving the recklessness of the hit-and-run driver and the necessity of Plaintiffs’ medical treatments.
Plaintiff-1, a 44 year old female and Plainitff-2, a 25 year old female, at the time of the subject accident, were passengers in a ride share vehicle, traveling on a public highway, located in Hawthorne, CA; during which time, the Defendant (a hit-and-run motorist) collided with multiple vehicles on the highway and landed perpendicular in front of Plaintiffs’ lane of travel, causing Plaintiffs’ ride share driver to broadside Defendant’s vehicle. The Defendant then fled the scene of the subject accident.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiffs thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that the Defendant (hit-and-run motorist) took no attention to his speed or the traffic around him, thereby precipitating a collision with the ride share vehicle Plaintiffs were passengers in. The Defendant was operating the vehicle 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 her automobile accident, Plaintiff-1 suffered injuries to her neck, lower back, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral knee. Plaintiff-1’s injuries were significant enough to incur $22,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff-1 required aggressive physical therapy and acupuncture treatment for her pain symptoms, and she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future.
As a result of her automobile accident, Plaintiff-2 suffered injuries to her neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, bilateral knee, right hand, and right wrist. Plaintiff-2’s injuries were significant enough to incur $100,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff-2 required cervical spinal pain relieving injections, to where she now has ongoing sporadic cervical spine pain, for which she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future.
Defendants disputed Plaintiffs’ claims for injuries and damages. Defendants also disputed the reasonableness and necessity of Plaintiffs’ medical treatment. However, through the testimony of expert doctors, it was determined that Plaintiffs’ injuries and treatment were reasonable and necessary, considering the severity of the impact. Messrs. Khakshooy and Agarwal were able to recover a global settlement of $615,000 for Plaintiffs.
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