In July 2021, a 49-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in a Pomona collision due to a reckless U-turn. Although the defendant disputed her injuries, expert testimony confirmed the need for her extensive medical treatment, leading to a successful case resolution in October 2024.
Plaintiff, a 49 year old female at the time of the subject accident, was traveling on a public street located in Pomona, CA. Upon Plaintiff’s course of travel, the Defendant, who at the time was sitting parallel parked on the right shoulder of the opposite side of the same street Plaintiff was traveling on, suddenly and without any warning, made an unsafe U-Turn from his parked position, and collided with the rear driver’s side tire and quarter panel of Plaintiff’s 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 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: 21801 – “(a). The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left or to complete a U-turn upon a highway, or to turn left into public or private property, or an alley, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching from the opposite direction which are close enough to constitute a hazard at any time during the turning movement, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to the approaching vehicles until the left turn or U-turn can be made with reasonable safety.” 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, left shoulder, left arm, left wrist, along with headaches. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $414,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required a cervical spine surgery, to where she now has ongoing sporadic cervical spine pain, for which she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future.
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 $1,250,000 for Plaintiff.
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