A 48-year-old man suffered severe injuries in a tractor trailer accident in Ontario, CA, after the defendant recklessly merged into his lane. Despite the defendant disputing the claims, expert testimony confirmed the necessity of the victim’s medical treatment following the collision.
Plaintiff, a 48 year old male at the time of the subject accident, was traveling in the left pocket lane on a public street located in Ontario, CA. Upon Plaintiff’s course of travel, the Defendant, who at the time was not paying attention to traffic around him, suddenly and without any warning, merged into Plaintiff’s lane of travel and attempted to make a left turn onto a freeway onramp, and collided with entire right side 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: 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 truck accident, Plaintiff suffered injuries to his neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, left leg, left thigh, left hip, bilateral knee, as well as headaches. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $603,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required a left hip arthroscopic surgery, spinal injections and future lumbar spine surgery, to where he now has ongoing sporadic left hip and lumbar spine pain, for which he 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 $1,000,000 for Plaintiff.
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