A 49-year-old male in San Francisco was injured when the Defendant reversed out of a driveway at high speed, causing serious neck, back, and knee injuries. Despite disputes, attorneys Khakshooy and Agarwal secured a $500,000 settlement for the Plaintiff.
Plaintiff, a 49 year old male at the time of the subject accident, was traveling on a public street located in San Francisco, CA. Upon Plaintiff’s course of travel, the Defendant, who at the time was not paying attention to the traffic behind him, suddenly and without any warning, exited a private driveway in reverse at a high rate of speed, and severely collided with the passenger side rear bumper 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 behind 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: 21804 – “(a) The driver of any vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from any public or private property, or from an alley, shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic, as defined in Section 620, approaching on the highway close enough to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to that traffic until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety.” 22106. – “No person shall start a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked on a highway, nor shall any person back a vehicle on a highway until such movement 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 his automobile accident, Plaintiff suffered injuries to his neck, lower back, left knee, along with headaches. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $265,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required a lumbar spine surgery, as well as a left knee arthroscopic surgery, to where he now has ongoing sporadic lumbar spine and left knee 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 $500,000 for Plaintiff.
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