A 53-year-old woman sustained serious injuries in Huntington Park after a commercial vehicle driver ran a stop sign at high speed, colliding with the side of her car and pushing it into another vehicle. She incurred $250,000 in medical expenses, and a $900,000 settlement was secured for her.
Plaintiff, a 53 year old female at the time of the subject accident, was traveling on a public street located in Huntington Park, CA; during which time, Defendant (driving a commercial motor vehicle), who at the time was not paying attention to the traffic signs or cross traffic ahead of him, blew through a stop sign at a very high speed, and severely collided with the driver’s side of Plaintiff’s vehicle, pushing and squeezing Plaintiff’s vehicle into another 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 the traffic signs ahead of 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: 22450 – “(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection shall stop at a limit line, if marked, otherwise before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.” 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 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 head, neck, chest, upper and middle back, lower back, bilateral shoulder, bilateral wrist, abdomen, and bilateral feet. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $250,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required multiple lumbar spine pain relieving injections, to where she now has ongoing sporadic lumbar spine pain, for which she will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future. Plaintiff also required neurocognitive rehabilitation therapy for sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury.
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 $900,000 for Plaintiff.
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