A 38-year-old ride-share driver suffered extensive injuries in Los Angeles when another driver exited a driveway at high speed and collided with his vehicle, resulting in $464,000 in medical expenses. A combined settlement of $1 million was secured for him from both the opposing driver's insurance and his own rideshare insurance carrier.
Plaintiff, a 38 year old male at the time of the subject accident, was working as a ride-share driver. During the course and scope of his employment, Plaintiff was traveling on a public street in Los Angeles, CA; during which time, the Defendant, who at the time was not paying attention traffic on the roadway, exited a private driveway at a high rate of speed, attempting to make a left turn, and very severely collided with the front passenger 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 cross traffic 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: 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.” 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 head, neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, chest, abdomen, groin, left shoulder, left forearm (with 2nd degree burn), and left wrist. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $464,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required a left inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ventral hernia repair surgery, as well neurocognitive rehabilitation therapy as a result of sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury, to where he now has ongoing sporadic groin pain and neurocognitive deficits, for which he will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future, and neurocognitive behavioral therapy.
Defendant (Plaintiff’s own rideshare vehicle insurance carrier) 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 $15,000 from opposing driver’s insurance carrier, and $985,000 from Plaintiff’s own rideshare vehicle insurance carrier for Plaintiff.
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