A 54-year-old ride-share driver suffered severe injuries in a head-on collision in San Francisco caused by an unsafe left turn, incurring $540,000 in medical expenses. A $1.15 million settlement was secured after proving the necessity of his treatments.
Plaintiff, a 54 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 San Francisco, CA; during which time, the Defendant, who at the time was traveling in the opposite direction of travel on the same street and attempting to make a left turn, turned her vehicle directly in front of Plaintiff’s lane of travel, precipitating a very severe head on collision with 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 the traffic around 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: 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 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.”
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 $50,000 from opposing driver’s insurance carrier, and $1,100,000 from Plaintiff’s own rideshare vehicle insurance carrier for Plaintiff.
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