A 39-year-old woman and her two passengers sustained serious injuries in South Whittier when a tractor-trailer made an unsafe lane change, pinning and dragging their vehicle along the curb, resulting in a total of $724,000 in medical expenses. A global settlement of $2.5 million was secured for all three plaintiffs after expert testimony confirmed the necessity of their treatments due to the multiple impacts.
Plaintiff-1, a 39 year old female at the time of the subject accident, along with a 30 year old male passenger, Plaintiff-2, and 43 year old female passenger, Plaintiff-3, were traveling on a public street in South Whittier, CA; during which time, the opposing driver, who at the time was operating a tractor trailer, traveling approximately 35 miles per hour and not paying attention to the traffic around him, made a lane change into Plaintiffs’ lane of travel, and severely collided with the entire driver’s side of Plaintiffs’ vehicle. The forces of the impact caused the opposing driver’s trailer to get stuck with Plaintiffs’ vehicle, pinning Plaintiffs’ vehicle to the right curb and dragging Plaintiffs’ vehicle several yards, while simultaneously slamming Plaintiffs’ vehicle against the right curb several times (multiple impacts), and eventually causing Plaintiffs’ vehicle to strike a curb embankment, before both vehicles detached.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiffs thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that the Defendant took no attention to traffic around him, thereby precipitating a collision with Plaintiffs’ 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.”
Defendants disputed Plaintiffs’ claims for injuries and damages. Defendants also disputed the reasonableness and necessity of Plaintiffs’ medical treatment. However, through the testimony of expert doctors, it was determined that Plaintiffs’ injuries and treatment were reasonable and necessary, considering the multiple impacts. Messrs. Khakshooy and Agarwal were able to recover a global settlement of $2,500,000.00 for Plaintiffs.
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