A 38-year-old man was hit by a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel in Lancaster, causing a violent head-on collision. Despite defense disputes, CAG recovered $1.7 million for his spinal and brain injuries through expert medical evidence and negotiation.
Plaintiff, a 38-year-old male at the time of the subject accident, was driving his vehicle on a public highway in Lancaster, CA; during which time, Defendant, who at the time fell asleep at the wheel, caused his vehicle to drift into oncoming traffic, at which time the driver’s side of Defendant’s vehicle collided with the entire driver’s side of Plaintiff’s vehicle, ripping off the rear axle and tires from Plaintiff’s vehicle.
The intensity of the impact has caused Plaintiff thousands of dollars in personal damages. It is manifested that the Defendant paid no attention to his exhaustion and fell asleep while driving, 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: 21650 – “Upon all highways, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway.” 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, right shoulder, along with headaches (with associated concussion and traumatic brain injury). Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $758,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required cervical and lumbar spine surgeries, and it was recommended that he undergo neurorehabilitation therapy, to where he now has ongoing sporadic cervical and lumbar spine pain, and intermittent headaches, for which he will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future, along with neurorehabilitation therapy and neuropsychological evaluations.
Defendants disputed Plaintiff’s 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 Plaintiff’s injuries and treatment were reasonable and necessary, considering the severity of the impact. Mr. Khakshooy was able to recover $1,700,000 from Defendant’s insurance carrier for Plaintiff.
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