A 42-year-old man was injured when a truck driver unsafely merged into his lane in La Habra, causing a violent collision. Despite defense disputes, CAG recovered $300,000 for his spinal injuries through expert medical evidence and negotiation.
Plaintiff, a 42-year-old male at the time of the subject accident, was driving his vehicle on a public street in La Habra, CA; during which time, Defendant, who at the time was not paying attention to the traffic around him, unsafely merged into Plaintiff’s lane of travel and collided with the front driver’s 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 paid no attention to the traffic around 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: 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.”
As a result of his automobile accident, Plaintiff suffered injuries to his neck, upper back, middle back, lower back, bilateral shoulder, along with headaches (with associated concussion). Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $122,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required cervical and lumbar spine epidural steroid injections, and it was recommended that he undergo lumbar spine surgery and 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, surgical intervention, 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 $300,000 from Defendant’s insurance carrier for Plaintiff.
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