A 48-year-old man was injured when a reckless driver merged into his lane in Rancho Palos Verdes, causing severe spinal injuries and $102,000 in medical expenses. Despite disputes, expert testimony confirmed the necessity of his treatment, securing him a $300,000 settlement.
Plaintiff, a 48 year old male at the time of the subject accident, was traveling in the right most lane of travel on a public street located in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; during which time, the Defendant, who at the time was traveling in the lane to the left of Plaintiff’s vehicle, unsafely merged into Plaintiff’s lane of travel and collided with the 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 took no attention to 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 from injuries to his neck, middle back and lower back. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $102,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required cervical and lumbar spinal pain relieving injections, to where he now has ongoing cervical and lumbar spine pain, for which he will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment.
Defendant 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 $300,000 for Plaintiff.
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