A 59-year-old man was struck when another driver made an unsafe turn in Los Angeles, causing neck, back, and shoulder injuries. Despite disputes over the crash’s severity, CAG recovered $600,000 after demonstrating clear negligence and medical necessity.
Plaintiff, a 59-year-old male at the time of the subject accident, was driving his vehicle on a public street in Los Angeles, CA; during which time, the defendant who was traveling in the lane to the left of Plaintiff’s lane and not paying attention to the traffic around him, attempted to make a right turn into a shopping center from the wrong lane of travel, and collided with the right rear 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 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 and left shoulder, along with headaches. Plaintiff’s injuries were significant enough to incur $241,000 in medical expenses. Plaintiff required multiple cervical platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) injections and epidural steroid injections, a left shoulder PRP injection, a cervical spinal cord stimulator trial, and it was recommended that Plaintiff undergo cervical spine surgery in the form of discectomy and fusion, to where he now has ongoing cervical spine pain, for which he will require intermittent chiropractic and physical therapy treatment in the future, along with surgical intervention.
Defendant disputed Plaintiff’s claims for injuries and damages, due to the moderate impact of the accident. 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. Mr. Khakshooy was able to recover $600,000 from Defendant’s insurance carrier for Plaintiff.
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