$2,500,000 for Woman Injured in Truck Accident

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DATE OF VERDICT
2001-01-25

COURT AND COUNTY
Supreme Kings

AGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFF
33 year old respiratory therapist

DESCRIPTION OF CASE
Pltf. Claimed that her vehicle was struck by Defendant, a concrete mixing truck as Defendant was attempting to maneuver his truck onto a construction site. Plaintiff claimed that she had the right-of-way, and that she was following a line of vehicles past Defendant's truck when Defendant suddenly, and without warning, pulled out into her path of travel and struck the passenger side of her car.

INJURIES/DAMAGES
"Herniated lumbar disc at L4-5, requiring microlaminitomy/facetectomy; torn menisci of both knees, requiring bilateral arthroscopic surgery. "

VERDICT/SETTLEMENT AMOUNT
$2,500,000

NOTE
This case was handled by Jeffrey A. Block