{"id":2126,"date":"2011-12-19T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T19:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2011-12-19T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T19:10:26","slug":"settlement-for-automobile-collision-in-tustin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2011\/12\/19\/settlement-for-automobile-collision-in-tustin\/","title":{"rendered":"$250,000: Automobile Collision in Tustin Area Causes Serious Injuries to 75-Year-Old Passenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION<\/strong>:<strong> <\/strong>Joy L., a passenger in the Defendant\u2019s vehicle, brought a personal injury claim against the Defendant, Joseph M., for his failure to slow down as he approached stopped traffic; leading to a rear-end collision.<\/p>\n<p>On August 7, 2010 at around 1:50 p.m., 75-year-old Joy L. was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by Joseph M.&nbsp; Mr. M. was headed southbound on Highway 55, in the city of Tustin, state of California, traveling 70 mph in the car pool lane.&nbsp; At approximately 1000 feet north of 4<sup>th<\/sup> street, Mr. M. failed to slow down as he approached stopped traffic.&nbsp; His failure to take such precaution led him to collide with the vehicle in front of him at a high rate or speed.<\/p>\n<p>The collision severely injured our client, Joy L., who was a passenger in the vehicle driven by the Defendant.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiff contended that Mr.&nbsp;was clearly at fault for the incident and damages.&nbsp; Police officers found Mr. M. in violation of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California Vehicle Code<\/span> Section 22350 (unsafe speed).<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS: <\/strong>$250,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURIES:<\/strong> The impact of the collision left Joy L. in grave condition and severely injured.&nbsp;&nbsp; Injuries suffered by the Plaintiff include, but are not limited to the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Cephalohematoma<br \/>\n2. Lip Contusion<br \/>\n3. Non-displaced Fracture of Nasal Spine<br \/>\n4. Left Femoral Neck Interochanteric Fracture<br \/>\n5. Acute Blood Loss Anemia<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE: <\/strong>Personal Injury; Automobile Accident<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> August 7, 2010 at about 1:50 p.m. in the City of Tustin, State of California<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE: <\/strong>75 years old<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION: <\/strong>Retired<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> DARREN O. AITKEN, Esq.<br \/>\nAITKEN * AITKEN * COHN<br \/>\n<em> For Plaintiff \u2013 Joy L. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT INSURANCE CO.:<\/strong> The Automobile Club<br \/>\nDiamond Bar, CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: Joy L., a passenger in the Defendant\u2019s vehicle, brought a personal injury claim against the Defendant, Joseph M., for his failure to slow down as he approached stopped traffic; leading to a rear-end collision. On August 7, 2010 at around 1:50 p.m., 75-year-old Joy L. was a passenger in a vehicle being driven&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2011\/12\/19\/settlement-for-automobile-collision-in-tustin\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[305,608,700,826],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-darren-aitken","tag-personal-injury","tag-settlement","tag-vehicular-accidents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}