{"id":2251,"date":"2012-02-24T08:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2012-02-24T08:24:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:24:42","slug":"790549-settlement-for-woman-hit-by-high-speed-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2012\/02\/24\/790549-settlement-for-woman-hit-by-high-speed-car\/","title":{"rendered":"$790,549 Settlement for Woman Hit by High Speed Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> Janet was riding as a back seat passenger in a Toyota Corolla being driven by her friend. As the drive proceeded through a parking lot in La Habra, CA, Christopher J. failed to obey a stop sign and collided with the left side of Janet\u2019s vehicle at a high rate of speed. Unfortunetly, the area of impact was closet to Janet\u2019s seating position. The sudden force of this impact was so severe that the vehicle Janet was a passenger in had to be towed from the scene. Janet was rushed to the hospital from the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS:<\/strong> $790,459<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE OF SETTLEMENT:<\/strong> February 24, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURIES:<\/strong> Janet was taken to UCI Medical Center for treatment. Janet was initially diagnosed with left hip fractures, 12\u201d splenic laceration, fractures of the left 3rd and 4th ribs, cerebral contusion, and loss of consciousness. CT scan and x-rays confirmed above mentioned injuries. Further evaluation revealed that Janet also suffered from traumatic bilateral subarachnoid hemorrhages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Motor Vehicle<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> December 8, 2010 at approximately 11:40 a.m. near a parking lot at or around 1326 South Beach BLVD., La Habra, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> 68 years old at time of incident<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Retired<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Darren O. Aitken<\/p>\n<p>Atticus N. Wegman<\/p>\n<p>AITKEN*AITKEN*COHN<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT INSURANCE CO.:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Automobile Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: Janet was riding as a back seat passenger in a Toyota Corolla being driven by her friend. As the drive proceeded through a parking lot in La Habra, CA, Christopher J. failed to obey a stop sign and collided with the left side of Janet\u2019s vehicle at a high rate of speed. Unfortunetly,&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2012\/02\/24\/790549-settlement-for-woman-hit-by-high-speed-car\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-2251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251","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=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}