{"id":2310,"date":"2012-12-20T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2012-12-20T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:59:19","slug":"unsafe-lane-change-leads-to-auto-v-motorcycle-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2012\/12\/20\/unsafe-lane-change-leads-to-auto-v-motorcycle-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"$100,000: Unsafe Lane Change Leads to Auto V. Motorcycle Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> On or around 6:50 a.m. on Monday, December 5, 2011, Gabriel S. was traveling to work on a blue 2009 Kawasaki EX 250F.  Gabriel was heading westbound on Interstate 10 in the #1 lane at approximately 40 to 45 mph west of Azusa Avenue.  Around this time, Gabriel was traveling slightly behind and to the left of defendant driver, Teresa L. in the #2 lane.  Teresa was driving a silver 2001 Toyota Highlander.  As traffic in the #2 lane slowed, Teresa made an unsafe lane change into the #1 lane cutting off Gabriel and causing him to impact the rear of her truck.  The motorcycle fell and ejected Gabriel onto the roadway.  Gabriel was transported by helicopter to Los Angeles County USC Department of Emergency Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS:<\/strong> $100,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE OF SETTLEMENT:<\/strong> December 20, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURIES:<\/strong> Left femur fracture requiring ORIF surgery; Left medial collateral ligament tear (MCL tear grade 3); Left pneumothorax; Spleen laceration; Hemangioma within T11vertebral body<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Auto v. Motorcycle<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong>  December 5, 2011 Interstate 10 west of Azusa Avenue,  West Covina, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> 24 at time of incident<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Dispatcher with the Baldwin Park Unified School District.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael A. Penn, Esq.<br \/>\nAITKEN * AITKEN *COHN<br \/>\n3 MacArthur Place, Suite 800<br \/>\nSanta Ana, CA 92707<br \/>\n(714) 434-1424<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT INSURANCE CO.:<\/strong><br \/>\nState Farm Insurance Company<br \/>\nAttn: Lisa Holmgren<br \/>\nP.O. Box 52289<br \/>\nPhoenix, AZ 85072-2289<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: On or around 6:50 a.m. on Monday, December 5, 2011, Gabriel S. was traveling to work on a blue 2009 Kawasaki EX 250F. Gabriel was heading westbound on Interstate 10 in the #1 lane at approximately 40 to 45 mph west of Azusa Avenue. Around this time, Gabriel was traveling slightly behind and&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2012\/12\/20\/unsafe-lane-change-leads-to-auto-v-motorcycle-collision\/\">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-2310","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\/2310","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=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}