{"id":4546,"date":"2016-01-05T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2016-01-05T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:39:18","slug":"195000-motorcyclist-broadside-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2016\/01\/05\/195000-motorcyclist-broadside-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"$195,000: Motorcyclist Involved in Broadside Collision after Motorist Performs Unsafe Left Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/police-motorcycle-crash_02.jpg\" alt=\"police-motorcycle-crash_02\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5553\">CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> On August of&nbsp;2013, Plaintiff was riding his motorcycle westbound in the number two lane of Culver Boulevard. As he proceeded, defendant, without warning, turned directly in front of him from eastbound Culver Boulevard attempting to turn onto Berryman Avenue, violating Plaintiff\u2019s right of way. Plaintiff had no opportunity to avoid defendant\u2019s vehicle, and a broadside collision ensued. Plaintiff sustained orthopedic injuries, including right knee fracture; right shoulder pain; left knee multiligamentous injury; and left hand fractures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL RESULT:<\/strong> <strong>$195,000 settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plaintiff contends that the cause of the accident was the sole cause of defendant who was driving her vehicle in violation of California Vehicle Code Section 21801 &#8220;Unsafe Left Turn.&#8221; Defendant was driving under a learner\u2019s permit under her mother\u2019s supervision at the time of the collision. Defendant ultimately conceded liability prior to Defendant\u2019s deposition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Motor Vehicle\/Personal Injury<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S INJURIES:<\/strong> Plaintiff sustained orthopedic injuries, including right knee fracture; right shoulder pain; left knee multiligamentous injury; and left hand fractures.&nbsp; Plaintiff underwent open reduction internal fixation of the second metacarpal. The knee injuries were treated non-operatively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> &nbsp;August&nbsp;2013 in the City of Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Chief Operating Officer at Nowcom Corp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong><br \/>\nDarren O. Aitken, Esq.<br \/>\nAITKEN \u0097AITKEN \u0097COHN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: On August of&nbsp;2013, Plaintiff was riding his motorcycle westbound in the number two lane of Culver Boulevard. As he proceeded, defendant, without warning, turned directly in front of him from eastbound Culver Boulevard attempting to turn onto Berryman Avenue, violating Plaintiff\u2019s right of way. Plaintiff had no opportunity to avoid defendant\u2019s vehicle, and&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2016\/01\/05\/195000-motorcyclist-broadside-collision\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,32],"tags":[40,70,116,305,443,468,513,516,543,608,700,821],"class_list":["post-4546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-40","tag-aitken-aitken-cohn","tag-automobile-accident","tag-darren-aitken","tag-lawsuit","tag-los-angeles","tag-motorcycle-accident","tag-motorcycle-crash","tag-nowcom-corp","tag-personal-injury","tag-settlement","tag-unsafe-left-turn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546","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=4546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}