{"id":457,"date":"2010-06-08T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T23:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=457"},"modified":"2010-06-08T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T23:12:58","slug":"man-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/08\/man-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"$250,000: Man Escapes First Accident Only To Be Killed Moments Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION<\/strong>:  Decedent lost control of his car and has a minor collision with the concrete wall on the I-15\/I-91 transition.  Decedent got out to check the damage, when the Defendant lost control of his truck in the same way.  Defendant\u2019s truck hit and killed the Decedent.  The mother brought a wrongful death suit against the trucker and his employer.<\/p>\n

RESULT:  $250,000.00 total settlement <\/strong><\/p>\n

Plaintiff’s Decedent Marco L. was traveling from his fianc\u00e9\u2019s home in Lake Ellsinore to his home in South Gate, California.  A light rain was falling.  When he was in the City of Corona on the transition road from the I-15 to the I-91 he lost control of his vehicle and struck the concrete bridge wall.  Subsequently he stopped his vehicle, got out to check for damage to his vehicle and pick up debris.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Defendant Marco L., in the course and scope of his employment with Hansen Beverage Company, traveled down the same transition road, when he lost control of his truck and struck the same concrete bridge wall.  His truck slid down the concrete bridge wall struck the vehicle of Decedent Marco L. and then struck Marco L. causing his death.<\/p>\n

To dispute liability the Defendants contended that Plaintiff\u2019s Decedent was under the influence of cocaine, valium and morphine and that he was negligent in crossing the transition lanes on foot in the path of the oncoming Hansen\u2019s truck.<\/p>\n

TYPE OF CASE<\/strong>:  Wrongful Death<\/p>\n

INJURIES<\/strong>:  The incident resulted in the death of Marco L., the son of Esther V.<\/p>\n

DATE & LOCATION OF INCIDENT<\/strong>:  On 1\/20\/99 in the City of Corona.<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE<\/strong>:  Decedent \u2013 30 at time of incident<\/p>\n

OCCUPATION<\/strong>:  N\/A<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEY<\/strong>:
\nRichard A. Cohn
\nAITKEN * AITKEN * COHN
\nFor Plaintiff \u2013 Esther V.<\/em><\/p>\n

DEFENDANTS\u2019 ATTORNEY<\/strong>:
\nScott B. Spriggs
\nKINKLE, RODIGER & SPRIGGS
\nFor Defendant \u2013 Burke L. & Hansen\u2019s Beverage Company<\/em><\/p>\n

DEFENDANT INSURANCE CO.<\/strong>: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION:  Decedent lost control of his car and has a minor collision with the concrete wall on the I-15\/I-91 transition.  Decedent got out to check the damage, when the Defendant lost control of his truck in the same way.  Defendant\u2019s truck hit and killed the Decedent.  The mother brought a wrongful death suit against the… 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":[826],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-vehicular-accidents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","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=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}