{"id":4613,"date":"2016-04-20T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2016-04-20T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:23:57","slug":"530000-seniors-tbone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2016\/04\/20\/530000-seniors-tbone\/","title":{"rendered":"$530,000 \u2013 Senior Citizens T-Boned by Negligent Driver Leads to a 3-Car Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> Elaine P. (age 60 at the time) was driving her car westbound on a street in the #2 lane in the City of Rancho Cucamonga. After stopping for a red traffic signal at the intersection, Elaine proceeded into the intersection on a green traffic signal. Suddenly and without warning, Defendant, Jerold M. negligently crashed into the driver\u2019s side of plaintiffs\u2019 vehicle. Mary B. (age 92 at the time) was a seat belted passenger in the vehicle driven by her daughter Elaine. As a result of the impact, Plaintiffs’ vehicle was pushed through the intersection and collided into the rear of another vehicle stopped in the #2 left turn lane of southbound avenue.                  <\/strong><\/p>\n

FINAL RESULT:<\/strong> $530,000 (Policy Limits)<\/p>\n

The traffic officer investigating the collision concluded that Defendant, Jerold M. caused the collision by failing to stop at a red traffic signal in violation of California Vehicle Code<\/u> Section 21453(a).<\/p>\n

TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Auto v. Auto<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF’S INJURIES:<\/strong>  Plaintiff, Elaine P. suffered the following: Right orbital fracture (ORIF – orbital floor fracture, herniation of orbital fat, medial orbital wall fracture); Frontal sinus fracture; Left pneumothorax and left basilar atelectasis; Right basilar atelectasis; Left multiple rib fractures (Left 2nd through 4th); Right eyebrow laceration; Vertical diplopia; Blunt force trauma, right flank pain<\/p>\n

Plaintiff, Mary B. suffered the following: Head Injury – Left frontal and right temporal hemorrhagic contusion; Right fibula head fracture; Left 8th rib fracture; Loss of consciousness at scene of incident; Amnesia; Decreased hearing; Left hip and chest pain<\/p>\n

DATE\/LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> February 2014, San Bernardino, CA<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF AGE: <\/strong>Elaine P. \u2013 60 at time of incident, Mary B. \u2013 92 at time of incident<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF’S OCCUPATION:<\/strong>  Elaine P.: Teacher, Mary B.: Retired<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFFS’ ATTORNEYS:
\n<\/strong>Michael A. Penn, Esq.
\nAITKEN\u2726AITKEN\u2726COHN
\n3 MacArthur Place, Suite 800
\nSanta Ana, CA 92707
\n(714) 434-1424<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION: Elaine P. (age 60 at the time) was driving her car westbound on a street in the #2 lane in the City of Rancho Cucamonga. After stopping for a red traffic signal at the intersection, Elaine proceeded into the intersection on a green traffic signal. Suddenly and without warning, Defendant, Jerold M. negligently… 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":[12,24,32],"tags":[216,221,500,608,697,700,745],"class_list":["post-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-car-accident","tag-case","tag-michael-penn","tag-personal-injury","tag-seniors","tag-settlement","tag-t-bone"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613","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=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}