{"id":495,"date":"2010-06-09T08:36:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=495"},"modified":"2010-06-09T08:36:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:36:44","slug":"yacht-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/09\/yacht-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$155,000: Yacht Crashes and Sinks in Newport Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION: <\/strong>Terrance R. was a passenger aboard a 60 foot yacht owned and operated by James S.&nbsp; They were returning to Newport Beach from a trip to Catalina Island when James S. drove the yacht into the Newport Beach jetty, causing the yacht to sink.&nbsp; All six people aboard were rescued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULT:<\/strong> $155,000.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Maritime &#8211; boating incident<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S CONTENTIONS:<\/strong> Strict Liability pursuant to California Harbors &amp; Navigation Code \u00a7\u00a7491, 809<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF&#8217;S INJURIES:<\/strong> Terrance R. suffered&nbsp; a rotator cuff tear requiring surgery from which he has recovered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDICAL SPECIALS:<\/strong> Past:&nbsp;$10,000 paid by Plaintiff&#8217;s healthcare insurer.<br \/>\nFuture: none<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE AND LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> August 11, 2007 at 9:25 p.m., Newport Beach Jetty, Newport Beach, California<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> 55<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Construction business owner<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEY:<\/strong><br \/>\nCasey R. Johnson<br \/>\nAITKEN*AITKEN*COHN<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANTS&#8217; INSURER:<\/strong> ACE American Insurance Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: Terrance R. was a passenger aboard a 60 foot yacht owned and operated by James S.&nbsp; They were returning to Newport Beach from a trip to Catalina Island when James S. drove the yacht into the Newport Beach jetty, causing the yacht to sink.&nbsp; All six people aboard were rescued. RESULT: $155,000.00 TYPE&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/09\/yacht-crash\/\">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-495","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\/495","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=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}