{"id":5308,"date":"2010-06-04T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T23:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=277"},"modified":"2010-06-04T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T23:43:54","slug":"bicycle-downhill-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/04\/bicycle-downhill-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$1,250,000: Bicycle Rider Crashes After Defendant Turns Left Immediately In Front of Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> Plaintiff Doe was riding his bicycle downhill on Euclid Avenue, when Defendant Roe made a left hand turn in front of Plaintiff intending to turn from Euclid Avenue onto San Antonio Crest.&nbsp; Plaintiff contended that Defendant Roe failed to observe Plaintiff on his bicycle, and made an illegal left hand turn directly in front of him.&nbsp; As a result of this incident, Plaintiff suffered serious and permanent injuries, for which he remained hospitalized for six weeks.&nbsp; Defendant did not contest liability and settled for policy limits before a lawsuit was filed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULT:&nbsp; $1,250,000 policy limits settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE: <\/strong>Auto vs. Bicyclist<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURIES: <\/strong> Plaintiff sustained bilateral pneumothorax, left clavicle fracture, left scapula fracture, left open tibia-fibula fracture, left acetabular fracture, right femur fracture, fracture at C-6, compression fracture at T-8, radial shaft fracture with elbow dislocation.&nbsp; Plaintiff has make a remarkable recovery from his injuries, now ambulating unassisted and able to live completely independently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDICAL SPECIALS: <\/strong> Past:&nbsp;$340,000<br \/>\nFuture:&nbsp;Unknown<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT<\/strong>:&nbsp; April 12, 2007 at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and San Antonio Crest, in San Bernardino County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF&#8217;S AGE: <\/strong> 52<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Unemployed<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF&#8217;S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong><br \/>\nCasey R. Johnson, Esq.<br \/>\nAITKEN * AITKEN * COHN<br \/>\nFor Plaintiff \u2013 Doe Bicyclist<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT&#8217;S ATTORNEYS: <\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Schechter, Esq.<br \/>\nHollins Schechter<br \/>\n-For Defendants<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT&#8217;S INSURANCE COMPANY:<\/strong><br \/>\nPatricia Jacobs, Adjuster<br \/>\nFarmers Insurance Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: Plaintiff Doe was riding his bicycle downhill on Euclid Avenue, when Defendant Roe made a left hand turn in front of Plaintiff intending to turn from Euclid Avenue onto San Antonio Crest.&nbsp; Plaintiff contended that Defendant Roe failed to observe Plaintiff on his bicycle, and made an illegal left hand turn directly in&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/04\/bicycle-downhill-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-5308","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\/5308","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=5308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}