{"id":5357,"date":"2010-06-09T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=498"},"modified":"2010-06-09T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:43:42","slug":"retired-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/09\/retired-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"$152,000: Retired Farmer Struck On His Way To Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION<\/strong>:&nbsp; An elderly couple was on their way to church when a motor vehicle accident occurred next to them.&nbsp; One of the vehicles jumped the curb and pinned Mr. Paul H. under it.&nbsp; Plaintiffs\u2019 brought suit to recover medical expenses, negligent infliction of emotional distress and other damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULT:&nbsp; $152,000.00 total settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul and Eleanor H. were visiting family in California.&nbsp; They were on their way to Mass when a vehicle made a left turn in front of another vehicle causing a collision.&nbsp; As a result of the collision one of the vehicles jumped the curb and struck Mr. Paul H.&nbsp; He was pinned under the vehicle.&nbsp; Mrs. Eleanor H. witnessed the entire incident and feared her husband had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The parties disputed liability.&nbsp; The Plaintiff argued that the negligent driving of Defendant Joseph L. caused the incident by pulling in front of the second vehicle.&nbsp; While the other Defendant argued that the second vehicle shared in the blame for this incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE<\/strong>:&nbsp; Pedestrian vs. Auto<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT<\/strong>:&nbsp;On 1\/28\/99 at approximately 7:51 a.m. at the intersection of Euclid Street and Barbette Avenue, Santa Ana, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE<\/strong>:&nbsp; Paul H. \u2013 83 at time of incident.<br \/>\nEleanor H. \u2013 77 at time of incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION<\/strong>:&nbsp; Paul H. was a retired farmer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFFS\u2019 ATTORNEY<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDarren O. Aitken<br \/>\nAITKEN * AITKEN * COHN<br \/>\n<em>For Plaintiffs \u2013 Paul &amp; Eleanor H.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANTS\u2019 ATTORNEYS<\/strong>:<br \/>\nN\/A \u2013 the case was settled before Defense Counsel was retained.<\/p>\n<p><em>For Defendant \u2013 Joseph&nbsp;L.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF INSURANCE CO.<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;State Farm Insurance Company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT INSURANCE CO.<\/strong>: Bayview Adjustment Bureau, Inc. for Coast National Insurance Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION:&nbsp; An elderly couple was on their way to church when a motor vehicle accident occurred next to them.&nbsp; One of the vehicles jumped the curb and pinned Mr. Paul H. under it.&nbsp; Plaintiffs\u2019 brought suit to recover medical expenses, negligent infliction of emotional distress and other damages. RESULT:&nbsp; $152,000.00 total settlement Paul and&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/09\/retired-farmer\/\">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-5357","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\/5357","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=5357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}