{"id":5375,"date":"2010-09-23T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T20:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=869"},"modified":"2010-09-23T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T20:43:36","slug":"mechanics-severe-hand-injuries-examining-bus-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/09\/23\/mechanics-severe-hand-injuries-examining-bus-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"$550,000: Master Mechanic Suffers Severe Hand Injuries While Examining Bus Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> Plaintiff Candelario R. brought a personal injury lawsuit<\/a> against Defendant Doe, Inc. after sustaining a severe injury to his right hand and forearm due to the negligent actions of Defendant Doe, Inc. Furthermore, Maria R. brought a claim for Loss of Consortium as a result of her husband\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n

RESULT:<\/strong> $550,000 Paid to Plaintiffs<\/p>\n

\"la-bus-injury\"<\/a><\/strong>On May 10, 2007 what began as a required and routine pre-trip bus inspection for 50 year old Candelario R., ended in a disastrous incident. Candelario R. was examining the engine of a bus owned by his employer. The bus had recently been repaired by Defendant Doe, Inc. At that time, the owner Doe, Inc. attempted to start the bus\u2019s engine without warning or authorization to do so. As a result, plaintiff\u2019s hand was caught in one of the engine belts and severely injured. Immediately following, Mr. R was taken to a local emergency room at Kaiser Bellflower and then transferred to UCLA medical center due to the serious nature of his hand injuries. The plaintiff underwent several procedures on his right hand and forearm.<\/p>\n

Even after extensive and painful rehabilitation, Mr. R\u2019s hand is severely compromised. He has lost both grip strength and dexterity in his injured hand. He is no longer able to perform all the heavy duties of a mechanic that he once performed.<\/p>\n

Plaintiffs contended that the incident was largely the fault of the Defendant for turning on the bus engine without ensuring that no one was inspecting the engine compartment.<\/p>\n

The defendant contended that at least two-thirds of the liability rested with Plaintiff and his employer for failing to activate the engine compartment engine \u201ckill\u201d switch that was available. Defendant further contended that the failure to use this switch and USC\u2019s lack of training on the use of engine \u201ckill\u201d switches constituted an OSHA regulation violation.<\/p>\n

TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Personal Injury: General Negligence and general Negligence\/Loss of Consortium<\/p>\n

INJURIES:<\/strong> As a result of this incident, Mr. R. sustained \u201cmultiple crush and avulsion injuries of the digits to the right hand and forearm.\u201d Mr. R. was diagnosed with the following major injuries.<\/p>\n

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  1. Traumatic amputation of the right thumb.<\/li>\n
  2. Complex lacerations to the right index, middle and ring fingers.<\/li>\n
  3. Fracture dislocation of the right ring finger.<\/li>\n
  4. Extensor tendon central flip avulsion of right ring finger.<\/li>\n
  5. Comminuted fracture of the right ulna.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    DATE & LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> Incident occurred on May 10, 2007 at Doe Inc., Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

    PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> Candelario R. is 50 years of age.<\/p>\n

    OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Master Mechanic<\/p>\n

    PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> Darren O. Aitken<\/a> (AITKEN * AITKEN * COHN)<\/p>\n

    DEFENDANT\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> Angelo DuPlantier, Esq. (GILBERT, KELLY, CROWLEY & JEANNETT LLP)<\/p>\n

    INTERVENOR\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> Mark E. Joseph, Esq. (PEARLMAN, BORSKA & WAX, LLP)<\/p>\n

    DEFENDANT INSURANCE COMPANY:<\/strong> Oregon Mutual Insurance Company<\/p>\n

    If you think you have a case, contact our Orange County personal injury lawyers<\/a> for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    CASE DESCRIPTION: Plaintiff Candelario R. brought a personal injury lawsuit against Defendant Doe, Inc. after sustaining a severe injury to his right hand and forearm due to the negligent actions of Defendant Doe, Inc. Furthermore, Maria R. brought a claim for Loss of Consortium as a result of her husband\u2019s injury. RESULT: $550,000 Paid to… 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":[699],"class_list":["post-5375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-serious-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375","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=5375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}