Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto

Driver enters intersection despite sign warning "right turn only."

Defendants admitted liability but disputed the nature, extent, and cause of plaintiff’s injuries.

VW Jetta is totaled in crash, minimal damage to truck which had a trailer hitch port in place. State Farm defended.

Extent of head, neck and back injuries and treatment disputed in admitted liability intersectional accident. 

T-bone collision at intersection results in back injury and two surgeries, but defendant disputes the need for surgery, arguing pre-existing injury and over-treating.

Allstate makes lowball offer and claims that plaintiff exaggerated his injury.

Liability is disputed in high-speed head-on crash on two-lane road.

Injury causation is in dispute when woman claims gynecological injuries in auto accident.

UM claim in rear-ender goes to arbitration when State Farm offers only $13K against a $250K UM policy. Plaintiff was 51 years old and self-employed. Large loss-of-earnings claim.  

The first civil jury trial in San Francisco Superior Court in 2020 after the pandemic shutdown.  Defense argues the need for treatment was exaggerated by attorney-referred doctors, and that there was a pre-existing condition.

Jury trial held after court reopens during pandemic. Soft-tissue injury to neck leads to claim of tinnitus; liability and causation disputed.

Jury reaches fast verdict just before courthouse closes down for pandemic.

Vehicles collide as one driver is pulling out of a parking lot. Question is whether that driver was in the course and scope of his employment.

Farm worker is sitting in back row of passenger van when it is rear-ended while stopped at a railroad crossing. Liability admitted.