Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto

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.

Million-dollar policy limits at stake after rear-ender causes only minor damage to vehicles.