Vehicles - Freeway

Punitives in freeway DUI case. $152K jury verdict. Los Angeles County.

Drunk driver rear-ends another car on freeway at 2 a.m. Moderate injuries. Plaintiffs beat their 998 offer.

Case Name: Lawrence, et al. v. Mataele
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Type of Case: DUI Accident, Negligence, Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto, Vehicles - Freeway, Vehicles - Lane Change, Vehicles – rear-ender

Head-on collision kills plaintiffs' daughter. $3.5 million. San Bernardino County.

Defendant driver says she's entitled to sudden emergency defense as her vehicle came into contact with gravel on the highway shoulder.

Case Name: Arsenio D. Madero Jr., as an individual, and as a successor in interest of DJ Mariah Madero, deceased; Eloisa Madero; as an individual, and as a successor in interest of DJ Mariah Madero, deceased v. Mercedes Devoney Broughton, an individual, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, February 04, 2016
Type of Case: Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto, Vehicles - Freeway, Wrongful Death

Disputed liability in freeway rear-ender ends in defense verdict. Los Angeles County.

Plaintiff in rear-end freeway accident says he slowed for construction zone, but defendant says there was no construction zone.

Case Name: Tapia v. Orji
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, May 21, 2015
Type of Case: Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto, Vehicles - Freeway

Disputed injuries after low-impact rear-ender. $60K jury verdict. Alameda County.

This MIST case resulted in a verdict that included $32,000 in non-economic damages. Both sides had expert testimony from bio-mechanical engineers.

Case Name: Eric R. Harbison v. Melisssa Johnson-Scranton
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Type of Case: MIST (Minor impact, soft tissue), Vehicles - Freeway

Truck accident injures passenger with pre-existing spinal condition. $711,000. Orange County.

Passenger in single-vehicle truck accident claims back injury but docs had told him to have surgery before the accident. $100K offer with admitted liability.

Case Name: Casas v. Slaby Environmental, Inc., Robert Slaby, Julio Arias
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, March 14, 2014
Type of Case: Vehicles - Freeway

Defense verdict after policy limit offer of $50k was refused in rear-ender with disputed causation. San Diego County.

Freeway rear-ender injures plaintiff, age 50, with long history of back pain complaints. Liability admitted but causation and extent of injuries disputed.

Case Name: Juvenal Hernandez v. Juan Pacheco
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Type of Case: Vehicles - Auto vs. Auto, Vehicles - Freeway