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Teen Put In Coma Due to Negligent Driving Resulting in a Car Accident Wins At Trial - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded more than $10 million to a teenager who has been in a coma since she was hit by a car while crossing an intersection in Millbrae. In 2006, Emily Liou, then 17, was walking in a marked crosswalk in an uncontrolled intersection on El Camino Real when she was struck by Gada Hassany. Liou sustained massive brain damage and never regained consciousness. Hassany contended that she didn't see Lee, who was wearing dark clothing, until it was too late. A lawsuit was filed on Liou's behalf against Hassany and the state of California, alleging that it was dangerous to have a marked crosswalk in a busy uncontrolled intersection with multiple lanes of traffic because they give pedestrians a false sense of security. The jury found the state 50 percent liable, Hassany 30 percent liable and Liou 20 percent liable.

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A Worker Hit By A Truck and Injured Recovers At Trial - Dallas, Texas

A FedEx worker who was struck by a tow truck as she was walking on a street recovered $2.6 million. In 2005, Melissa Tinsley, then 34, was outside her truck when she was hit by Johnathan Ray Nutt, who was driving for TCB Wrecker Service. She sustained a fractured skull, a shattered eye socket and severe brain injuries. She has no memory of the accident, but testified that her custom was to go out the passenger side of her truck, look both ways and then safely cross the street. Plaintiff's counsel argued that Tinsley was off the roadway and was struck from behind while walking along the side of the road. The jury found Tinsley 1 percent negligent and Nutt 99 percent negligent.

 

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Driver paralyzed in rear-ender car crash awarded $30.2M - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded $30.2 million to a man paralyzed in a rear-ender under an overpass in Kirkland. In 2007, Koti Hu, then 27, was stopped at a traffic light when he was struck by Michael Savo. Hu claimed that the overpass cast a heavy shadow over his vehicle and the traffic light, which were located after a 180-degree downgrade turn. He claimed that defective traffic engineering by the state Department of Transportation contributed to the crash in its placement of the stop line and use of incorrect and misplaced warning signs. He also claimed that Savo was speeding. Hu was rendered a quadriplegic and required spinal facet surgery. Savo agreed that the ramp was defectively designed. The state claimed Savo was the sole cause of the crash.

 

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Michelin hit with $41.8M verdict for rollover crash - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded $41.8 million to a teenage passenger who was paralyzed in a rollover after one of the pickup truck's tire tread belts detached. In 2009, Rubi Ann Rocha, then 17, was a passenger when she was ejected in the rollover. She's paralyzed from the chest down. Her lawyers argued that the truck's BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A tire made by Michelin had a manufacturing defect. Counsel argued that the tire was contaminated with rainwater that fell from a leaky roof on Michelin's Tuscaloosa plant. This put it at risk for tread separation, counsel claimed. Former Michelin workers testified the roof was in poor condition and leaked severely during heavy rain. Counsel presented weather records showing that it rained heavily during the week in 2004 when this particular tire was manufactured.

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Teenager Injured in Crash With Truck Settles Case - Dallas, Texas

A teenager who claimed knee and back injuries in a crash with a tractor-trailer agreed to a $400,000 settlement. In 2008, Daniel Hernandez, then 17, was traveling east on W. Military Highway in McAllen. Juan Luis Martinez, working for G and F Freightliner, was driving a tractor-trailer and pulled out from a driveway into the plaintiff's path. Daniel tried to stop, but was unable and his car went under the trailer. He sustained a concussion, abrasions, a herniated disc at L4-5 and a torn meniscus. Daniel underwent arthroscopic surgery on the knee. Back surgery has been recommended by two orthopedic specialists, but he has declined so far.

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Driver Is Awarded For Back and Neck Injuries Resulting From Car Accident - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded $96,680 to a man who claimed back and neck injuries in a left-turn crash. In 2007, Danny Isonhood, then 18, was heading west in a pickup truck on Texas Highway 154 in Upshur County. Daniel Couture was heading east in a sedan. Couture turned left in front of Isonhood, who struck Couture's passenger side. Isonhood claimed neck and back sprains and strains and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Teenager In Coma After Car Accident Gets 10M - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded more than $10 million to a teenager who has been in a coma since she was hit by a car while crossing an intersection in Millbrae. In 2006, Emily Liou, then 17, was walking in a marked crosswalk in an uncontrolled intersection on El Camino Real when she was struck by Gada Hassany. Liou sustained massive brain damage and never regained consciousness. Hassany contended that she didn't see Lee, who was wearing dark clothing, until it was too late. A lawsuit was filed on Liou's behalf against Hassany and the state of California, alleging that it was dangerous to have a marked crosswalk in a busy uncontrolled intersection with multiple lanes of traffic because they give pedestrians a false sense of security. The jury found the state 50 percent liable, Hassany 30 percent liable and Liou 20 percent liable.

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Driver Who Injured Shoulders In Rear-End Car Accident Recovers 6M - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded more than $6 million to a woman who alleged a rear-end collision caused painful shoulder injuries. In 2005, Liberti McDonald was driving her minivan in Tehachapi, when it was struck by a vehicle driven by David Biggs. McDonald claimed a bone bruise on her left shoulder developed into frozen shoulder. She was later diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome and reflex sympathetic dystrophy, which cause chronic and continuing pain. She said she will need pain management and other medical care for the rest of her life. Biggs admitted liability for the crash, but disputed McDonald's injury claims. The defense argued that McDonald fully recovered from her frozen shoulder and the other disorders weren't caused by the accident.

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Woman Awarded Money For Rear-End Car Accident Resulting In Neck Injury - Dallas, Texas

A woman was awarded a little more than $1.3 million for a neck injury she claimed in a low-impact rear-ender in Newark. Hui Chen was rear-ended by Daniel Castro while stopped at a red light on McCarter Highway and Raymound Boulevard. Neither vehicle was badly damaged but Castro's vehicle did push Chen's slightly into the intersection. Chen complained of neck and wrist pain and a neurologist ultimately diagnosed her with a herniated disc at C5-6 and a sprained wrist. Castro said Chen's injuries didn't breach the verbal threshold and offered a high/low of $50,000 and $10,000, which Chen rejected. The jury awarded $1,325,250 and the parties settled for a confidential amount shortly after trial.

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100 Year Old Driver Hits Children In Car Accident - Dallas, Texas

 

The screams of women and children didn't cause a 100-year-old driver to stop as he backed his large powder blue Cadillac onto a sidewalk across from an elementary school and hit 11 people, including nine children.

So people began pounding on his windows screaming for him to stop, a witness said.

Alma Solache said she was buying her children an afterschool snack Wednesday just before the accident outside a South Los Angeles school.

"He was not paying attention," said Solache, 24, adding that it was at least two or three seconds before the vehicle halted and people began pulling children out from beneath the car.

Four of the children were in critical condition when firefighters arrived but they were stabilized and were in serious condition at a hospital, city fire Capt. Jaime Moore said. Everyone was expected to survive, he said.

Children's backpacks, shoes, candy and loose change were strewn about the scene behind a discount grocery store across from Main Street Elementary.

Police said the driver, Preston Carter, was being very cooperative and drugs or alcohol were not a factor in the crash.

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