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Settlement – $333,958Judge
Court
San Joaquin Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
Gene Gonzales
(technical)
Vernon Kent Fong
(medical)
Facts
On September 28, 1993, the plaintiff, a 25-year-old certified nurse assistant, was traveling southbound on El Dorado Street in the city of Stockton. The defendant driver was also driving his commercial truck southbound on El Dorado Street. As the plaintiff approached the intersection with Fourth Street, the defendant driver swerved and collided with the left rear quarter of the plaintiff's vehicle. The impact of the collision caused the plaintiff's vehicle to spin and come to a stop at the intersection of El Dorado and Fourth Street. The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants, the driver and the trucking company (the owner of the truck), based on negligence theories of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiff and the defendants did not make any settlement demands or offers.
Specials in Evidence
$20,508 $51,100 (and $52,163 for vocational rehabilitation) $127,700
Damages
The plaintiff claimed $52,163 in vocational rehabilitation expenses.
Injuries
The plaintiff alleged that he sustained a ruptured disc at L4-5 and L5-S1 requiring decompression and fusion at both levels as a result of the accident.
Other Information
The award was reached approximately two years after the case was filed. A trial de novo was not filed by either party.
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