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Settlement – $145,000Court
L.A. Superior San Fernando
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
Robert J. Shorr
(medical)
Sion Nobel
(medical)
Defendant
Keith E. Liberman M.D.
(medical)
Facts
On August 8, 1994, the plaintiffs, a 52-year-old carpenter for the city of Los Angeles, and his 51-year-old wife, a part-time office receptionist, were traveling eastbound on Lahey Street in Granada Hills in their Chevy S-10 Blazer. The defendant was driving his car southbound on Haskell Avenue when he attempted to turn left onto Lahey Street and collided head-on with the plaintiffs' vehicle. The plaintiffs' vehicle was overturned by the force of the impact. The plaintiffs brought this action against the defendant based on negligence theories of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiffs each made C.C.P. º998 settlement demand for $100,000. The defendant made a C.C.P. º998 offer of compromise for $80,000 to the plaintiff husband and $65,000 to the plaintiff wife.
Specials in Evidence
$14,262 (plaintiff husband); $8,573 (plaintiff wife) $50,000 (plainitff husband); $ 1,200 (plaintiff wife) $__________ (plaintiff husband); $__________ (plaintiff wife) $__________ (plaintiff husband); $__________ (plaintiff wife)
Damages
The plaintiff wife claimed loss of consortium.
Injuries
The plaintiff husband alleged that he sustained a fractured ankle, ribs and discopathy (lumbar) as a result of the accident. The plaintiff wife alleged that she sustained a fractured collarbone as a result of the accident.
Other Information
The settlement was reached approximately eight months after the case was filed.
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