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Personal Injury
Auto v. Auto
Passenger Accident

Robert Mayo v. Richard S. Bundy, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of San Francisco

Published: Jan. 25, 2005 | Result Date: Oct. 1, 2004 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: CGC03419428 Verdict –  $194,599

Judge

Perker L. Meeks Jr.

Court

San Francisco Superior


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Wilda L. White

Walter H. Walker III
(Walker, Hamilton & Kearns LLP)


Defendant

David F. Beech


Experts

Plaintiff

Glenn B. Pfeffer
(medical)

Defendant

Jeffrey Mann
(medical)

Facts

Robert Mayo, a 51-year-old tourist from Maine, was riding on the outside standing platform of a cable car that was rolling on Powell Street in San Francisco on Jan. 31, 2003. Richard Bundy, a tourist from New Jersey, was driving an Enterprise Rent-A-Car when he tried to make a left turn onto Bush Street from Powell Street. The car he was driving struck the side of the cable car and contacted Mayo's left foot. Mayo sued Bundy and Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Company of San Francisco, alleging vehicular negligence and vicarious liability. The defendants neither admitted nor disputed liability. They did dispute the nature and extent of Mayo's injuries, however.

Specials in Evidence

$13,776 between $8,000 and $25,000

Damages

Mayo claimed impairment of earning capacity.

Injuries

Mayo alleged that the contact crushed the inside of his left ankle, causing him considerable and ongoing pain. The foot and ankle specialist discovered six months after the accident that Mayo had suffered an injury to his posterior tibial tendon that would require at least a tendon debridement and possible tendon transfer in the future.

Deliberation

4.5 hours

Poll

9-3

Length

four days


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