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Settlement – $1,100,000Judge
Court
Orange Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
James R. Missett
(medical)
Defendant
Bernard S. Rappaport
(medical)
Edward A. Abraham M.D.
(medical)
Charles E. Becker
(technical)
Diana Farmer
(medical)
Renee Leslie Binder
(medical)
Facts
On August 3, 1992, Plaintiff a 44-year-old delivery truck driver was making a delivery to Defendant business. Plaintiff was standing on the loading dock when an employee of the Defendant business knocked over a stack of pallets onto the Plaintiff, forcing him to the ground face first.
Settlement Discussions
Plaintiff contends they made a 998 demand for $1,100,000 and Defendant offered nothing.
Specials in Evidence
$85,000 $42,000 $300,000 $30,000
Injuries
Plaintiff sustained shoulder, right knee, and neck and back injuries requiring physical therapy and neuro-psychological treatment for cognitive and sensory dysfunction; sinus fracture requiring open reduction, internal fixation with micro plates; nasoethmoid fracture with bone graft and leg screw fixation; Plaintiff required exploration of the right orbital floor with vitallium mesh for reconstruction, micro plating of the left zygomatic and maxillary fracture, exploration of the left orbital floor, and closed reduction of the septum; future acromiosplasty repair of the left rotator cuff full thickness tear. Plaintiff's wife claimed loss of consortium.
Poll
9-3
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