Facts

On June 9, 2004, at approximately 10:20 a.m., plaintiff Susan Y. Andre-Pettigrew, a 51-year-old branch manager of a cash advance loan company, while operating a Cadillac CTS was T-boned by a cattle hauling truck/trailer combination, which had run a red light. The accident occurred at State Route 43 and Houston Avenue in Kings County. The defendants did not dispute liability.

The plaintiffs contended that two years post accident, Susan Andre-Pettigrew continued to suffer from residuals from her accident-induced injuries, including constant wrist pain, with limitations of wrist and hand and diminished grip strength secondary to DeQuervain's syndrome/tenosynovitis, chronic, daily migraine headaches, constant neck and back pain, including her right hip and tail bone regions.

Settlement Discussions

The plaintiff demanded $750,000; the defendants offered $125,000 at mediation.

Specials in Evidence

$58,332

Injuries

Susan Andre-Pettigrew suffered fractures of the left wrist (distal radius and ulna), closed-head injury with loss of consciousness, cervical injury and bilateral shoulder injury, lower-back and mid-back injury, right hip injury, right lower extremity injury, blunt trauma to abdomen and chest, and left knee injury with swelling. Jim Pettigrew claimed loss of consortium.

Result

The case settled for $290,000 at the mandatory settlement conference.

Other Information

FILING DATE: April 29, 2005.