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Personal Injury (Vehicular)
Automobile Accident
Motorcycle Collision

Paul Bret Boright v. County of San Diego

Published: Apr. 8, 1995 | Result Date: Feb. 8, 1995 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: N62260 –  $666,000

Judge

David B. Moon Jr.

Court

San Diego Superior


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Bernard R. Deetman


Defendant

George W. Brewster Jr.


Experts

Plaintiff

Robert H. Wallace
(technical)

Harry J. Krueper Jr.
(technical)

Kenneth S. Obenski
(technical)

Jerome C. Stenehjem M.D.
(medical)

Defendant

John McKibben
(technical)

Allen L. Weber
(technical)

Facts

On April 19, 1993, Plaintiff Paul Bret Boright, a 48-year-old handyman and water-well driller, was riding his Yamaha 750 when a Buick Regal struck him in a broadside collision.

Settlement Discussions

Offers and demands which were exchanged prior to this verdict were not disclosed.

Specials in Evidence

$179,883 $11,900 $258,124 to $521,550 $41,312

Damages

Additional damages claimed were $19,808 for future vocational rehabilitation and $35,864 for future household services.

Injuries

Plaintiff sustained Mild brain injury; near amputation of the right arm with residual nerve damage, pain, and loss of function; compound fracture of the left ankle with residual pain; and a compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula. Plaintiff had surgical correction of lower extremity fractures and upper extremity nerve injury; residual pain, deformity, and loss of function at all surgical sites.

Deliberation

6 hours

Poll

10-2

Length

7 days


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