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Settlement – $100,000Court
L.A. Superior Pomona
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Robert S. Scuderi
(Law Office of Robert S. Scuderi)
Defendant
Brett G. Hampton
(Koletsky, Mancini, Feldman & Morrow)
Facts
On June 17, 1995, the plaintiff wife, a 71-year-old homemaker, was accompanying the plaintiff husband, a 75-year-old retired construction worker, in a Medi-Van owned by the defendant to a location for a dialysis treatment. The plaintiff husband was seated in a wheelchair at the time of the accident. The driver of the Medi-Van, after stopping at a boulevard stop, was struck by an uninsured motorist traveling on the through highway. The plaintiffs brought the within action based on a negligence theory of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiffs demanded $154,000. The defendants offered $70,000.
Specials in Evidence
$25,000 (husband-plaintiff) and $12,000 (wife-plaintiff)
Injuries
The plaintiffs suffered bruised ribs and multiple soft tissue injuries requiring chiropractic treatment and physical therapy.
Other Information
The settlement was reached approximately five months after the case was filed. The case was set for trial on priority basis for January 25, 1996.
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