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Settlement – $48,000Judge
Court
L.A. Superior Long Beach
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Robert B. Gibson
(Gibson & Hughes)
Defendant
Marcella I. Wilson
(Early Maslach & O�Shea)
Facts
On Aug. 21, 2002, the plaintiff, age 56, was on her way to work at Boeing in the city of Long Beach. She parked her car in the employee parking lot located on Cherry Street. She was jogging across the street, in a crosswalk, after she observed cars which had stopped for pedestrians. As she crossed in front of the defendant's vehicle, she alleged that he moved forward and struck her.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiff demanded $92,000; the defense made a C.C.P. Section 998 offer of $25,000.
Specials in Evidence
$11,000 (disputed by the defense which argued that the medical expenses were $7,000)
Injuries
Whiplash type injuries to neck, back, pain that radiated down the leg, hip pain with radicular symptoms for which the plaintiff received multiple nerve block injections and claimed residual pains in the back and hip.
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