While on her way to work, our client drove through an ordinary intersection. Another driver rushing to make an appointment on time, approached the same intersection from our client’s right. He entered the intersection attempting to turn right, but our client was already in the intersection and could not stop in time. She crashed right into him.
The collision caused years of pain and limitations in our client’s neck, which was not in good shape even before the crash. The defendant denied liability altogether, claiming that our client should have avoided the crash and that her neck issues all pre-dated the crash. We filed suit and took the case to trial. After the evidence was presented, the court ruled that the defendant was liable. The jury agreed that our client was injured, but they could not agree on the appropriate compensation. The parties ended up settling for double the highest offer made by the defense before trial.