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Jury Awards $17M for Head Injury Car Crash

Posted on June 22, 2015 by bonnicilawgroup

Earlier this month a Vista Superior Court jury awarded $17.3 million to a man who suffered a facial and head injury in a crash in Escondido nearly three years ago. The jury found that the man, a doctoral student from San Marcos, should receive damages for his past and future medical expenses, past and future earnings, as well as his pain and mental anguish. The victim, who suffered facial fractures and had a concussion as a result of the crash, is having short-term memory issues, jaw pain, and difficulty multi-tasking, his attorney said. In November 2012, the driver of a commercial truck for NuCO2, a soda carbonation company based in Florida, was traveling south on Interstate 15 when it struck a number of cars that had come to a stop on the freeway near Via Rancho Parkway. The plaintiff was in a Toyota Solara, the third of five vehicles in…
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Mother of Teen Who Suffered Brain Injury Upset Over Speed Limit Increase

Posted on June 15, 2015 by bonnicilawgroup

Coronado residents are upset with plans to raise the speed limit in an area where many accidents have occurred, including an instance where a teen suffered a traumatic brain injury. Caltrans, the state agency responsible for highway planning, construction and maintenance, plans to increase the speed limit from 25 mph to 30 mph along several blocks of 3rd and 4th streets that run west of the San Diego Bay Bridge and east of Orange Avenue. Residents expressed outrage at a June 2 city council meeting. “This whole notion of increasing the speed is absurd,” said the mother of a 16-year-old who was nearly killed when he was hit by a car last year while crossing 4th Street. The teen suffered a traumatic brain injury, prompting his mother to become an advocate for safer roads along the busy corridor. The mom said she hopes people will come together and oppose the…
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Woman Sues Steve Aoki After Breaking Neck At Concert

Posted on June 8, 2015 by bonnicilawgroup

Professional musician Steve Aoki is facing a lawsuit after a concertgoer was severely injured at a music festival in San Diego. According to the lawsuit, the concertgoer injured her neck and ankle when Aoki jumped into the crowd riding an inflatable pool raft. Friends of the woman who attended the festival remember seeing the raft land directly on top of her, trapping her underneath. After being knocked unconscious for several minutes, the woman was later transported to a hospital by emergency personnel, where she would stay for the next three days. Doctors later told the 27-year-old woman that the accident almost paralyzed her. Steve Aoki is widely known for colorful and energetic concerts where stage diving, cake throwing and champagne spraying are commonplace. An attorney representing the injured woman was quick to point out that this is not the first time concertgoers have been injured at an Aoki concert. Aoki…
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