Pedestrian Accidents Attorney in Manhattan Beach, California
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I just wrapped up a case where I represented a woman who was in her late 60’s/early 70’s, and every morning she would take the same walk around her neighborhood, and it was about a two mile walk, and she’d take the same route, always used the crosswalks. And one morning she was on her morning walk, and a dry cleaning van ran through a stop sign and hit her dead on in the left side of her body, so she was knocked unconscious, in the hospital for about a month after that, and she sustained some very serious injuries. We came in and handled that case, sued the driver of the van, the company that employed the driver of the van, and that case was settled prior to trial for a very significant amount of money.
Pedestrian cases are always challenging because the driver doesn’t wanna admit that they did something wrong. So in this case, the driver had actually fabricated a whole story that there was, you know, another car blocking his view, and that he had been distracted by something that had occurred on the street. And none of that sounded really plausible, so what we were able to do is we used an investigator. We got the videos from the street cameras that were around the neighborhood.
Luckily this had occurred in an area where they have cameras on most of the, like, light poles. So we were able to do some investigating, get those videos, and at the end of the day it showed that his story was a lie. That really drove the settlement value. In this case, it was finding those little things, and you know, going a step above, and being able to figure out, you know, what actually happened in the case.
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Los Angeles, CA sexual harassment & employment attorney Natalie Weatherford talks about a case where she represented an old woman who was hit by a dry cleaning van. She explains that recently, I concluded a case representing a woman in her late 60s to early 70s who had a daily routine of taking a two-mile walk around her neighborhood. She followed the same route, diligently using the crosswalks. Unfortunately, one morning during her routine walk, a dry cleaning van disregarded a stop sign and collided directly with her left side. The impact rendered her unconscious, and she had to spend a month in the hospital, sustaining severe injuries. Our firm took on her case, filing lawsuits against both the driver of the van and the employing company. Remarkably, we reached a substantial settlement amount before going to trial.
Pedestrian cases present particular challenges, as drivers often resist admitting fault. In this instance, the driver concocted an elaborate narrative, claiming that another vehicle had obstructed his view and that a street incident had distracted him. These explanations seemed implausible, prompting us to enlist the help of an investigator. Through diligent efforts, we obtained footage from street cameras installed on most of the light poles in the neighborhood.
Fortunately, the area where the accident occurred was well-monitored, and the videos we acquired ultimately debunked the driver’s fabricated story. This revelation significantly influenced the settlement value of the case. In situations like this, it is crucial to uncover these critical details, going above and beyond to ascertain the truth of what transpired.
