Robert Glassman · Jonathan Davidi
September 6, 2024 5:30 PM||TLU n Demand
Register NowPlaintiff left work on his motorcycle on the morning of April 12, 2019, to go home. As he was proceeding straight on a street in downtown Los Angeles, a DWP work van pulled out in front of him to make a left turn. The plaintiff could not stop in time and crashed into the side of the van. The LAPD investigated the collision and determined the DWP driver caused the crash by failing to yield the right of way to the plaintiff. The crash and events leading up to it were caught on camera. The plaintiff suffered fractures to his wrist, ribs and pelvis and spent 12 days in the hospital. He later developed back pain and had a fusion surgery. After experts on both sides of the case analyzed the video, both experts determined that plaintiff was speeding at 60 mph in a 35 mph zone in the seconds leading up to impact. DWP denied liability and blamed the entire crash on the plaintiff. They also disputed the nature and extent of plaintiff’s damages. The trial lasted nearly one month, and the jury deliberated for a day delivering a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $11,045,000 and finding the plaintiff was negligent but putting 100% of fault on DWP.
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