San Francisco Automobile Accident Attorneys
Auto Accidents that Result in Brain Injuries
San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · San Diego · Nevada
Rear End Accident - $1,250,000 Settlement
Our auto accident attorneys negotiated a settlement of $1,250,000 on behalf of a 64-year-old retiree who was rear-ended in Mountain View, California in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 101. After the collision our client experienced headaches and neck pain. A few months later, he developed slurred speech, foot drop, and weakness in his arm and leg. His treating neurologist first thought he was exaggerating his complaints. But several months later, he was diagnosed with subdural hematomas confirmed by brain MRI. He underwent surgery to evacuate the bleeding and was forced to retire from his position as a software engineer. The defense lawyers hired by the insurance company argued that there was no causal connection between the accident and the our clients head injury. The insurance company lawyers argued that e did not strike his head during the collision and he was not the first car struck in this low speed collision. Walkup auto accident specialists put forth experts who opined that the whiplash event caused a slow bleed, which subsequently caused neurological deficits. The settlement represented the full policy limits of the defendant drivers auto insurance coverage.
Car vs. Pedestrian Accident - $4,050,000 Brain Injury Settlement
Walkup's brain injury auto accident team negotiated a cash and annuity settlement having a present cash value of $4,050,000 on behalf of a recent business school graduate who suffered a brain injury after being hit by a car while in a crosswalk.
The impact caused bleeding inside his skull and the increased intracranial pressure damaged his brain. The driver had a limited personal insurance policy ($50,000). She was employed by a large Silicon Valley company and she gave conflicting accounts as to what she was doing when the accident occurred. She told police that she was headed from one company campus to another. She later said she was going home. The company agreed to contribute $4,000,000 toward the settlement after our team uncovered evidence showing that the driver was still on the clock when the accident occurred and that she sometimes used her car to run company errands.
Car vs. Bicycle Accident - $17,000,000 Brain Damage Verdict
Our bicycle accident trial team represented a Silicon Valley software engineer who sustained a serious closed head injury, involving laceration of the middle meningeal artery, brain stem compression and basal skull fracture and severance of the temporal artery as a result of an auto vs. bicycle collision. A left-turning auto struck our client and propelled him off of his bicycle and into the coming car. Although helmeted, he sustained a serious fracture of the temporal bone with resulting subdural hemorrhage and brain stem compression. Our traumatic brain injury specialists put on evidence in the Superior Court trial regarding our client's future rehabilitation needs, loss of earnings, required future attendant care, as well as the expected cost of lifetime medical treatment. The verdict also involved compensation to our client's wife, whose life was irrevocably changed by reason of her husband's cognitive impairment.
Head-On Auto Collision - $8,775,000 Brain Damage Jury Verdict
Our TBI trial lawyers obtained a jury verdict in Sacramento County in the amount of $8,775,000 on behalf of a 21-year-old woman who suffered massive intracranial bleeding from a closed head injury with resulting brain damage after her car was struck by a rental car driven by an unlicensed and unauthorized driver. Our auto accident trial lawyers brought suit against both the driver and the rental company. The jury verdict compensated our brain injured client for severe brain damage, loss of independence, lost wages, costs of rehabilitation, and costs of future medical care. After an initial period of coma, our client was left with memory impairment and permanent left-sided weakness.
Flooded Roadway - $4,500,000 Closed Head Injury Settlement
Our government liability and dangerous roadway legal team represented a 14-year-old boy riding as a rear-seat passenger in a car that was involved in a head-on auto collision in Bakersfield, California. As the car encountered a rural intersection, the driver found the roadway flooded. No warning signs had been erected. Although it had been raining earlier, it was not raining at the time of the collision. The flooded roadway caused the car to hydroplane and rotate, crossing into oncoming traffic, and collide head-on with a car traveling in the opposite direction. Our young client sustained a major head injury that caused a persistent coma. His medical bills exceeded $500,000. Because of his brain damage, experts forecasted that he would be unable to be self-sufficient in the work place. His future wage loss was estimated at over $800,000. The brain injury attorney team of Walkup achieved a cash and annuity settlement of $4,500,000 against defendants, which included the local county water district, the county road department, and the other driver.
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Contact our firm today. The traumatic brain injury attorneys and spinal cord injury lawyers at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger represent clients in California and Nevada. An attorney will meet with injured people and their families in our office, at their homes, or in their hospital rooms.
