Lifetime Injuries For Sacramento Automobile Accident Victim, Part 13 of 14
The following blog entry is written from a defendant’s position after a jury trial verdict for plaintiff. Reviewing this kind of briefing should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in a personal injury case present such issues to the court.
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this auto accident/personal injury case and its proceedings.)
Further, non-economic damages awards that are similar in size to Mr. Ward's $5.4 million award are found only in cases involving injuries which exceed--and in some cases far exceed--his in terms of their severity. (Hess v. Ford Motor Co. (2002) 27 Cal.4th 516, 520-523 [$8.4 million in non-economic damages awarded to plaintiff who became a paraplegic as a result of truck accident];
Mendoza v. Car Club, Inc. (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 287, 292-293, 300 [court upholds jury award of $1 million in non-economic damages against manufacturer of golf cart whose parking brake malfunctioned, causing plaintiff to suffer a broken neck]; Rosh v. Cave Imaging Systems, Inc. (1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 1225, 1232-1233 [court confirms jury award of $2.99 million in non-economic damages to plaintiff who suffered permanent paralysis from the waist down and chronic radiating pain as a result of being shot in the back]; Fortman v. Hemco, Inc. (1989) 211 Cal.App.3d 241, [court upholds $6 million in non-economic damages to 3 year-old for injuries suffered in auto accident rendering her paraplegic and severely brain damaged, but with normal life expectancy];
Rodriguez v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (1978) 87 Cal.App.3d 626, 641-642, 653-655 [22-year old plaintiff was hit in the head and back with a 630-pound pipe, rendering him triplegic, with loss of all movement, sexual function, bladder and bowel control, and in constant pain, but with normal life expectancy; jury awards total economic and non-economic damages of $4,235,996, which the reviewing court upholds]; Niles v. City of San Rafael (1974) 42 Cal.App.3d 230, 237, 241, 244 [court upholds jury's award of $1.6 million in non-economic damages for head injury to young boy resulting in irreversible total paralysis and inability to speak].) (See Part 14 of 14.)
For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.
