$315,000 Car Accident Settlement

category: Car Accidents

$315,000 Car Accident Settlement

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$315,000 Car Accident Settlement. A 24-year-old female was injured when a car merged into her lane, pushing her off the road, and causing her vehicle to flip three times before impacting with a tree. Plaintiff was taken to the hospital by ambulance, having sustained a comminuted fracture of the spleen with a subscapular hematoma surrounding the spleen; subcutaneous hematoma in the right frontal area of her brain; as well as an acute nondisplaced fracture in the midbody of the right scapula; non-displaced spinal fractures on the right at L5 and L1 and several deep lacerations. She then was airlifted to another hospital for further care and treatment. The doctors there performed embolization of her grade 4 spleen laceration. Her facial lacerations were repaired and she was placed in a TLSO brace and transferred to ICU for monitoring. She was later discharged to return as needed. Unfortunately, her car was totaled and she was without transportation. She was not able to go back to school, nor participate in her school activities. She was told to immediately cease any activity if she were to develop a headache or other complication. She is still anxious about driving in a car or riding with others. Her main concern is the viability and function of her spleen over her lifetime. For an extended period following the wreck, she was required to wear a large back brace which was cumbersome, limited her activities, and embarrassed her. She was severely limited in going out with friends or socializing, and even to this day, she continues to limit her social activities compared to her normal socialization before this event. She has experienced 2 post-incident, serious panic attacks, together with other “abnormal” feelings in certain daily surroundings. She was left with some permanent scarring over parts of her neck, chest, and back. This case involved total medical care and treatment of $102,000.00. A total settlement was reached before the trial for $315,076.78.