Jonathan v. Doe COMPANY

$750,000

Jonathan was riding his motorcycle in Hayward when a truck made a left turn in front of him. At the time of the accident, Jonathan had no motorcycle insurance and under California law this meant that he was not allowed to collect damages for pain and suffering. We claimed, however, that Jonathan was on the job at the time of the accident, which was hotly disputed by his employer.  Futher complicating the case was the testimony of the only eyewitness to the case, a patron at a bar who claims he saw Jonathan speed by at 50mph just shortly before the accident. 

Our accident reconstruction expert disputed the eyewitness and testified that Jonathan could not have been traveling at 50mph, because there were no skidmarks.  No skidmarks meant that Jonathan did not break before the accident and if he was going 50mph at the time of the collision he would've surely been killed.

Defendant also filed a Motion for Summary Adjudication in an attempt to have the Court rule that Jonathan was not entitled to damages for pain and suffering.  We defeated this motion and when Defendant appealed, we defeated the appeal. 

This case settled for $750,000.