PEDESTRIAN CAR ACCIDENT IN SANTA BARBARA RESULTS IN SEVERED LEG: CALIFORNIA LAWYER GETS COMPENSATION
When a pedestrian is struck by a car or truck, there is a high potential for catastrophic injury or even death. A severed leg or limb is not an uncommon injury, due to the force of the vehicle striking the human body. Our law firm has handled numerous pedestrian v. auto accidents and our lawyers have fought to get fair compensation for our clients. One of cases involved a little boy whose leg was amputated in a pedestrian accident. He was in Santa Barbara, California for the weekend. He was standing at an unmarked cross walk waiting for traffic to clear before crossing the street. He saw a car coming from the left, and thought that the driver saw him leave the curb. He had advanced into the street about ten feet before he realized that the car was not slowing up, and would hit him, so he turned around to run back to the curb. But the driver never slowed up and the right front bumper hit our client’s hip, as he was just a little boy whose hip came up to the car bumper. The bumper actually amputated the boy's leg from the hip which is referred to as a hemipelvectomy. The driver later claimed that she was unable to see the boy as the sun light was reflecting from her windshield, and her attorney claimed the boy ran into the street and it would have been an unavoidable accident in any event. The defense attorney kept referring to the little boy as that “very nice African-American boy from Compton” in an attempt to sway the jury. The jury awarded our client $1,450,000 in compensation and later told us they knew what the defense attorney was trying to do and were offended by it.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a pedestrian accident, you need a lawyer who can fight for you. If you are located in California, please call us for a free consultation at 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776).
