Posts Tagged ‘Personal Injury’

For most people injured in a motor vehicle collision, their first thought is not “I better engage the medical payments provision of my auto liability policy.”    Many Humboldt County drivers are either unaware of their own medical payments coverage (“med pay”) in their auto policies, or unfamiliar with how to invoke it and what it covers.

Med pay is coverage under a driver’s auto liability policy which pays for medical expenses incurred as a result of an injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision.  It is a separate category of coverage under a driver’s automobile liability policy, and should not be confused with a person’s health insurance coverage (which might be through a person’s employment).

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In the December 2011 edition of Verdict Search California Patrik Greigo’s and Michael Morrison’s (of Janssen Malloy LLP) recent jury verdict against the County of Humboldt is listed as the publication’s single selection for noteworthy cases in Humboldt County.

Read the report here:  Esquivel v. County of Humboldt  jury verdict.

Janssen Malloy has been working for years to increase awareness of motorcycle safety in our community and recently partnered with Redwood Harley Davidson to sponsor an event to raise money for services for our local veterans.

This past week it came to our attention that Harley Davidson issued a recall for 250,757 touring motorcycles from years 2008-2011 due to a issues with the brakes. Harley officials said the rear brake-light switch could be damaged by heat from the bikes’ exhaust systems. There has been one reported accident attributed to the brake defects.

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Janssen Malloy LLP recommends that individuals interested in the difficulties facing persons in our community with traumatic brain injuries attend tonight’s film at Humboldt State University (“HSU”).

HSU’s Disability Awareness events continue with “When Billy Broke His Head,” on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., HSU Gist Hall 218.  This is a first-person road movie about disability, civil rights and the pursuit of an intelligent life after traumatic brain injury, and includes a post-film interactive workshop, free admission, and refreshments.

The County of Humboldt will have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars after a jury found it acted negligently in handling a vicious pit bull dog that mauled a veterinary worker in 2008.

While the amount to be received by plaintiff Elena Esquivel, 29, is currently unclear, a civil jury on Friday awarded a total verdict for damages in excess of $548,000, which includes money for past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering and lost wages. However, the jury found Esquivel to be 25 percent responsible in the attack that rendered her left arm permanently damaged, so she will receive a sum around three-quarters of the total award.

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On June 8, 2011 Patrik Griego of  The Janssen Law Firm achieved a $725,000 award for a client injured in a car accident with an uninsured driver, Mr. Lewison.  Mr. Lewison suffered severe back injuries requiring a bi-level spinal fusion.  Mr. Lewison’s insurance company initially offered to pay Mr. Lewison $60,000.  The Janssen Law Firm rejected that offer and after almost three years of litigation Mr. Lewison’s insurance company offered $725,000 on the first day of arbitration after it became clear that Mr. Lewison would not accept less than full value for his injuries.

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May was Bike Awareness Month, with crowds of people gathering in Eureka and Arcata for bike to work rallies on designated bike to work days.  In a timely proposal, the City of Eureka is also considering installing striped bicycle lanes on Harris Street, providing additional bicycle friendly streets, but reducing the number of parking spaces available on Harris.  The Parking Place Commission will be discussing the issue at their public meeting in City Hall this Thursday (June 9, 2011, 4:40 p.m.).

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Janssen Law Firm partner, Michael J. Crowley, recently settled a log landing hand crush injury case for $800,000.00.  Log truck driver, Richard Neves, was in the process of attaching a second trailer to an already loaded trailer stacked full of redwood logs when the heel boom operator unsafely lifted the grapples of the loader, causing Mr. Neves’ hand to be crushed against a redwood log.  The defendant disputed both liability and damages until shortly before trial.

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A Sacramento jury returned a verdict of $16 million in a lawsuit involving a young doctor who was hit by a car and permanently disabled while using a crosswalk the city knew to be dangerous.

Eureka and Arcata residents know that the fate of the young woman who was hit in Sacramento could have easily been visited upon any number of pedestrians attempting to cross our city streets each day.

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That automobile accidents are a fact of modern life is undisputed, yet most of us assume such things happen to others.   When a paralegal and lawyer from the Janssen Law Firm, while out serving papers in Eureka, California, were struck by a car darting out of an alley  it was a bit of a struggle to remember just what to do.

The obvious was easy– anybody hurt?  When the answer to that is “no” the police do not have time to investigate and you must be sure to get the pertinent information.   Following is a list of the type of  information you should obtain.

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