Evaluating The Catastrophic Injury Claim

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Evaluating The Catastrophic Injury Claim
Eldon L. Boisseau
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Case Number 1

• Car Driver
• 50 year old woman, wife and mother of 4 children.
• Traveling 50-55 mph, road conditions are good.
• Waitress estimated 65,360 in lost wages.
• Truck Driver
• 25 year old man
• Has a stop sign at a T intersection.
• Licensed, experienced, local driver.
• Marijuana found in his system.
• Driving new route Did not see the stop sign? Did
  not see the car?
• Collision speed, 29 mph.

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Case Number 2

• Van
• Mary, age 35, killed had 3 kids
• Jane, age 40, killed had 2 kids
• Alice, age 38 John, 1 ½, minor injuries.
• No visible means of support.

• Driver
• Construction zone travel diverted to one-way
  lane.
• Does not see the temporary red light or the
  stopped traffic.
• Rear ends a car and strikes an oncoming van.
• Said he fell asleep
• One Year of experience in driving.

• Car
• Bill, age 35, custodian estimated
• 6,000 in lost wages.
• Jane, age 40, and Frank,
• age 12, with minor injuries.
• Jim, age 10, quadriplegic, 15,000,000
• for life care.

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Case Number 3

• Truck Drivers
• Driver 2 is proceeding on an interstate behind
  another semi tractor, driver 1.
• Both drivers stop because of accident up ahead.
• Driver 1 hits the plaintiffs vehicle from the
  rear after the plaintiff passes and loses
  control.
• Driver 2 is then hit by the front of the
  plaintiffs vehicle.

• Smiths (Plaintiff)
• Bob, age 39 38,000 salary, injuries, not back
  to work, medical bills due.
• Susan, age 8 bruises
• Jane, age 6 killed, issue is whether death was
  instantaneous.
• Sally, age 38 25,000 salary, paraplegic,
  medical bills due, 6,000,000 life
• care