Compass Law Group secured a $5,000,000 settlement for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury and serious spinal injuries after a company truck rear-ended her stopped vehicle on the westbound I-10 freeway toward Santa Monica, pushing her car into the vehicle ahead.
What began as a routine rear-end collision case quickly revealed the true severity of our client’s injuries. What appeared to be a manageable claim became a complex case requiring extensive medical documentation of a traumatic brain injury and its lasting cognitive effects.
What Made It Unique
Liability was clear from the outset, as our client was stopped in heavy traffic when she was struck from behind. The real challenge in this case was fully documenting the extent of our client’s traumatic brain injury, an injury that isn’t always visible or easy to quantify, but that had a profound and lasting impact on her daily life.
Our client’s cognitive symptoms, including confusion, word-finding difficulty, and irritability, required close coordination with medical experts to demonstrate how significantly the collision had affected her cognitive function, not just her physical body.
Legal Strategy
Our case focused on the defendant’s failure to stop in time in heavy traffic, causing a chain-reaction collision. We worked with our client’s treating physicians and neurological experts to fully document her traumatic brain injury, including loss of consciousness at the scene, ongoing headaches, light sensitivity, dizziness, and cognitive impairment.
By presenting comprehensive medical evidence of both the physical and cognitive impact of the collision, we ensured that the true value of our client’s claim, including the long-term effects of her brain injury, was fully recognized in the settlement.
Client Outcome
Following the collision, our client suffered a traumatic brain injury with lasting cognitive effects, along with serious neck and back injuries.
Compass Law Group successfully recovered $5,000,000 through settlement, an outcome that reflected both the severity of our client’s physical injuries and the lasting impact of her traumatic brain injury on her daily life.
“Traumatic brain injuries are often the most misunderstood injuries in a personal injury case. They don’t always show up on an X-ray, but their impact on a person’s life, their memory, their mood, their ability to function day to day, can be every bit as devastating as a visible physical injury. Our job is to make sure that impact is fully understood and fully compensated.”
— Joseph Shirazi, Esq., Managing Partner, Compass Law Group, LLP (Pending Attorney Approval)
The Takeaway
Rear-end collisions, especially those involving commercial vehicles, can cause serious injuries that go far beyond whiplash, including traumatic brain injuries with lasting cognitive effects. Fully documenting these injuries, including the ones that aren’t immediately visible, is critical to securing fair compensation.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a collision with a commercial vehicle, Compass Law Group is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help protect your rights.
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