Case details

Plaintiff claimed multiple injuries after being dropped

SUMMARY

$1370935

Amount

Verdict-Plaintiff

Result type

Not present

Ruling
KEYWORDS
back, bulging disc, collarbone, fracture, lumbar, shoulder
FACTS
On Sept. 18, 2016, plaintiff Grace DeWitt, 21, a student, was walking north on Crandall Way, in San Luis Obispo, with a group of people that included Odiseo Jimenez. When they were between Foothill Boulevard and Campus Way, Jimenez picked up DeWitt and started running with her. Jimenez tripped and fell while carrying Dewitt, causing him to land on top of her, crushing DeWitt between him and the curb. DeWitt claimed to her back, right shoulder and right hip. DeWitt sued Jimenez, alleging that Jimenez was negligent in his actions. DeWitt claimed that Jimenez picked her up without her permission and failed to act with due care. Jimenez conceded liability for the incident., DeWitt claimed she sustained a bulging lumbar disc at the L5-S1 level and a fracture of the distal clavicle with coracoclavicular ligament insufficiency of her right shoulder. She also claimed that she suffered right hip bursitis and tendinosis and that she was diagnosed with sacroiliac joint dysfunction. DeWitt was taken to a hospital, and she underwent a shoulder reconstruction with hardware, which was later surgically removed. She also treated her back injury conservatively with injections. DeWitt claimed that she will require multiple additional injections, an additional shoulder surgery, and a future arthroscopic surgery on her hip. She also claimed that she will require a sacroiliac fusion. DeWitt sought recovery for her past and future wage loss, past education expenses, future medical costs, and past and future pain and suffering. Defense counsel conceded that DeWitt suffered to the right shoulder, but disputed DeWitt’s other . Defense counsel also disputed DeWitt’s alleged wage loss and education expenses, and argued that DeWitt’s future treatment would be limited to her right shoulder.
COURT
Superior Court of Alameda County, Oakland, CA

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