A former Canyon Country woman, who was injured in a traffic collision in 2017, has been awarded $6.126 million.
On July 5, 2017, the plaintiff was driving her 1998 Lexus ES300 eastbound on Newhall Ranch Road. Her car was T-boned by a white box truck driven by the defendant. The collision left the plaintiff with serious and permanent injuries, including trauma to her cervical spine, multiple rib fractures, and a traumatic brain injury.
The jurors, after finding that the defendant had dozed off behind the wheel, which caused the mishap, passed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The award includes $275,000 for past economic damages, $851,000 for future economic damages, $1 million in past non-economic damages, and $4 million in future non-economic damages. Also, in December 2017, the defendant had rejected the plaintiff’s offer to settle for $1 million, which now resulted in a prejudgment interest at 10% per year. The final result is expected to exceed $7.3 million with interest.
