$2.8M Settlement for Rear-End Car Crash

Our client was the driver, with a front-seat passenger and a rear-seat passenger of a vehicle stopped for traffic on US-101 near the intersection of Los Berros Road in an unincorporated city of San Luis Obispo County, California.

The police officer on the scene found the defendant driver at fault for the collision in violation of California Vehicle Code Section VC22350 for driving at an unsafe speed.

The clients were rear-ended at 75 mph pushing their vehicle down a hill onto an adjacent off-ramp. The impact was severe and liability was clear.

The defendant driver, who was in the course and scope of his employment, admitted to speeding and not paying attention to the traffic ahead of him. All three clients were transported to the hospital. One of the clients was severely injured, requiring emergency surgery at the hospital.