Back in Tulare County. My client was 19 at the time of this auto collision. My client was born with a condition called Chiari Malformation where a portion of her cerebellum extended out of her skull at the base of her neck. This condition made a simple "whiplash" injury dramatically more devastating resulting in facial numbness, dizziness and constant nausea. The defendant-driver attempted to make a wide unprotected left turn across four lanes of traffic into my client's lane of travel, while my client was traveling about 40 m.p.h. The defense's insurance company for years said my client "rear-ended" their driver and offered $10,000.00 to settle the case. The jury didn't buy it. The jury and the court ultimately awarded $385,000.00.
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