North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//November 22, 2024//
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//November 22, 2024//
Action: Mediation
Date: June 20, 2024
Date of incident: Sept. 8, 2022
Nature of claim: Personal injury
Injuries alleged: Major chest trauma requiring nine surgeries, fracture of ribs spine fractures, humerus and clavicle; lung lacerations, permanent scarring
Amount: $1,847,000
Special or other damages:
Case name: Withheld
Case no: Withheld
Court: Withheld
Mediator: Scott Hart
Most helpful experts: Steve Farlow of PE Accident Reconstructionist, Raleigh; Kevin Rider of Forensic Human Factor, Columbus, Ohio
Attorneys: Ben Whitley, of Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh (for the plaintiff)
Plaintiff was riding his bicycle in the bike lane when a dump truck made a right turn, hitting the plaintiff and his bike and subsequently running over the plaintiff.
Plaintiff spent five weeks in intensive care and required nine surgeries.