Settlement negotiated for injured Patriot Guard rider
$1,247,144 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 63-year-old Portsmouth resident and member of the Patriot Guard Motorcycle Association, was on a mission to attend a funeral for a fallen veteran when the defendant, driving an F-250 Ford pickup truck, crossed the double yellow lines and struck the left front of the plaintiff’s Harley Davidson.
Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital with the following diagnosis:
multiple left rib fractures; left grade two renal laceration;
left adrenal hematoma; left colonic hematoma;
small left retroperi-toneal hematoma; left closed distal severely comminuted femur fracture;
right elbow fracture dislocation; right distal radius fracture;
left 2nd metatarsal fracture and 3rd and 4th proximal phalanx fractures;
left distal phalanx fracture of the great toe;
non-insulin dependent diabetes; hemorrhagic shock;
and renal insufficiency.
ZYDRON Plaintiff was treated from Dec. 20, 2011, until November 2012. Medical specials totaled $201,188.52, together with a life care plan of $116,759.87.
Plaintiff has recovered with some disabilities and returned to part-time work.
The case resolved via negotiated settlement.[13-T-095]