Southern California Injury Lawyer Blog
The California Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a recent car accident case involving a pedestrian who was involved in an accident. She claims that after she took a few steps into the crosswalk she was struck by a van. According to physician testimony at trial, the plaintiff purportedly suffered substantial injuries to her left foot, leg, and fingers, and she became unable to live independently as a result of the accident.
In the case, Vitushkina v. Luminalt Energy Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (2014), the main issue at trial was whether the woman had already entered the street by the time the van approached, or whether she entered the street at around the same time.
The driver behind the van who purportedly hit the woman stopped at the scene and gave a statement to the police, and he later testified that the woman seemed to have come out of nowhere, from in between two cars that were parked nearby.