Family Injured in Tow Truck Right-of-Way Collision: $300,000 Settlement
N/AOUTCOME: $300,000 Settlement
The Alonso family was seriously injured when a tow truck broadsided their van at a Broward County intersection on July 1, 2001, after the tow truck driver failed to yield the right-of-way. The crash ca ... used significant injuries to all three family members and led to substantial medical treatment and expenses. Rene Alonso Sr., 49, suffered multiple lumbar herniated discs, soft tissue injuries, and lacerations. His son, Rene Jr., 17, sustained facial lacerations, cuts, bruises, and soft tissue injuries. Brunilda Alonso, 55, suffered some of the most serious injuries, including a liver laceration, fractured ribs, cuts, bruises, and soft tissue injuries. She was treated at Memorial Hospital, while Rene Sr. underwent treatment at Hollywood Injury Rehabilitation Center. Mitchell J. Panter of Panter, Panter & Sampedro represented the family and built the case by retaining accident reconstruction expert Miles Moses to show that the defendant’s failure to yield caused the collision. In March 2002, Mr. Panter secured the full $300,000 policy limits for the Alonso family through settlement. The case was handled in Broward County Court before Judge W. Herbert Moriarty, Case No. 01-013128 CA 18.
