Forris vs. Haines Trucking
Oct 07, 2021OUTCOME: Case Settled for $312,500
I represented a gentleman who had attended a family graduation party in New Jersey and was driving home to Maryland when he was rear-ended on the New Jersey Turnpike. My client was driving the speed li ... mit in the middle lane of the turnpike when a taxi-cab driver behind my client in the left lane realized he was about to miss his exit and tried to cut over to the far right to make the exit. When the taxi-cab swerved to the right, his commercial vehicle rear-ended my client and caused a significant motor-vehicle crash. The time of the crash was 1:00 a.m. and the taxi-driver was late and speeding when he caused the crash. My client was transported from the crash on the turnpike via an ambulance in a C-Collar to a local hospital Emergency Room. As a result of the crash, my client suffered a severe injury to his left shoulder. He underwent an MRI of his shoulder and the findings disclosed a grade 2 SLAP tear. A grade 2 SLAP tear is characterized by a detachment of the superior labrum and the origin of the tendon of the long head of the biceps from the glenoid resulting in instability of the biceps-labral anchor.