Our client was a 55-year-old parking citation officer standing next to a parked vehicle and performing his duties when a driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with the parked cars nearby. One of those vehicles was driven directly into our client from behind, striking him in the knees, throwing him onto the hood of the car, and then onto the street where he slammed his body into the ground. He was completely unprepared for the impact. After conservative care and physical therapy provided only partial relief, he underwent cervical and lumbar facet injections followed by radiofrequency ablation rhizotomies at multiple spinal levels. He missed ten days of work and was left with residual stiffness and ongoing symptoms. Mausner Group secured a settlement of $175,000.
The at-fault driver lost control of his vehicle and set off a chain reaction that injured our client -- a bystander who had no ability to avoid what happened. Liability was clear. Mausner Group moved the case to damages and built around the full course of treatment, including the radiofrequency ablation procedures. The damages case was anchored in the objective MRI findings, the treating physicians' opinions connecting the injuries to the crash, and the procedural treatment record that documented the severity of our client's condition.
