Left-hand turn into oncoming traffic; arbitration award $900,000

Our client was involved in a significant head-on collision when the defendant was attempting to make a left-hand turn in front of our client causing the accident. This significant impact resulted in our client suffering from fractured teeth, a neck injury, left shoulder injury, fractured manubrium, fractured rib, traumatic bruising and hematomas from his seat belt, and most notably, a left knee injury. The blunt force trauma brought about internal derangement of the left knee that ultimately required two separate surgeries. The first surgical intervention attempted to arthroscopically repair the meniscus and other knee components with little success. Following that, our client’s doctor recommended a total knee replacement to address the ongoing complaints of knee pain, limitation and discomfort. The case was arbitrated. At the point of arbitration, our client had undergone the knee replacement procedure that was recommended by his treating doctor and was in the process of recovery. Our client had incurred over $160,000 in medical expenses at the time of his arbitration. The arbitrator issued a final decision that resulted in a $900,000 award for our client.