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Head-on collision / fractured neck and ankle

 

TRACTOR-TRAILER/MOTOR VEHICLE
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The Plaintiff sustained a fractured neck and ankle from a head-on collision with the Defendant. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant crossed the center line. The Defendant averred the opposite. The Defendant offered to bifurcate the case and try it on liability. If the Plaintiff won, she would receive the Defendant’s policy limits.

Demand
$100,000 (policy limits)

Offer
Bifurcate and  try on liability only

Result
Defense verdict

Venue
Allegheny County

Judge
James

Attorney
Paul J. Walsh III

Tried
November 1994