Pasadena Law Firm Win Multi-Million Dollar Settlement

Pasadena personal injury attorneys Ball & Roberts have announced their recent multimillion-dollar lawsuit settlement in a case which touched on a number of novel issues.

The attorneys client was a woman they say sustained upper arm nerve problems and psychiatric injuries from an automobile accident. The accident occurred as a result of an unsecured vehicle left on the side of the road that rolled back into traffic.

The case presented some novel issues concerning post-traumatic stress disorder, which became difficult to treat because of the physical pain from the arm injuries the woman sustained.

In addition, the law firm says the woman, who was an Eastern European immigrant, had some pre-existing psychiatric problems due to language difficulties and cultural differences she has experienced since living here.

The case also raised an interesting legal issue over whether failure to re-arm an airbag (that had deployed in a previous accident) can be deemed negligence. The question was raised over whether, if the law does not require every car to have working airbags, someone can be faulted for not fixing an airbag that had been activated earlier.

In response to this unique legal challenge, Ball & Roberts employed accident reconstruction experts and bio-medical experts to prove the defendant would have sustained the same—or worse—injuries had there been a working airbag.

The personal injury attorneys reached a confidential settlement with the defendant, a road construction company, one month before the commencement of a three-week trial.

Ball & Roberts is a personal injury attorneys firm that helps California plaintiffs resolve non-criminal cases in which they’ve been seriously physically or financially harmed.

For information on personal injury attorneys Ball & Roberts, visit http://www.pasadenalaw.com