$1.5 Million Settlement For Back Injury Necessitated By Collision With Garbage Truck

Jacquelyn D. Melius settled a personal injury lawsuit for a 32-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle collision with a garbage truck. The garbage truck driver pulled out of a private driveway, into the woman’s lane of traffic, and collided with her vehicle. The injured woman suffered severe low back injuries, necessitating fusion surgery at L5-S1. The surgical recovery was complicated by the development of a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) that required placement of stents. The treating physicians opined that the young woman’s low back pain would likely be permanent.