{"id":2323,"date":"2013-11-15T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:33:14","slug":"passenger-rear-end-crash-suffers-acl-rotator-cuff-tears-85736-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/passenger-rear-end-crash-suffers-acl-rotator-cuff-tears-85736-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger in Rear-End Crash Suffers ACL and Rotator Cuff Tears; $85,736 Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On June 27, 2009, Michael Gibson was a back-seat passenger in a car that was rear-ended by defendant Louise Damen at LaGrange Road (Route 45) and Interstate 80 in Will County, Ill.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Gibson, 18, maintained that the impact caused his left knee to hit the console inside the car, tearing his left <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anterior_cruciate_ligament\">anterior cruciate ligament<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Gibson also claimed a torn right rotator cuff in his right shoulder and neck injuries.<span>\u00a0 He\u00a0<\/span>underwent arthroscopic knee surgery and later an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_reconstruction\">interior cruciate ligament graft reconstruction\/repair surgery<\/a>, and is at increased risk of future injury to the knee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two other persons in the Gibson vehicle were injured and also sued but took a non-suit on the day of trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The defendant Damen, \u00a064, argued that Gibson did not seek treatment until two days after the crash. She also said doctors who examined his knee within days of the accident found it to be stable without swelling or any signs of ACL tear. Damen said an MRI taken less than one month post-accident showed an intact ACL, but only a possible meniscus tear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/passenger-rear-end-crash-suffers-acl-rotator-cuff-tears-85736-jury-verdict\/#more-2323\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 27, 2009, Michael Gibson was a back-seat passenger in a car that was rear-ended by defendant Louise Damen at LaGrange Road (Route 45) and Interstate 80 in Will County, Ill.\u00a0 Gibson, 18, maintained that the impact caused his left knee to hit the console inside the car, tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament.\u00a0Gibson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,5,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-car-accidents","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Passenger in Rear-End Crash Suffers ACL and Rotator Cuff Tears; 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