{"id":3950,"date":"2014-07-14T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:35:01","slug":"head-crash-rear-ender-results-329000-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/head-crash-rear-ender-results-329000-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Head-On Crash and Rear-Ender Results in $329,000 Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 27, 2008, Michelle Eells, 39, was driving eastbound on Route 38 toward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofdekalb.com\/\">DeKalb<\/a>, Ill., when an oncoming westbound pickup truck driven by the defendant, Dustin Grinstead, crossed the centerline near Kishwaukee Community College and crashed into her vehicle. The eastbound vehicle driven by Wayne Domin, who was working for Sysco, was driving behind Eells and subsequently rear-ended Eells\u2019s car following the first impact between Eells and Grinstead.<\/p>\n<p>Eells claimed that she injured her neck, back and right arm and hand, which resulted in three surgeries. She had an excision of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ganglion_cyst\">ganglion cyst <\/a>on the right hand\/wrist and injection for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/de-quervains-tenosynovitis\/basics\/definition\/con-20027238\">DeQuervain\u2019s tenosynovitis<\/a>, right elbow surgical release of radial nerve entrapment and radial tunnel syndrome and cervical fusion, which occurred in September 2010. Eells also claimed that she can no longer work as a dental hygienist and is currently unemployed. She had claimed medical bills amounting to $167,582. She also claimed lost time from work at $111,691 and future lost time.<\/p>\n<p>Eells sought to hold the defendants Grinstead and Domin\/Sysco 50% each at fault. Grinstead had an automobile insurance policy limit of $100,000. According to the law, if Domin\/Sysco was found at least 25% at fault they would be jointly liable for all of the damages.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/head-crash-rear-ender-results-329000-jury-verdict\/#more-3950\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 27, 2008, Michelle Eells, 39, was driving eastbound on Route 38 toward DeKalb, Ill., when an oncoming westbound pickup truck driven by the defendant, Dustin Grinstead, crossed the centerline near Kishwaukee Community College and crashed into her vehicle. The eastbound vehicle driven by Wayne Domin, who was working for Sysco, was driving behind [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88,5,149,129,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-neck-injuries","category-car-accidents","category-head-on-crash","category-lost-income","category-rear-end-crash"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Head-On Crash and Rear-Ender Results in $329,000 Jury Verdict &#8212; 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