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On April 12, 2012, Jennifer Hawkins was stopped at a red light on westbound 127th<\/sup> Street in Lemont<\/a>, Ill. \u00a0The defendant, 18-year-old Nicole Barrett, rear-ended the car right behind Hawkins, which pushed that car into Hawkins’s car. The force of the impact totaled the middle vehicle (a Chevy Suburban<\/a>) and caused nearly $5,000 in property damage to Hawkins’s Toyota Matrix<\/a>. The crash also resulted in $4,727 in property damage to Barrett\u2019s minivan.<\/p>\n

Hawkins, 35, filed this lawsuit against Barrett maintaining that the crash caused her to have neck and lower back sprains, a protruding disc at C5-6, cervical and lumbar facet syndrome<\/a>, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy<\/a> and aggravation of her scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. Hawkins underwent multiple facet joint injections, several nerve blocks and cervical and lumbar radiofrequency ablation treatment<\/a>. She introduced evidence of $227,563 of past medical expenses and $6,589 in lost wages where she worked as a cashier.<\/p>\n

Her treating physician testified that she was a candidate for a future spinal cord stimulator implant, lumbar fusion and continued interventional pain management treatment.<\/p>\n

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