{"id":6525,"date":"2017-05-16T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2017-05-14T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T13:09:23","slug":"30-69-million-jury-verdict-catastrophic-injuries-suffered-motorist-head-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/30-69-million-jury-verdict-catastrophic-injuries-suffered-motorist-head-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$30.69 Million Jury Verdict for the Catastrophic Injuries Suffered by Motorist in Head-On Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luisa Cruz Mezquital was driving her Mazda minivan when the oncoming 1995 Jeep Wrangler, driven by the defendant Abdulmohsen Almassud, lost control, crossed the center-line and crashed into her minivan. The Cruz driver-side window shattered. \u00a0Cruz\u2019s left hand struck the Jeep as it scraped down the side of her minivan.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, who was 29 at the time, suffered serious injuries to her hand and arm, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Degloving\">degloving<\/a> injury to her left, dominant hand with significant loss of skin, muscles, nerves, tendons and fascia. In addition, she suffered severe, open fractures of multiple bones in her hand and closed fractures of the ulnar radius of the left arm.<\/p>\n<p>She underwent open reduction internal fixation surgery to repair the forearm fractures that included installing plates and screws. Her middle left finger was amputated. A four-stage reconstruction surgery to her hand was undertaken, which included a split-thickness skin graft from her upper thigh.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/30-69-million-jury-verdict-catastrophic-injuries-suffered-motorist-head-crash\/#more-6525\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luisa Cruz Mezquital was driving her Mazda minivan when the oncoming 1995 Jeep Wrangler, driven by the defendant Abdulmohsen Almassud, lost control, crossed the center-line and crashed into her minivan. The Cruz driver-side window shattered. \u00a0Cruz\u2019s left hand struck the Jeep as it scraped down the side of her minivan. 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