Jaime D. Jackson, Esquire recently settled a case on behalf of our client whose vehicle was struck in a frontal impact when the Defendant’s vehicle crossed over the center line into her lane of travel. Our client sadly sustained extensive crush injuries to both of her lower legs. The Defendant had an elevated blood alcohol level and was charged with driving while intoxicated.

Jaime D. Jackson, Esquire recently settled a case against an area hospital and radiologist involving the failure to detect the misplacement of a PEG-tube. Our client had been in the hospital and required a PEG-tube for feedings. The feeding tube had become dislodged and was required to be replaced. Following replacement of the feeding tube, x-rays were taken to confirm the proper location of the PEG-tube in the stomach. Unfortunately, the PEG-tube had not been properly placed and the x-rays were misread by the radiologist. In addition, the nursing staff failed to pick up on the fact that the tube was misplaced and was leaking its contents into the abdominal cavity.

Jaime D. Jackson, Esquire recently settled a case on behalf of a severely burned client involving the defective design and modification of a handicap accessible minivan. Our client, who was a taxi driver, was driving the modified handicap accessible minivan taxi to the airport when it suddenly burst into flames. Plaintiff alleged that the design of the modified taxicab’s fuel system was dangerous and posed the risk of a fuel leak and fire because of the location of the fuel tank, the fuel filler pipe that brings the gas from the gas cap to the fuel tank, and the fuel delivery lines which bring the gas from the fuel tank to the engine. The modifications to the minivan were made by several conversion companies who put little thought into the design and modifications to the fuel system, which creates the risk of a fuel leak and fire. One gallon of gasoline is the equivalent of eight sticks of dynamite and all possible steps must be taken to protect and keep the gasoline within the vehicle’s fuel system.

Jaime D. Jackson, Esquire recently settled a case on behalf of his client, who was lawfully riding his bicycle through an intersection when a delivery van made a left hand turn directly in front of the bicyclist, crashing into the bicyclist. The settlement obtained on behalf of our clients was in the amount of Two Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($235,000.00). Motor vehicle and bicycle collisions pose some unique issues in the field of human factors and visibility.  Bicyclists have the same rights as automobiles in using our roadways; however, some prospective jurors may have the inherent prejudice that bicyclists assume the risk of being stuck by a motor vehicle by riding on roadways. These issues must be addressed in any case on behalf of an injured bicyclist. Mr. Jackson, an avid runner and bicyclist himself, has successfully represented numerous injured bicyclists as clients, obtaining recoveries on their behalf against negligent drivers of automobiles.

 

Jaime D. Jackson, Esquire recently settled a case against the Ford Motor Company and a Ford dealership involving the defective design and negligent repair of a Ford Escape’s accelerator and cruise control cables. Ford had previously issued a recall on this model Escape’s accelerator cable. The recall repair work was performed at the Ford dealership just before the sale of the Escape to the decedent. The Escape was approaching an intersection, but despite desperate attempts to slow the vehicle down and various evasive maneuvers, the Escape continued to accelerate at a high rate of speed because the cruise control cable had become kinked, allowing the throttle body to become stuck in the open position, which forced the vehicle to continue to accelerate. Plaintiff alleged defective design of the vehicle’s accelerator and cruise control cable system, as well as negligent repair of the accelerator cable which caused the kink to develop in the cruise control cable.