$425,000

Case Details

A married couple were driving home from dinner on U.S. 117 at a speed of 55 mph. The defendant, driving a relative’s automobile, was driving at approximately the same speed in the opposite direction. He crossed the centerline of the road and struck the couple, causing severe injury to both occupants in the plaintiff’s vehicle. The defendant then drove away, parked the wrecked car, jumped a fence and then submerged himself in a hot tub trying to elude police to avoid arrest. The police apprehended the defendant and charged him with drunk driving. The injured couple sustained severe and painful injuries to and about their bodies, incurred medical care, attention, treatment and expenses, permanent scarring, disfigurement and disability, and a loss of wages. In an uncontested case, Woody filed suit against the unrepresented defendant and the owner of the vehicle, and was successful in obtaining a Default Judgment in Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $425,000. Although not all this sum was collected, a portion of it was successfully obtained to compensate the couple for their injuries.

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