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Type of Case: Fractured hip in collision with school bus

Attorneys: George E. Allen III, Richmond

Summary: A school bus driven by a garage employee turned left in front of the 21-year-old plaintiff’s small car. Plaintiff suffered a comminuted, displaced fracture of the right hip, a fracture dislocation of the left great toe and a deep laceration of his forehead.

Plaintiff developed traumatic arthritis and aseptic necrosis of the hip joint and probably will have to have several hip replacement surgeries over his lifespan. He will have a 37 percent impairment of his right leg and will be restricted to sedentary employment.

He had $59,552 in medical expenses and likely will incur an additional $158,000 in medical costs in the future.

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