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Neck surgery required after collision with drunken driver - $245,000 Settlement (access required)

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: February 1, 2010

On May 20, 2007, plaintiff was traveling through an intersection when she was struck on the driver’s side by a drunken driver attempting to turn left from the opposite direction. The defendant refused to submit to the required breath test at the station but he failed the field sobriety tests at the scene and pleaded guilty ...
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