Walkup bicycle injury attorneys represented a young woman who was sideswiped by an 18-wheeler while cycling to work in Berkeley, CA. The rear dual wheels of the tractor-trailer ran over her legs, causing severe injuries that required months of hospitalization and more than 10 surgeries to save her limbs from amputation.
Our team demonstrated that the commercial truck driver had been driving for extended hours and failed to monitor the right lane of traffic while making a turn. Although the driver claimed the cyclist was in his “blind spot,” Walkup bicycle injury attorneys used accident reconstruction and visual analysis to show that the bicyclist would have been visible if the driver had been attentive. The case resolved with a $15 million settlement.
