Jennifer Watson and Brea Dearing from CSK’s Jacksonville offices successfully defended a 5-day trial/pain management case in St. Johns County against Morgan and Morgan where fault for the auto accident was admitted.
Plaintiff was 29 years old at the time of a t-bone car accident. Plaintiff began conservative care with her chiropractor. Plaintiff’s MRI showed herniations at C5-6 and C6-7. She then added pain management to her treatment regimen one month before she was involved in a motorcycle accident 10 months after the initial complained of accident in 2018. Plaintiff argued the motorcycle accident had nothing to do with her ongoing treatment of head and neck pain. Plaintiff asked for future medicals via a life care planner of $1,500,000.00 (this included RFAs and migraine medicine) and for about $3,000,000.00 in pain and suffering (past and future).
Defendant argued that the 2018 motorcycle accident was an intervening cause of Plaintiff’s injuries and admitted liability only for those medical expenses up to the 2018 motorcycle accident ($20,464.20). Defendant argued that Plaintiff’s overall gym records, race records, and her pain complaints changed/increased after the 2018 accident. Defense argued that these were all indicators that she did injure her neck in the 2018 accident even if not complained of on the day of the subsequent accident. Defendant argued that because Plaintiff’s head (occipital block) and neck (5 level RFA) she received a month before the motorcycle accident masked her ability to sense the pain during the 2018 accident
The jury deliberated two hours during lunch and delivered a verdict for $25,000.00 for past meds with no permanency.
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