# 18-Wheeler Accident Settlement — $750,000 Award

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- Case Type: 18-wheeler accident
- Location: Caddo Parish
- Injuries:
  Aggravation to lower back resulting in lumbar ablations

## Case Description:

An 18-wheeler was driving uphill when it suddenly lost power and rolled back into the plaintiff's vehicle. The plaintiff suffered an aggravation of a pre-existing lower back injury, which resulted in lumbar ablations. Surgery was recommended to the plaintiff 7 years before the accident but they didn’t require surgery until the wreck happened.

## Legal Strategy:

Our attorneys had to prove the nature and aggravation of the pre-existing lower back injury caused by the collision despite prior surgical recommendations.

## Challenges:

There was significant pre-existing medical information regarding the lower back injury. There was also an adverse medical opinion by the defendant’s medical expert, which was later reversed in a deposition.

## Resolution:

Mediated settlement, $750,000 in medical bills.

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