At approximately 8:45 a.m., Mr. Rossignol and the plaintiff were driving their respective vehicles in the northbound lanes of I-294/94/80 and just west of the Illinois/Indiana state line. At that location, traffic in the northbound lanes of the highway is actually traveling west. The interstate at that location has four lanes in each direction and the northbound and southbound are divided by a median with a vertical concrete barrier. Mr. Rossignol was driving in the second lane from the median barrier.
According to your client’s deposition testimony, he was driving in the far left lane on northbound I-294 and Mr. Rossignol was driving Select’s vehicle in the lane to the right of the plaintiff’s, but approximately four to five car lengths …show more content…
Fortson, he steered his vehicle onto the left shoulder of the road. Just prior to coming to a complete stop, he noticed the camper/trailer approaching his vehicle from the rear. In response, he quickly accelerated his vehicle and attempted to pull it back onto the roadway just as the trailer came into contact with his rear bumper. According to Mr. Fortson, this impact caused his car to “jerk forward” and his head to snap back. The only damage on your client’s vehicle was minimal as reflected by your client’s repair estimate of …show more content…
Fortson called Dr. Sweeney’s office on February 15, 2013, and complained, “I can’t get through the weekend with this pain” and asked for an increase in his pain medication. Dr. Sweeney, who examined your client on February 21, 2013, noted in his records that your client’s condition was unresponsive to conservative treatment and referred him to a pain specialist, who treated Mr. Fortson with an epidural injection that same day. Your client received a subsequent epidural injection on March 7, 2013, and went to the emergency room on March 20, 2013, six days before this occurrence, complaining of radicular symptoms in his left arm when he turned his head. He also reported during that emergency room visit that the radicular pain and tingling/numbness had been chronic over the last
According to your client’s deposition testimony, he was driving in the far left lane on northbound I-294 and Mr. Rossignol was driving Select’s vehicle in the lane to the right of the plaintiff’s, but approximately four to five car lengths …show more content…
Fortson, he steered his vehicle onto the left shoulder of the road. Just prior to coming to a complete stop, he noticed the camper/trailer approaching his vehicle from the rear. In response, he quickly accelerated his vehicle and attempted to pull it back onto the roadway just as the trailer came into contact with his rear bumper. According to Mr. Fortson, this impact caused his car to “jerk forward” and his head to snap back. The only damage on your client’s vehicle was minimal as reflected by your client’s repair estimate of …show more content…
Fortson called Dr. Sweeney’s office on February 15, 2013, and complained, “I can’t get through the weekend with this pain” and asked for an increase in his pain medication. Dr. Sweeney, who examined your client on February 21, 2013, noted in his records that your client’s condition was unresponsive to conservative treatment and referred him to a pain specialist, who treated Mr. Fortson with an epidural injection that same day. Your client received a subsequent epidural injection on March 7, 2013, and went to the emergency room on March 20, 2013, six days before this occurrence, complaining of radicular symptoms in his left arm when he turned his head. He also reported during that emergency room visit that the radicular pain and tingling/numbness had been chronic over the last