In a case where a biker and a bus crashed, the jury found in favor of the cyclist and awarded damages. The New York jury awarded more than $9 million to the plaintiff bicycle rider who sustained severe injuries of her left arm when she collided with a bus. The award would have exceeded $15 million, but the jury assigned 40 percent of the fault to the bicyclist, thus reducing damages by 40 percent, to $9,078,184.09. The liability apportionment reflected the he-said, she-said nature of the trial, in which the bicyclist and the bus’s driver each claimed that the other wandered out of her lane and caused the collision.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff sustained fractures and extensive degloving of her left arm. The injuries to the plaintiff in Radeva v. NYC Transit Authority <\/em>necessitated four surgeries. As is the case in so many verdicts we are sent, this lawsuit would have likely resulted in a verdict in favor of the Bus and Transit Authority, as the injured plaintiff was 40% at fault. Under Virginia law, this fault on the part of the Plaintiff, if a cause of the bicycle and bus crash, would have likely caused a judge or jury to find against the cyclist, despite her permanent injuries and scarring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a case where a biker and a bus crashed, the jury found in favor of the cyclist and awarded damages. The New York jury awarded more than $9 million to the plaintiff bicycle rider who sustained severe injuries of her left arm when she collided with a bus. The award would have exceeded $15…<\/p>\n