A San Diego company will have to pay more than $425,000 to a Carlsbad resident after she was seriously injured while walking across a crosswalk.
Arizona State University student Haley Shook, now 23, was hit while walking in the middle of a marked crosswalk when she was 19 years old.
The truck belonged to the San Diego-based digital reproduction firm American Reprographics, LLC, whose truck driver admitted fault when he collided with the girl.
“Although the driver hit his brakes, he could not stop in time to avoid hitting our client. She jumped in the air to try to avoid the impact, landing on her right foot, breaking two bones,” said Thomas Penfield, one attorney for Shook. “Following impact, she fell to the street, and shortly thereafter required foot surgery. Although the crash happened in 2011, she has continued to experience chronic pain in her foot.”
Shook was awarded $425,741.67 for her medical expenses, general damages for pain, loss of quality and enjoyment of life by a jury after a three-day trial in Vista Superior Court.
