Man hit by car while crossing street late at night

$500,000

A man was jaywalking across the main street in a small western Massachusetts town late at night after the bar he had been at closed. He was hit by a car traveling down the street. The driver said he did not see the man because the man had emerged from between two parked cars and was not in the crosswalk and was inebriated. Attorney Goodman filed suit and proved that the individual could have and should have been seen in the street and that the operator had enough time to stop and avoid the pedestrian since the pedestrian was hit in the middle of the street. A special motion in limine before trial established the legal principle that the pedestrian’s intoxication did not contribute to his injuries and therefore the jury could not be told or see evidence of that fact. At that point, the auto insurance carrier offered up its full policy limits to cover the man’s injuries, treatment pain and suffering and permanent injuries.