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$1.25 Million Auto Accident

Elderly driver confuses brake pedal with accelerator and strikes man in Monterey – $1,250,000

Driving ability, unlike fine wine, sometimes does not get better with age.  A Seaside man was helping a friend do some repair work on his front deck when an older woman somehow mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals on her late model luxury sedan, sending the vehicle out of control.  The woman first struck a car in the front yard, then careened into the Seaside man, sending him flying through the air and causing him serious orthopedic injuries.   

 At first, the man was unaware of how seriously he was hurt.  But after several weeks in the hospital without hearing from the elderly driver, he wisely decided to call the Dunnion Law Firm for help.   The Dunnion lawyers were able to obtain a large policy limit settlement for him within a year and without litigation.    

 Now the man has largely recovered from his injuries, and he is receiving such a large amount of money from the settlement that he will enjoy a significantly higher quality of life than he did before the terrible accident.  He wholeheartedly recommends that anyone seriously injured because of another’s negligence call Dunnion for capable legal representation.