We were on a Sunday afternoon ride on a beautifully scenic back road in Southern California. I pulled over on the shoulder to get into the trunk where the ice chest was for some cold water. Some sort of farm to market flatbed truck with sideboards loaded with bushel baskets of avocado went flying by. A thin sheet of metal was used to secure the bushel baskets on the back of the truck. The metal had come loose and just as the truck approached blew off the back of the truck. It hit the asphalt behind me and bounced up just high enough to type my left foot off just above the ankle. The truck had no idea they had lost the metal and never stopped. I’ll never forget the ride to the hospital. I went online and searched Los Angeles personal injury attorney. I hired a San Diego accident attorney and he immediately found the truck and the driver. The driver of the truck was also the owner of the truck that dropped the metal that severed my left foot. It turned out he was an independent owner operator that was being paid by the load. He was contracted to the co-op where the growers put their crops at harvest. He was required to carry $100,000 of bodily injury liability insurance as a minimum, but is insurance carrier claimed that the co-op employees loaded the truck and therefore were more responsible for the metal that came loose and only offered $25,000. The insurance carrier for the co-op claimed that the driver was responsible for checking his load but would assume part of the liability and offered another $25,000. With the help of my personal injury attorney we collected $100,000 from both. So if you have been injured be sure and go to the Internet and search San Diego personal injury attorneys. You will be glad you did.
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