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He had the green light and he was in the crosswalk. An SUV cut the left turn fast and hit him anyway, throwing him onto the hood and then onto the pavement. Before police arrived, a witness saw the driver and the passenger switch seats. The Law Offices of Adrianos Facchetti took over the case from his first lawyer, filed suit, and secured the full $1,250,000 insurance policy limits.
Our client was walking through an intersection in San Francisco one morning in early 2024. He was inside the crosswalk and crossing on a green light, exactly where a pedestrian is supposed to be. A driver turning left came through the intersection at high speed and never yielded.
The SUV slammed into him. The impact threw him onto the hood, and from there he came down hard on the street. Paramedics took him to the hospital, where he would stay for more than two weeks.
He suffered multiple fractures in his leg, including a broken tibia, along with three broken ribs. A deep cut to his head needed stitches, and he dealt with memory loss after the crash. A fractured leg and broken ribs at the same time make every part of recovery harder, from getting out of bed to walking again.
A witness at the scene told us something important: before police arrived, the driver and the passenger in the SUV switched seats. Whoever was really behind the wheel, the story they gave at the scene was not the whole truth. Details like that shape how a jury sees the people on the other side of a case.
Before police arrived, the driver and the passenger switched seats.
What a witness at the scene reported
He first hired a large personal injury firm. He never once spoke to a lawyer there. Case managers handled his calls, and even they were slow to get back to him. For someone in the hospital with a broken leg and broken ribs, that silence made a hard time harder. So he made a change and came to us, where he worked directly with an attorney.
The insurer handed the defense to one of the top defense firms in California, and they made clear they planned to use our client’s personal history against him. We knew this case would not settle on its own, so we filed a lawsuit and built it for trial.
About a year after the crash, the insurance company paid its full $1,250,000 policy limits. That was every dollar of coverage available. The result reflected the clear liability, the severity of his injuries, and the risk the defense faced putting that seat swap in front of a jury. You can also review more case results from the firm.
If you were struck by a driver while crossing the street, you may be able to recover for medical bills, lost income, pain, and the long road back. A free consultation with a pedestrian accident lawyer can help you understand your options, even if you already have a lawyer and are thinking about a change.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is different, and the value of a case depends on its specific facts, injuries, insurance coverage, and evidence.
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