Ryan Bradley Tries Tractor Trailer Lawsuit in Pike County Missouri. Case Settles on Second Day of Trial
This week, justice was finally obtained for Charles and Sharon Gass, personal injury victims of a negligent tractor trailer driver who rear ended them on Highway 54 in Pike County, Missouri on March 11, 2004. The Gasses were turning into the Cozy C campground off Highway 54 when the large truck hit them from behind. Sharon suffered a broken rib and suffered from shoulder, neck and back pain for years after the crash. Charles necessitated an anterior spinal fusion of the C6-7 level, performed by Dr. Chabot of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Gass already had C5-6 fused from a prior surgery in 1999. While the neck surgery was a success, it is ordinary for a person with a bi-level neck fusion to have a 10 to 15 degree range of motion loss. Mr. Gass' range of motion seemed to be a little worse than this. The Gass' medical bills were over $40,000.00.
On the second day of trial, while Ryan Bradley, the Plaintiffs' attorney, was still putting on the case in chief, the case settled for $197,500.00 plus court costs of approximately $5000.00. Todd Applegate, a partner of the St. Louis, Missouri law firm Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass defended the case.
