Pizza Hut to Pay $10.8 Million for California Crash That Caused Catastrophic Brain Injury

Pizza Hut, Inc. has been ordered to pay $10.8 million in connection with a 2008 car accident involving a delivery driver that seriously injured two in San Diego, according to the PR Newswire.  The California accident occurred when the 18-year-old Pizza Hut delivery driver drifted across lanes of traffic, crashing head-on into the vehicle of [...]

July 31, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Car & Truck Accidents & TBI, Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury  No Comments

Drunk Driver Sentenced 10 Years for Causing California Pedestrian’s Brain Injuries

The 47-year-old drunk driver who seriously injured a pedestrian in a 2008 vehicle-pedestrian accident has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the Mercury News website.  The pedestrian, a 39-year-old woman from Walnut Creek, was walking in a crosswalk at dusk when the female driver’s sedan struck her, causing brain injuries to the [...]

July 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury, Pedestrian, Bicycle, & Motorcycle Accidents & TBI  No Comments