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JAMES W.
BREWER
VS.
JUANITA ELAINE FRANCIS
Settlement: $100,000.00 Policy Limits
SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES: This claim arose out of
an automobile collision that took place on January
26, 1996 at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road
and Columns Drive located in Cobb County, Georgia.
At that time Mr. James W. Brewer was driving his
1986 pick-up truck and had been traveling northbound
on Johnson Ferry Road approaching its intersection
with Columns Drive. At the same place and time, Ms.
Juanita Elaine Francis was driving a 1986 Buick
traveling southbound on Johnson Ferry Road. As Ms.
Francis approached the intersection she lost control
of her vehicle and started sliding, thereby doing a
full 360 degree turn striking a vehicle that was
being driven by Ms. Kathy Fry forcing Ms. Fry's
vehicle into Mr. Brewer's vehicle.
Ms. Juanita Elaine Francis was issued a citation and
pled guilty to the offense of "Driving Too Fast For
Conditions". Mr. Brewer's vehicle was driven from
the collision scene by him and he never went to the
emergency room.
Mr. Brewer first sought treatment from a
chiropractor, Dr. Michael Malloy, on the day
following the accident. While receiving
rehabilitative chiropractic therapy, Mr. Brewer was
referred on February 23, 1996 to David D. Hubbell,
M.D. Dr. Hubbell sent Mr. Brewer to Health Images of
Atlanta where an MRI of the cervical spine revealed
advanced degenerative disc disease with disc
herniations causing nerve impingement at C5-6 and
C6-7. Dr. Hubbell then referred Mr. Brewer for a
physical therapy treatment program at Atlanta
Physical Medicine located in Smyrna, Georgia.
Mr. Brewer never had any surgery but received a
twenty percent (20%) permanent impairment rating to
the body as a whole from Dr. Hubbell. Total medical
expenses were $10,040.89 and the lost wage claim was
$6,424.00. The case was negotiated and settled for
the policy limits of $100,000.00 with Grange Mutual
Casualty Insurance Company who insured Ms. Juanita
Elaine Francis.
Attorneys: Robert A. Falanga, attorney for Plaintiff
Mr. James Brewer, Law Offices of Falanga & Chalker,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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