Jury awards $9.1 million to man left brain-damaged after bicycle crash on PCH

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

What if he was riding down a canyon road in that area and went off the side because the turn was tight. Shouldn’t the cyclist have just slowed down and ridden the road safely?

Why is the debris in the road different? The road cannot be 100% free of all types of obstacles. Why isn’t the cyclist responsible for riding unsafely?

Note: sort of devils advocate here, I’m not sure how I feel about this.

Me neither. I’m thinking that knowing there was a lot of traffic on this 2 lane road, I’d just barrel into the crap on the side of the road rather than swerve into traffic. Then put in a claim after angering in, hopefully not dead or seriously injured. Hindsight is always 20-20.

I hit a 6 foot long builder’s level on a CA road in 1993....fell, road rash, dislocated RH thumb...put in a claim with the state, they essentially told me to either sue them or STFU...

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

I hit a 6 foot long builder’s level on a CA road in 1993....fell, road rash, dislocated RH thumb...put in a claim with the state, they essentially told me to either sue them or STFU...

I hope you at least got a 6' long builder's level out of the deal.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by saab2000

I hope you at least got a 6' long builder's level out of the deal.

Didn't...somebody stopped, called the cops, who called an ambulance..wow, lots of vehicles..I refused the ambulance, I had just retired from the USN so was unsure of the $/insurance, etc..then a guy I knew drove up..he drove me to Balboa Naval Hospital..this was about 9am..I finally saw a doc about 4pm..went under the knife about 8pm..great fun..space 'A' as a retiree...

[cderalow]

Looks like the state was willing to settle but the city wanted to roll the dice?

Stupid city.

Also only managed to read about 5 comments before wanting to reach through my monitor to choke people out.