Paralyzed Motorcyclist Wins $44.9 Million in Lawsuit
Gerald Aloia was riding his motorcycle on October 22, 2006, when a Chevrolet Corvette struck him. The accident dramatically changed his life, leaving him paralyzed. However, a Lee County, Florida jury awarded him $44.9 million in his lawsuit against the late Deborah Veillux, the driver of the Corvette. Veillux, 45 years old at the time of the accident, died in 2007 of causes unrelated to the accident.
According to the lawsuit, Veillux was driving in Cape Coral, Florida when she struck Aloia on his motorcyle. The verdict represents one of the largest in the county’s history. However, both Gerald and his attorneys are unable to comment on the case because of pending post-trial matters.
Since the time of the accident, local motorcycle groups have held rallies to help Aloia and his daughter with medical bills and other related expenses. Aloia’s 20-year-old daughter, Holly, was also injured in a car accident right before her father and is working on her own rehabilitation. Both “Jerry” and Holly are wheelchair bound, however, they are described as “strong, resilient individuals”.
Originally posted at InjuryBoard by David MittlemanBUCKFIRE & BUCKFIRE, P.C. is a Michigan personal injury law firm and is not representing any of the parties mentioned in this article at the time of the posting of the article. The information contained in this article is from online news sources and any perceived misstatements should be attributed to those sources as we did not complete any investigation of the accident. If you believe that the information is inaccurate and would like it changed or would like this post completely removed from the site, please let us know and we will do our best to promptly accommodate your request. We are very sensitive to these requests.
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Posted December 12th 2009 to Michigan Motorcycle Accident News,Motorcycle Accidents
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