San Antonio, Texas Motor Vehicle Negligence Settles for $175,000
One driver was traveling on a highway in San Antonio when another driver attempted to turn out of a private driveway. The first driver broadsided the second vehicle. The injured driver claimed disc bulges and herniations in his neck and lower back, along with nerve impingement. He underwent various treatments including physical therapy, injections, and surgery. The case was settled before trial.
Case Information Updated: October 2025
Case Outcome
- Outcome
- Settlement
- Amount
- $175,000
- County
- Bexar County, TX
- Resolved
- 2024
Injury & Accident Details
- Injury Type
- Cervical Disc Injury
- Accident Type
- T-bone
- Case Type
- back, lower back, nerve impingement
Case Overview
On January 31, 2023, a collision occurred in San Antonio, Texas, when a large sport utility vehicle, driven by the plaintiff, exited Loop 410 onto a service road. A minivan, operated by a defendant driver for VIA Metropolitan Transit, attempted a right turn from a private driveway in front of the plaintiff's vehicle, resulting in a broadside collision. The plaintiff subsequently filed a lawsuit against the defendant driver, VIA Metropolitan Transit, and the City of San Antonio under the Texas Tort Claims Act. The plaintiff alleged the defendant driver negligently failed to yield the right of way and turned at an unsafe speed, and that VIA and the city were liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior. The plaintiff's representatives noted the minivan carried four elderly passengers. The defendants denied allegations of negligence.
The plaintiff claimed injuries including disc bulges at C4-5 and L3-4, and disc herniations at L4-5 and L5-S1, which allegedly impinged nerve roots. Medical treatments included physical therapy, chiropractic care, pain medication, cervical facet joint injections, a cervical radiofrequency ablation, and multiple lumbar epidural steroid injections. The plaintiff incurred medical bills totaling $85,705.93 and projected future medical costs ranging from $14,800 to $175,244.78. However, records indicated the plaintiff had been receiving workers' compensation treatment since 2015 for prior head, hip, and spinal injuries.
The parties reached a settlement for $175,000 before the case proceeded to trial. This amount was within the $250,000 maximum recovery limit for claims against a municipality under the Texas Tort Claims Act.
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