David was a teacher at a local high school. He rode his bike to school in the morning and after school would ride another 10 miles for exercise. On a sunny afternoon on his way home an older driver turned right into him as he was riding down the street. He hurt his shoulder and neck and needed two operations. Defendant felt his injury was due to playing football 10 years earlier and would not provide him a fair or reasonable offer.
Joe was driving his 18 wheeler on the Florida Turnpike headed south after a long-haul run. He was “bobtailing” which means he did not have a cargo trailer on the back of his truck rig. A drunk driver lost control of his car causing Joe to avoid the accident but drive off the highway and into a canal. He was injured in the accident but also witnessed a child die when he climbed out of the truck and came to the accident site. There the injured child was trapped under the car and he was powerless to save the child before it passed.