Carla Farnell v. Alexander Adrian Scott

Rear-end automobile accident at Dauphin Street/Interstate 65 intersection in Mobile, Alabama. Plaintiff sued for personal injuries (neck, back, leg) and property damage, claiming eleven thousand dollars in medical specials, and sixteen percent impairment to the body as a whole. Trial judge granted partial summary judgment as to liability, and the case was tried on damages only.

Verdict for Defendant.

Orthopedic Surgeon Herbert V. Allen, videotape deposition, assigned permanent impairment rating of sixteen percent, based on neck, back, leg injury

Orthopedic Surgeon Robert B. McGinley was appointed by the Court on motion of Defendant to conduct an Independent Medical Examination

Jury sent a question to the trial judge: Does the plaintiff have Blue Cross or other health insurance coverage? The Court sent back a written note that the jury could not consider the question of insurance in its deliberations.
Total Deliberations lasted approximately one and one-half hours.