{"id":935,"date":"2015-04-17T18:21:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=935"},"modified":"2015-04-21T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:37:18","slug":"tennis-instructor-awarded-7-million-in-personal-injury-damages-after-getting-hit-by-valet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/tennis-instructor-awarded-7-million-in-personal-injury-damages-after-getting-hit-by-valet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Instructor Awarded $7 Million in Personal Injury Damages After Getting Hit by Valet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tory Fretz is a former professional tennis player who intended to spend most of her time working as a tennis instructor in San <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">iego, California. The 66-year-old instructor, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">however, has had to changer her plans. This is because she<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> was walking by the Fantasy Springs Casino <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">recently<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> when she was <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-auto-car-accident-injury-lawyers-attorneys.php\">struck by a car<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">resulting in serious <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\">personal injuries<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>.<\/strong> The car was being operated by a valet working for <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Minuteman Parking Co. Fretz was taken to a nearby hospital, where she had to be kept for four days to begin to treat her injuries before she was cleared to leave. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgyIoDq0TDc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Fretz claims that, as a result of the car collision, she suffered brain damage, affecting both her cognitive functions and memory<\/strong>. Not only has this caused her to endure serious pain and suffering, but it has <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">also<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> made it impossible for her to return <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">to her work<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> as a tennis instructor, something she previously intended to do for years to come. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">After she was injured, Fretz brought a lawsuit against Minuteman. The suit names Minuteman as the defendant because an employer can be held accountable for the negligent actions of their employees. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">According to lawyersandsettlements.com, in addition to her medical bills and pain and suffering, Fretz primarily sued <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the defendant to recover damages\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">for her loss of enjoyment of life and her lost wages. <strong>A San <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">D<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">iego, CA \u00a0jury recently found Minuteman to be primarily responsible for Fretz&#8217;s injuries, and awarded her <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">$7,381,115<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> in personal injury damages. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Have you or a family member been injured because of someone else&#8217;s negligence? If so, you may be <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">able<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> to recover for your damages in a civil lawsuit. Call our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-types-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury lawyer specialists<\/a> at <strong>(617) 787-3700<\/strong> to learn <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">more <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">about <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">all of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">your rights and legal options. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tory Fretz is a former professional tennis player who intended to spend most of her time working as a tennis instructor in San Diego, California. The 66-year-old instructor, however, has had to changer her plans. This is because she was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/tennis-instructor-awarded-7-million-in-personal-injury-damages-after-getting-hit-by-valet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,15,28,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}