Massey & Associates, P.C., Gary Massey and Danny Ellis, have filed a lawsuit in Hamilton County on behalf of a bicyclist who was struck by a motor vehicle in August 2013. The collision occurred at the intersection of Frazier Avenue and Tremont Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The defendants named in the lawsuit are the driver of the motor vehicle that struck the bicyclist, a 17-year-old female of Signal Mountain, and her father, Julian B. Bell III.
According to the police report, the teenager was driving her 2008 BMW BX westbound on Frazier Avenue. While driving through the intersection, the SUV struck the bicyclist in the crosswalk. The victim, 49-year-old Joel Hunt of Chattanooga, sustained multiple injuries in the collision, which include a fracture left wrist, fractured left arm, broken nose and multiple contusions.
Massey & Associates, P.C. is seeking $250,000 on behalf of their client. The lawsuit alleges that motorist was negligent by violating multiple common and statutory laws. The common laws, include:
- Failing to operate the vehicle as ordinary and prudent people would have done under existing traffic conditions
- Failing to keep a proper lookout
- Failing to yield the right-of-way
- Failing to maintain control of the vehicle
The statutory laws that the lawsuit alleges the driver violated, include:
- T.C.A. § 55-8-1034 Required obedience to traffic laws
- T.C.A. § 55-8-109 Obedience of any required traffic-control device
- T.C.A. § 55-8-136 Drivers to exercise due care
- T.C.A. § 55-8-134 Failure to yield the right-of-way
- T.C.A. § 55-8-128 Vehicle approaching or entering an intersection
- T.C.A. § 55-10-205 Reckless driving
If you have been injured due to the negligence of others, call us today for a free case evaluation at (423) 396-0720.
Gary Massey, Jr., is a well-known courtroom advocate practicing law in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gary is a native of Tennessee who began practicing law in 1998. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law where he was ranked in the top 3% of his class and was an editor of the Cumberland Law Review.
