A former Navy man was awarded $7.5 million by an El Cajon jury in a lawsuit stemming from a motorcycle crash with an auto dealer’s courtesy shuttle that left him with a penis permanently shortened by more than an inch. Click below to read the rest of the story.
The Superior Court verdict against Group 1 Automotive and Rancho Auto Group of San Diego centered on events that occurred on Aug. 30, 2007, in San Diego’s Midway District. That is when the motorcycle Matthew Wall was riding collided with a shuttle van from Rancho Auto Group. The van turned in front of Wall, who was riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle to work. Wall struck the van and was thrown forward on to the motorcycle’s handlebars, suffering a fracture of his pubic ramus bone. He also suffered a crushing injury to his penis, as well as nerve and artery damage, said his trial lawyer Nicholas Rowley. Reconstructive surgery was successful but it resulted in a loss of 1.5 inches in the length of his penis. He had recently married at the time of the crash. The couple has since divorced. Rowley said it was uncertain if Wall would be able to have children because of the injury. “It’s going to affect his relationships and his self-esteem in the future,†Rowley said.
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