Gozlan

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. The collision On April 23, 2015, plaintiff was driving an Infiniti Q50 down a street in Marina Del Rey, California. He was traveling at 25 to 30 miles per hour. Defendant was driving a Toyota Prius. As defendant exited a parking lot driveway at 4 to 6 miles per hour, the front end of her Prius hit the front passenger side of plaintiff’s Infiniti. The impact pushed plaintiff’s car forward and to the left, causing it to momentarily veer into oncoming traffic. Neither car’s airbags deployed, and neither driver had any visible marks or bruises. Plaintiff and defendant immediately pulled over to exchange information. They saw no need to dial 911, to call

2 nonemergency police or an ambulance, or to seek medical attention. B. Plaintiff’s postcollision treatment According to plaintiff, he started to feel pain later on the day of the collision. Four days after the collision, plaintiff visited a chiropractor to report pain, chiefly in his lower back and down his left leg. A month after the collision (in May 2015), plaintiff visited a pain management doctor because he was still experiencing “shooting pain” in both legs. The pain…