A man who was injured in a hit-and-run accident last December has filed a Laguna Beach, California personal injury complaint against the city, construction firm All American Asphalt, and the city. Luke Perisin, an Orange County Fire Authority firefighter and paramedic who was off-duty at the time, is claiming that inadequate warning signs and poor lighting at a highway construction zone created road conditions that contributed to causing his Laguna Beach pedestrian accident.
Perisin was crossing Pacific Coast Highway at around 12:55 am on December 5 when he was struck by a white Toyota Corolla or Prius and was thrown some 50 feet. The driver did not stop at the Laguna Beach car accident site and police have yet to find the vehicle.
Perisin contends that at the time of the Orange County, California traffic crash, the intersection did not have reflective paint to delineate the lane and crosswalk lines. He also claims that there were inadequate warning signs, insufficient lighting, and a lack of the proper reflectors. In his Laguna Beach injury lawsuit, Perisin is accusing the defendants of failed to remedy the conditions on the road even while knowing that they posed a safety hazard.
The firefighter sustained what he has described as "near catastrophic" injuries and had to undergo intensive care, surgery, and physical therapy. He also had to use a wheelchair for several weeks. In his Laguna Beach personal injury claim, which he filed earlier this year and prior to this lawsuit, Perisin said that he was not able to go back to work following the hit-and-run crash.
Common Causes of Orange County, California Pedestrian Accidents:
•Road defects
•Poorly designed roads
•Drunk driving
•Distracted driving
•Speeding
•Pedestrian errors
•Faulty traffic signs
•Poor weather conditions
•Drugged driving
•Failure to yield the right of way
•Rear-end crashes that end up pushing one of the vehicles into the pedestrian lane
Hit-and-run victim files claim with Laguna Beach, OC Register, September 8, 2010
Hit-and-run driver injures O.C. firefighter, ABC7, December 9, 2009
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