Jacqueline Vickers was struck from behind by the side mirror of a car that was attempting to overtake her, while she was riding her bicycle at the side of a road. Ms. Vickers asserted that as a result of the impact, she fell and struck her head, and was later diagnosed with a compression fracture of her T-11 vertebra. In Vickers v. Palacious, she sued the defendant driver, Ferrando Palacious, alleging that her injury precluded her from pursuing her career as a pastry chef and she is debilitated by chronic pain.