On October 15, 2014, the plaintiff, Slava Kushnir, was accidentally struck by the defendant’s vehicle as she was walking across the parking lot of a shopping plaza. Ms. Kushnir was thrown onto the hood of the defendant’s car and then onto the pavement. She sustained serious injuries to her back, neck and pelvis, as well as a brain injury, and was transported to the hospital by ambulance immediately after the car accident. Ms. Kushnir subsequently commenced a claim for $750,000 in damages for permanent and serious injuries.