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"A woman blames a Belleville man for causing her to allegedly incur more than $25,000 in medical costs and lost wages after a collision.<br /><br />Jeanette Riley filed a lawsuit July 13 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Olyn L. Hudspeth Jr. <br /><br />Riley claims she was driving west on East A Street near its intersection with North Charles Street on Sept. 17, 2007, when Hudspeth, who was driving north on North Charles Street, collided with her.<br /><br />\"Defendant saw or by the use of ordinary care could have seen the vehicle operated by Plaintiff was located in a position of imminent peril of being struck and that Defendant had ample time to have stopped his motor vehicle, turned or swerved it, slacken the speed of, or given a warning of its approach, in time thereafter to have thereby avoided striking the vehicle operated by Plaintiff but that Defendant failed and omitted to do so,\" the complaint says.<br /><br />Because of the collision, Riley's back, spine and right hip were injured; she suffered a herniated disc in between her fourth and fifth lumbar vertebra; and all of her injuries are serious, permanent and progressive, the suit states. In addition, Riley suffered pain of the body, anguish of the mind and a diminished function of her body parts, incurred medical and other related expenses of $16,500, experienced an impaired ability to enjoy her every day activities and to work and lost wages of at least $9,000, according to the complaint.<br /><br />She blames Hudspeth for performing a number of negligent acts, including failing to decrease his speed, failing to keep his vehicle under proper control, failing to see her vehicle, failing to yield the right-of-way at an intersection, pulling into her lane of travel when it was not safe to do so, failing to stop to avoid a collision and failing to apply his brakes in time to avoid an accident.<br /><br />Riley is seeking a judgment of more than $50,000, plus costs.<br /><br />Leonard I. Neuman of Neuman Law Firm in St. Louis will be representing her.<br /><br /><i>St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-377.</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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