SAN DIEGO—A motorcyclist who lost a leg in a freeway crash caused by a Navy sailor in National City has reached a $10.8 million settlement with the federal government.
The settlement is believed to be the largest ever in a personal injury case involving a vehicle collision against the federal government in San Diego history.
The case stems from a Sept. 13, 2019, crash on Interstate 5, in which a sailor driving a Navy van struck another vehicle, causing a chain reaction of crashes into Peter Arthur’s motorcycle.
Arthur, a Navy veteran, was thrown from his motorcycle and sustained serious injuries, which required the amputation of his right leg above the knee. He also suffered an avulsion of his right biceps, a complete laceration of his right radial nerve at the elbow, and has “severe ongoing dysfunction” in his right arm, according to the complaint filed in San Diego federal court….