Our client was operating a motorcycle on northbound State Route 79 near Warner Springs in San Diego County, when a large tree branch detached and fell from a tree within the State’s right of way. She sued the State of California, Department of Transportation who owned and maintained the roadway, as well as the subject tree. Client suffered a brain bleed, a burst spinal vertebra and multiple spinal fractures from C2-C8, and a shattered femur, amongst other injuries.