DENVER (AP) - A woman involved in a two-vehicle crash in Denver more than two years ago has gone back to court in an effort to get an insurance company to pay up.
Shantel Gonzales was riding with a friend on Father's Day 2005 when the vehicle in which she was a passenger collided with a truck.
Gonzales was 22 weeks pregnant at the time. Doctors performed an emergency Caesarean section, delivering a boy that Gonzales named Marco. But he was born 3.5 months premature, and lived for just over an hour.
Gonzales sued Shelter Insurance for damages, and a jury last year awarded her $130,000.
The woman's attorney says Shelter hasn't paid that verdict, though it did pay $14,000 toward her medical expenses.
Shelter would not comment.
The trial is expected to last three or four days.
I AM SHANTELS OLDER SISTER AND I DONT THINK ITS RIGHT FOR INSURANCE COMPANYS TO SIGN PEOPLE UP FOR AUTO INS MAKE THEM PAY EVERY MONTH AND THEN ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT ACT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AND CALL MY NEPHEW (MARCO)A FETUS HE IS A BABY BOY WHO ONLY GOT TO LIVE AND BREATH ON THIS EARTH IN MY SISTERS ARMS FOR ONLY ONE HOUR THATS NOT FARE TO MY SISTER AND ITS NOT FARE TO US THE FAMILY.EVERY BIRTHDAY,EASTER,VALENTINES DAY,CHRISTMAS,THANKSGIVING DAY I HAVE TO SEE MY SISTER AND FAMILY CRY BECAUSE MY NEPHEW IS NO LONGER WITH US.BUT ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED.