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Tractor Trailer Fails to Yield to Oncoming Traffic

Even though our client had the right of way in his automobile, the tractor-trailer failed to yield and that negligence led to an accident causing severe and lasting injuries for our client.

Verdict: $4.5 Million

Multi-car accident on I-95 due to Tractor-Trailer

A tractor-trailer driver’s negligence led to a multi-car accident on I-95, and our client was in the final and fourth car. He suffered neck and back injuries, as well as lasting nerve damage and aggravation of existing fibromyalgia.

Settlement: $150,000

SUV rear-ended by delivery truck on I-95

When a delivery truck hit the rear of his SUV on Interstate 95, it was ultimately determined our client suffered a mild traumatic brain injury.

Settlement: $1.6 Million

Rear end multi car collision on Interstate 95

As one of the cars impacted during a multi-car collision on Interstate 95, our client suffered an impact fracture of the right elbow and nerve compression, resulting in chronic pain.

Settlement: $137,500

Passenger injured in ATV rollover

Our teenage client suffered a permanent crushing injury to her right hand and wrists, requiring six surgeries as a result of being a passenger in an ATV that rolled over due to driver negligence.

Settlement: $970,000

Pedestrian run over by Kubota ATV

Our client was injured when walking and a Kubota ATV lost control and ran her over. The resulting injuries included fractures of the lumbar spine and various soft tissue issues and progression of degenerative changes in the spine.

Settlement: $575,000

Vehicle backed into car driving in parking lot

Our client was driving in a parking lot when a vehicle backed into the car, causing significant injury including aggravation of degenerative changes in cervical spine, leading to fusion surgery.

Settlement: $225,000

Vehicle T-boned by driver running red light

Our client’s vehicle was broadsided and t-boned by a negligent driver who ran a red light without slowing down, resulting in injuries and long lasting cervical and lumbar facet syndrome in our client.

Settlement: $170,000

Passenger injured in single car rollover accident

The teenage passenger in this accident was injured when the vehicle driver lost control and the car rolled over. Injuries to his left elbow included fracture, displacement and rotation.

Settlement: $130,000

Vehicle t-boned by driver running red light

The driver of this vehicle was t-boned in an intersection by a negligent driver who ran a red light. Resulting injuries include thoracic and lumbar strains, as well as exacerbation of preexisting chronic pain.

Arbitration Award: $80,000

Couple’s car rear-ended on I-95

When this elderly couple was traveling on I-95, their automobile was rear-ended and both the husband and the wife suffered cervical and lumbar strains. The husband’s left leg was injured, leading to infection. Two separate personal injury cases were conducted.

Settlement: $55,000 for husband and $25,000 for wife

Sleeping driver ends proud former Marine’s career

A sleeping driver going at high speed hit our client’s car with an impact so hard his car flew into the air. Our client, a former Marine, was left with a disabled body and mind as a result.

Settlement: $1.75 Million

Motorcyclist’s left foot crushed when auto driver fails to yield

Our client was riding his motorcycle through an intersection on a green light when the automobile driver failed to yield and turned in front of him and struck the left side of the motorcycle, causing a crush injury to our client’s left foot. After seven surgeries, he has chronic pain, difficulty walking and will likely require fusion surgery in the future.

Settlement: $1.2 Million

Pedestrian hit in crosswalk

When crossing the street correctly in the designated crosswalk, our client was hit by a moving vehicle causing concussive closed head injury. In addition, allegations of contributory negligence were successfully argued against.

Settlement: $165,000

DISCLAIMER: The results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each of the clients’ cases and should not be used to form an expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client’s case.

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