Case Results
$1,000,000
Auto/Pedestrian Accident
In a challenging pedestrian accident case, our firm secured a $1 million settlement on the eve of trial, overcoming an initial pre-suit offer of $50,000, by effectively disproving false claims and highlighting the defendant’s negligence.
$1,775,000
Wrongful Death In Jail
The client had swallowed windshield-wiper fluid but police reportedly thought he was drunk. Case settled in with one defendant and went to trial with the other
$415,000
Auto accident
Insurance company contested liability claiming PIP (1st Party) damages were barred because it was a work injury. Facilitation award was $175,000, settled for $415,000 just prior to trial depositions of doctors.
$300,000
Auto accident
The client was driving in a residential neighborhood when Defendant accelerated out of her driveway in reverse and collided with the client’s vehicle. The defendant had 3 other teenagers in the car on their way to Florida for spring break. The accident caused injury to the client’s neck resulting in surgery and significant pain. The defendant carried a policy that only covered $25,000 in damages. Defendant’s insurance company paid policy limits. Fortunately, the client carried a rider on her policy for underinsured uninsured motorist coverage. We litigated the case through binding arbitration as required by the contract and were able to recover an additional $275,000 for the client.
$255,000
Auto accident
Sheriff engaged in a chase of a vehicle that squealed their tires in a parking lot. While in pursuit the Officer raced through a stop sign and T-boned innocent client’s vehicle, which caused the vehicle to roll over. Client sustained a significant shoulder injury requiring three surgeries and hundreds of doctor’s visits. Sheriff denied liability claiming she looked both ways before crossing the road yet somehow struck the side of our client’s minivan. Case went to Court of appeals and it was determined that the officer had a duty to see and not just look before entering right of way traffic.
$180,000
Workers’ Compensation
Worker’s Compensation Settlement reached after a severe shoulder injury on the job while working for the Michigan Department of Corrections.
$150,000
Negligence/Premises Liability
The client was at her brother’s farm in Eaton Rapids Michigan assisting in chopping wood for the family for the winter. While warming in her brother’s barn while he sold some hay to a customer, a hay bale or two fell from the haymow landing on Client’s head. Her brother had been in the mow moving bales of hay minutes before the bale/s fell. Her brother denied responsibility. The client suffered a mild TBI that resulted in significant long-lasting residual symptoms of vertigo and headaches that became disabling. The defense fiercely defended this case arguing that the injuries were not related to the accident and attempted to blame the victim herself. Through deposition testimony of the witnesses, we were able to elicit the truth that the only person in the haymow prior to the accident was the Client’s brother. There was no offer prior to litigation. Ultimately the case settled prior to trial.
$111,500
Auto Accident – Multiple Vehicle Pile-Up
The primary defendant was traveling on westbound I96 pulling a u-haul trailer and was traveling too fast for conditions as it was snowing in morning traffic. Defendant lost control of his vehicle when the trailer caused the vehicle to spin in the middle of the freeway coming to a stop on a bridge between two guard rails. The negligence of the defendant resulted in nowhere for traffic to go and about a 15 car accident. Our client was struck by a number of other vehicles including a semi-truck. We filed suit against 8 defendants in order to be able to determine which vehicles collided with our client and which defendant was the proximate cause of his injuries. This was very difficult to determine as the police had only included 8 of the 15 vehicles in their police report. The below represents a settlement reached between our client and those most likely responsible for his injuries.
He suffered a rotator cuff tear requiring surgical intervention.
$81,796.92
Workers’ Compensation
Worker’s Compensation wage loss and medical benefits were disputed after the development of a very rare post-surgical complication following initial treatment of an on-the-job shoulder injury at a construction site.
$75,000
Auto Accident
The client was driving with the right of way when the defendant’s vehicle failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with the passenger side of the vehicle. This caused the client’s vehicle to roll over and the client sustained injuries to his left arm, shoulder, and neck. The client was a mechanic by trade and had performed the job for 39 years prior to the accident. As such, he did have pre-existing wear and tear on his body. Regardless we were able to settle the case for $75,000 on a $100,000 policy.
$550,000
Auto Accident
The driver likely was not paying attention to the road as he ran a stop sign and failed to yield before crossing an intersection and crashed into a large tree. The client underwent 3 shoulder surgeries. The case settled at mediation.
$550,000
Auto Accident
The driver likely was not paying attention to the road as he ran a stop sign and failed to yield before crossing an intersection and crashed into a large tree. The client underwent 3 shoulder surgeries. The case settled at mediation.
$300,000
Auto Accident
On August 25, 2018, the at-fault driver ran a stop sign and collided with a vehicle in which the client—who was pregnant with a 22-week old unborn child—was a passenger. The defendant was found to be at fault for the traffic crash due to an [n] Improper Turn.”
Injuries: minor injuries to the client’s however the seatbelt pressure on the clients’ abdomen resulted in the miscarriage and or death of the clients’ unborn child.
Through pre-litigation investigation, it was determined that at 22 weeks unborn child had a 20% chance of viability at the time of the accident. Through negotiation, this was enough to convince the Defendant’s insurance company to pay policy limits.
$250,000
Auto Accident
The client was a passenger in a single-vehicle rollover accident caused by an intoxicated driver. Recovered policy limits from the wrongdoer in the amount of 100,000, and also recovered an additional 150,000 from her underinsured motorist coverage policy. An underinsured or uninsured motorist policy protects a driver when the wrongdoer does not carry adequate coverage to compensate the covered person for the injuries sustained in an accident. The client injured her neck requiring surgery but made a good recovery post-surgery.
$163,000
Workers’ Compensation
Client was working on a Michigan construction site when he was stuck in the head by the bucket of a front-end loader. This resulted in a mild TBI with significant dizziness and headaches for which Worker’s Compensation denied benefits.
$140,000
Workers’ Compensation
Settlement reached after Worker’s Compensation denied ongoing wage loss and medical benefits for PTSD and a traumatic brain injury following client’s brutal assault on the job as a Corrections Officer for the Michigan Department of Corrections.
$120,000
Workers’ Compensation
Settlement reached after Worker’s Compensation benefits were disputed for a severe knee injury with post-surgical complications following a slip and fall in an icy parking lot while on the job.
$90,000
Auto Accident
The client sustained an injury to his low back and suffered from headaches after being rear-ended by the at-fault driver. Within the same year, the Client also suffered from a work injury and another auto accident. It would have been difficult to separate out the injuries at trial and the client had long-standing chronic pain prior to the accident.
$89,709
Workers’ Compensation
Settlement reached after Worker’s Compensation benefits were denied alleging an on the job repetitive use shoulder injury from building work was a pre-existing condition due to significant arthritis being present.
$84,465
Workers’ Compensation
Worker’s Compensation insurance carrier disputed wage loss and medical benefits for an on the job shoulder injury by claiming it was a “degenerative” condition due to pre-existing arthritis.
$72,600
Workers’ Compensation
Settlement reached after Worker’s Compensation insurance denied all wage loss and medical benefits by claiming an injury to the knee while working as a delivery truck driver was a pre-existing degenerative condition due to the client’s other pre-existing health conditions.
$60,000
Auto Accident
The client’s vehicle was stopped at the intersection while waiting for a train to finish crossing. The vehicle was struck from behind. The defendant was driving on a suspended license and there was no insurance coverage on the vehicle she was driving. However, prudently, the Client carried uninsured motorist coverage as a rider on her policy. This triggered her own insurance company to step in the shoes of the wrongdoer. The best offer prior to litigation was $10,000, however, we were able to obtain a 60,000 settlement at mediation that was reasonable to our client due to the history of pre-existing injuries.
Injuries sustained a left shoulder injury and aggravation of the prior back injury.