Interesting National Claims
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These are the types of claims we could handle. We have no personal relationship with the actual claims (listed below) because they did not occur in California, where we are licensed to practice law.

$1.2 MILLION VERDICT IN COURTHOUSE MISHAP
A FORMER PRISON inmate who was injured when a portion of the ceiling in a holding pen collapsed, in a State Supreme Court, was awarded $1.2 million by a jury last week.
The inmate lost feeling in his legs and remained wheelchair bound for more than two years after the March 26, 1990, accident, according to his lawyer.
After therapy in 1992, the inmate regained the ability to walk but testified that he suffered continued weakness in his legs and back pain as well as headaches.

$4 MILLION VERDICT IN CRANE-FALL CASE
A County jury awarded $4 million last week to a construction worker whose right ankle was shattered when he fell off a crane during renovation work in a Tunnel Viaduct on an expressway.
The plaintiff claimed he had not been provided with a safety harness nor was there any safety netting put in place at the site at the time of the accident. The jury apportioned 50 percent liability each against the general contractor and the employer, a third-party defendant.

HOUSING AUTHORITY LIABLE FOR $3 MILLION
A jury awarded $3.6 million to a pedestrian who was struck by a City Housing Police car, which was responding to an emergency.
The police car was headed the wrong way down a one-way street and ran a red light when it slammed into a city bus, causing it to jump the sidewalk and strike the pedestrian.
As a result of the accident, the pedestrian suffered internal injuries requiring the removal of three feet of her intestine. She claimed to suffer chronic depression and "horrible scarring" from the accident. The Housing Authority was held 80 percent responsible and the City Transit Authority 20 percent responsible.

$3.1 MILLION AWARDED TO INJURED PEDESTRIAN
A jury awarded $3.1 million last week to a 37 year old man who sustained fractures to both legs when he was hit by a car that had collided with a city fire truck.
The accident occurred when a man, while waiting to cross a street, was struck by the car after a collision with the truck.
Although the city was found only 35 percent liable, it was assessed virtually the entire award because of the motorist's limited insurance according to the plaintiff's attorney.