Types of Claims We Work With

1. A young man was a passenger in a car driven by his friend in city traffic. The driver of a vehicle in a lane next to them made a sudden right turn, sideswiping their car. The young man suffered serious injuries to his neck and back. We litigated this case successfully.

2. A client, while walking down stairs after crossing a bridge, stepped onto a piece of plywood and fell into a hole and suffered a serious leg and ankle injury because the property owner failed to adequately cover the hole during construction. We sued the city and the construction company and made a favorable recovery for our client.

3. A woman, age 35, while driving her car through an intersection on a green light, was struck by an 18-wheel tractor trailer that ran a red light. She was seriously injured and also developed severe problems with her jaw (TMJ) The insurance company for the truck driver refused to accept responsibility for all of the injuries. We arbitrated this case and won a substantial recovery for our client and her husband.

4. An elderly woman accompanied her grandson to a hobby center. While she was walking near a display case, which was placed on a raised platform, she fell down some stairs and fractured her hip. We sued the property owner the merchant and the construction company for creating a dangerous condition in that the display case was too close to the stairs and constituted a dangerous condition; we recovered a settlement for our client.

5. Our client was driving a motorcycle and he was broadsided by a truck while he was making a left turn at an intersection. The driver of the truck insisted that he had the green light and that our client had turned directly in front of him. We located a witness who had seen the collision, however, the insurance company refused to accept the witness' version of the incident. We sued the driver and owner of the truck and gained a significant settlement for our client on the eve of trial.

6. A professional painter was injured when his car was rear ended. He suffered injuries which required surgery to his right shoulder. There after, he was unable to return to his job as a painter because he could not raise his right arm above his head. A claim was presented for bodily injury, together with a demand for past lost earnings and future loss of earning capacity. The case was successfully litigated and resolved in favor of our client.

7. Our client was driving her car on the freeway when she saw a disabled vehicle directly in front of her. Unable to change lanes due to traffic, she brought her car to a stop without hitting that vehicle and was thereafter struck from the rear by another car. A claim was made against the driver of the disabled vehicle as well as the driver of the car that struck our client from the rear. We reached a very satisfactory settlement and the case was closed without the necessity of filing a lawsuit.

8. A fifteen (15) year old girl was a passenger in a car when another vehicle turned left directly in her path. A substantial settlement was reached and the money allocated to her was placed into a structured settlement which provided for periodic payments over the course of her life. All of these monies were tax free as they were part of a program specifically designed to fund her educational and medical needs. 

9. An elderly woman was walking around a sidewalk when she was struck by a vehicle backing out of a residential driveway. Her husband was brought to the scene by a neighbor within five (5) minutes of the incident. In addition to the damages for the woman, the husband sought a claim of his own for his lost of consortium due to his wife's injury. The driver of the car contended that the woman was not looking where she was going before she was hit. A claim was filed against the driver of the vehicle and a substantial settlement was achieved for the woman and her husband.

10. A client was injured in an automobile collision and suffered serious bodily injury. The driver of the car that caused the collision only maintained a minimum policy of insurance. After recovering the policy limit from the adverse driver, we sought additional benefits under our client's Underinsured Motorist Coverage (UM). In addition to the policy limits which we obtained from the adverse driver, we also received a significant amount of money for our client under his own policy of insurance in a sufficient amount to compensate him for the injuries and damages that he had incurred.