Settlements & Verdicts

Facts:  Slip and fall at local grocery store.

Injuries:  Disc herniation in neck (C4-5) which required surgery.

Settlement:  $245,000

Facts:  Rear-end impact on Indiantown Roads.

Injuries:  Disc herniation in neck which required surgery.

Jury Verdict: $345,000

Facts:  T-bone automobile accident in Wellington.

Injuries:  Disc herniations in low back (L4-5) which required surgery.

Settlement:  $310,000 (BI & UM tendered policy limits)

Facts:  T-bone automobile accident in Royal Palm Beach.

Injuries:  Disc herniation in neck (C5-6) which required surgery.

Settlement:  $360,000 (UM insurer paid $250,000 over its policy limit)

Facts:  Rear-end accident on I-95.

Injuries:  Disc herniation in neck (C5-6); recommendation for surgery.

Settlement:  $100,000 (policy limit)

Facts:  Slip and fall at local store.

Injuries:  Disc herniation in in low back (L4-5) which required surgery.

Settlement:  $225,000

Facts:  Parking lot accident in Jupiter

Injuries:  Disc herniations in neck which required surgery.

Settlement:  $400,000

Facts:  Rear-end accident on Northlake Blvd.

Injuries:  Disc herniations in neck and low back which required surgery.

Settlement:  $500,000

Facts:  Defendant made left turn in front of client at intersection; T-bone accident.

Injuries:  Fractured vertebra at L1 which required kyphoplasty.

Settlement:  $270,000

Facts:  Rear-end impact on I-95.

Injuries:  Disc herniations in neck (C3-4, C4-5) which required surgery.

Settlement:  $400,000

Facts:  Heavy machinery accident. Client struck by backloader while leaving work premises.

Injuries:  Damaged urethra, fractured hip, broken leg.

Settlement:  $850,000

Facts:  Client struck by log dropped from loading claw attached to dump truck.

Injuries:  Disc extrusion at L5/S1, cervical disc herniation. Lumbar fusion necessitated.

Settlement:  $950,000

Facts:  Tractor-trailer accident. Client driving tractor-trailer struck head on by another tractor-trailer that lost control and crossed median into client’s lane of travel.

Injuries:  Mild traumatic brain injury, herniated discs at C4-5 and C6-7 (neck), TMJ.

Settlement:  Confidential

Facts:  Child struck in head by falling basketball goal which was improperly stabilized.

Injuries:  Mild-traumatic brain injury

Settlement:  $300,000 (policy limit)

Facts:  Rear-end car accident. Client rear-ended by uninsured motorist while attempting to make a left turn. Client sued his uninsured motorist (UM) carrier Progressive after it refused to tender its $10,000, policy limit.

Injuries:  Pre-existing cervical (neck) stenosis which was aggravated by the accident; tear of the supraspinatus tendon in the right shoulder for which surgery was recommended.

Jury Verdict: $110,000