Car & Auto accident settlements
$3.5 Million Settlement – Rear Impact Car Accident
41 year old male was struck from behind by a pharmaceutical truck. As a result of the impact, our client suffered three herniated discs. The insurance company refused to settle and this case proceeded to trial. After our litigation team of Fort La/ Ft. Lauderdale personal injury attorneys hired expert witnesses to show the extent of our client’s injuries, the insurance company for the pharmaceutical company settled the case for $3.5 million.
$171,500 Settlement – Fatal Car Accident
50 year old woman was driving a school bus when the defendant driving a pickup truck swerved into the lane of our client. This caused a head-on collision between the school bus and the pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck died as a result of the collision and our client suffered massive traumatic injuries. Our client suffered spinal cord tears in addition to injuries to her knee. Our client had to undergo surgery in order to repair the torn tendons in her knee. As a result of witnessing a death, our client further suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This required further psychiatric intervention.
Our team of experienced personal injury lawyers successfully established the severity of the crash, the extent of the injuries to our client, the surgical and psychiatric intervention needed, and the need for future medical treatment. The insurance company of the driver of the pickup eventually settled this case for $171,500.
$150,000 Combined Settlement – Car Accident
Husband and wife were passengers in a car that caused an accident. The husband suffered severe spinal injuries including multiple levels of spinal cord compressions in the cervical spine. The wife also suffered severe spinal cord injuries as well as an open wound on her shin. The husband underwent cervical spinal cord surgery in order to alleviate the pain in neck. Our personal injury attorneys were able to collect the full policy of the driver’s bodily injury insurance policy as well as the full underinsured (UM) policy of the couple involved in the accident.
$55,000 Settlement – Motorcycle Accident
46 year old male was riding his motorcycle when a car cut him off and he slammed into the side of the car. The client sustained severe injuries including a broken right leg. After several attempted surgeries to fix his leg, doctors were forced to amputate his right leg. This firm was successful in obtaining full policy settlements from the driver and owner’s bodily injury and underinsured insurance policies.
$45,000 Settlement – T-Bone Car Accident
55 year old woman is severely injured in a car crash. The negligent driver ran a stop sign and slammed into the left side of the client’s vehicle. The client’s vehicle was pushed across the roadway, collided with roadway signs, and then smashed into trees.
As a result of violent collision, the injured client was rushed from the accident scene to the hospital in an ambulance. The client suffered a disc herniation as well as several other spinal injuries. After months of extensive medical treatment, it was determined that she sustained a 15% permanent impairment rating to the body as a whole. The doctors further opined that back surgery was necessary to repair her spine.
Our personal injury team of experienced lawyers settled the case for $45,000.00, at the client’s request. We were prepared to bring the case to trial, however the client wanted to resolve the case without a trial.
