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Examples of Jury Trial results
(Names of our clients and the other parties have to be deleted, because
almost every case resolves with a Release containing a confidentialty
clause).
$850,000 in an MVA case involving a forehead impact with momentary
blindness and chronic residual headaches, TMJ dysfunction, and neck
pain. Defendant’s last offer before trial was $9,000. In addition to
the verdict, our client’s own insurer settled the bad faith case
against it for $35,000 based on its wrongful denial of certain
treatment expenses. We also won the Worker’s Compensation case, where
our client’s insurer denied benefits claiming she was not at work (she
was getting sandwiches for the all-night shift at the alcohol recovery
center where she was employed when the accident occurred).
$250,000 in an insurance bad faith case against involving wrongful denial
of wage loss benefits. The bulk of the damages were for emotional
distress, because the plaintiff had cancer and was evicted from her
apartment because she couldn’t afford rent. The jury awarded punitive
damages. Defendant’s last offer before trial was $500. In addition to
the verdict, we obtained the $25,000 policy limits from the responsible
driver’s liability policy.
$173,600.98 in an insurance bad faith case where the insurer refused to
pay PIP benefits because the injured person fell off a car while
roof-surfing. We won at trial, lost at the Court of Appeals, and won at
the Colorado Supreme Court.
$160,671.39 in a single-car MVA case. The judgment was in excess of
the defendant’s policy limits. We won the appeal that followed,
allowing our client to collect the entire judgment from the defendant’s
insurer (based on her status as an insured passenger).
$155,000 in a finger amputation/paint spray gun product liability case.
$115,000 in an insurance bad faith case, where we had to sue our client’s insurance
company twice. The first denial of benefit case settled for $3,000. We
also obtained a $90,000 settlement with the liability insurer of the
negligent driver, and a $22,142.70 settlement with the Worker’s
Compensation insurer (our client was driving her delivery route at the
time of the collision).
$95,756.45 in a very low-speed MVA case. Our client had back surgery for
disks herniated years earlier in another MVA, with a poor outcome
rendering him unable to work. The defendant’s insurance company’s last
offer before trial was $500.
$110,000 in a case involving a drunk driver heavily damaging my client's
place of business, which she had spent her career saving to build. The
defendant’s insurer refused to offer any payment for my client’s severe
emotional distress until one day before trial, and then only offered
$25,000. The jury awarded all of the building and contents damage, the
$50,000 for emotional distress damages we asked for, and punitive
damages. The trial judge awarded attorney’s fees against opposing
counsel for groundless motions practice.
$75,000 in an insurance bad faith case involving denial of wage loss benefits. The insurance company’s final offer before trial was $12,000. The jury awarded punitive damages.
Examples of Settlements
$2.5 million for 12 Dalkon Shield IUD users we represented in a series of arbitrations from 1991 through 1996.
$752,500 in a truck versus auto collision case, where my client was unable
to work for more than a year after the collision due to cognitive
problems. We also recovered $45,000 for the driver of her vehicle who
suffered aggravation of a shoulder injury.
$650,000 in a wrongful death head-on collision caused by a drunk driver. The main issue in the case was the economic loss caused by the death of our client’s spouse.
$300,000 for a teenage girl who needed jaw surgery with implants because of severe internal derangement caused by the impact.
$250,000 (statutory maximum) in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case where the physician misdiagnosed an aneurysm.
$240,000 in a products liability case where our client’s hip replacement failed due to incomplete cleaning of oil left on the acetabular shell component during manufacture.
$225,000 for a rear-end truck versus auto collision. My client, a triathlete underwent a cervical fusion surgery, which significantly impacted his ability to bike and run.
$229,191.787 in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case involving my clients’ mother who died after suffering brain injury from lack of oxygen during a pacemaker surgery.
$212,500 for our client who suffered a minor back strain when a cement truck backed
up and dumped a load of concrete on her car. She had an enormous, but
undiagnosed and asymptomatic growth in her lumbar spine that
subsequently developed intractable pain requiring surgery.
$155,000 for a slip and fall, where my elderly client came around a corner
and fell in nacho cheese sauce from a collapsed display at a grocery
store. The workers who collapsed the display had gone to find rags to
clean up the mess, and left no warnings. My client, an avid golfer, had
shoulder surgery and significant range of motion limitations (a
“frozen” shoulder).
$150,000 for a slip and fall, where my elderly client, who spoke no English
and could not walk safely unassisted, had contracted for disabled
transportation through the airport. She severely fractured her
shoulder, requiring a surgically instrumented repair, when she was made
to walk 100 yards from the motorized cart through security – and fell
in the process.
$115,000 in an MVA case ($100,000 policy limits plus $15,000
from the defendant personally). The hospital in this case reduced its
lien and settled after we subpoenaed the indigency plan program
administrator for deposition.
$100,000 (policy limits) for a client who suffered herniated cervical disks after his car was broadsided, thrown into a tree, and caught fire.
$96,000 in three separate liability settlements for our client, a deli worker at a grocery store, who had back surgery following two motor vehicle accidents.
$94,316.84 in an insurance denial/disputed medical benefits case. We
also were able to settle the liability case for $85,000, even though
the impact was low and there were multiple prior and subsequent head
injuries involved.
$90,000 for our 90 year-old client who suffered complete loss of use of her right
arm after a transfer by a poorly-trained CNA in a nursing home. The
fact of injury initially was denied and treatment was delayed.
$86,000 for a client whose pickup truck was broadsided by a teenage driver going
85 miles per hour on a canyon road. The truck was tossed into a tree,
and landed on its hood. Cognitive injuries primarily, no surgery
required. Following a coverage dispute, our client’s own insurer also
paid $25,000 to settle her insurance bad faith claim.
$80,000 for a client who suffered severe, ongoing emotional distress from being
involved in a high-speed, four car, rollover collision where other
passengers were killed and/or rendered quadriplegic. In addition to
psychological trauma, she suffered a back injury.
$63,367.50 in a case where an MVA hit a pedestrian causing a minor leg injury that later became infected, requiring a two-week hospitalization.
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