Verdicts and Settlements

Small Firm With Big Results.

VERDICT:
$ 12,200,000.00 Wrongful death/drowning. A $150,000.00 pretrial offer was rejected.
VERDICT:
$ 11,500,000.00 Paralysis/negligent sale of firearm. A $200,000.00 pretrial offer was rejected by the plaintiff.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 7,875,000.00 against automobile insurance carrier for underpayment of attendant care following an automobile accident.
VERDICT:
$ 7,500,000.00 for a man who fell from a scaffold when Michigan Bell would not allow Plaintiff to “tie in” scaffolding to its building in a safe manner. Plaintiff rejected a $900,000.00 pretrial offer.
COMBINATION AWARD SETTLEMENT:
$ 6,800,000.00 injuries suffered on the freeway when the Plaintiff’s vehicle ran out of gas due to a defective gas gage that was recently installed.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 5,000,000.00 pre-suit settlement for infection to newborn in a local hospital resulting in serious infection related injuries.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 5,000,000.00 for medical malpractice case.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 5,000,000.00 class action against national insurance company for fraudulent underpayment of medical mileage.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 4,500,000.00 Failure by major automobile insurance company to pay attendant care benefits as required by law to family of brain injured family member.
COMBINED JUDGMENT SETTLEMENT:
$ 3,200,000.00 against a therapist who had sexual relations with his patient.
VERDICT:
$ 3,000,000.00 for young man who committed suicide in Salt Lake City, Utah after purchasing a gun from Kmart. The jury found that the young man was visibly incompetent at the time of purchase.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 3,000,000.00 attendant care settlement from auto insurance carrier for underpayment of attendant care benefits.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 2,250,000.00 in a medical malpractice case where plaintiff’s pancreas was injured during surgery due to substandard care.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 2,200,000.00 settlement as a result of a misreading of pap smears resulting in cervical cancer.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 2,200,000.00 for trustees in ACME Township Michigan when a developer and chain store filed slap suits against them causing mental distress.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 2,150,000.00 police vehicle runs red light – neck and back injuries to plaintiff.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 2,000,000.00 for leg amputation in steel plant.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 1,800,000.00 foot drop from auto accident.
VERDICT:
$ 1,650,000.00 awarded to a woman who fell into an unguarded oil pit in an oil change facility. Defendants had offered $250,000.00.
SETTLEMENT:
$1,600,000.00 construction worker injured when a novice cement truck operator causes shoot to strike plaintiff.
VERDICT:
$ 1,500,00.00 negligence sale of ammunition – hand injuries. A $ 200,000 pretrial offer was rejected.
SETTLEMENT:
$ 1,375,000.00 for fractured ankle to nurse as a result of auto accident.
VERDICT:
$ 1,100,000.00 for woman who was raped because of defective security in building. Nothing was offered before trial.
VERDICT:
$ 1,100,000.00 where a doctor performed the wrong surgery on the arm of a 20 year old college student, creating nerve injury. The doctor’s attorney recommended $ 15,000 to the jury.
VERDICT:
$ 930,000.00 including exemplary damages against neurosurgeon. Verdict included $430,000.00 in “exemplary” damages relating to a finding by the jury that the defendant tried to “hide” his malpractice. The verdict followed an offer of $150,000.00 which was rejected by the patient.
VERDICT:
$ 600,000.00 auto accident following $ 16,000 offer. Case had been remanded to District Court.
VERDICT:
$ 540,000.00 for construction worker who was injured as a result of the negligence of other subcontractors. Plaintiff turned down a pre-trial offer of $125,000.00.
VERDICT:
$ 350,000.00 following minimal pre trial offer. Parking lot gate caused injury to patron.