Third-Party Liability/Bodily Injury Results
Received a not guilty verdict in a case in which the defendant admitted rear-ending the plaintiff, a school bus driver. Plaintiff visited the emergency room three days after the accident and missed four months of work. Defendant did not appear at trial.
Jury entered a $632 verdict against a defendant who admitted rear-ending the plaintiff in a four-car collision. Plaintiff had $44,000 in specials. The jury awarded the plaintiff $607 in medical bills and $25 for lost wages. Plaintiff asked the jury for $124,562.
Won a summary judgment motion in favor of a hotel in a lawsuit brought by a guest who claimed she slipped and fell on water leaking from an air conditioning unit.
Received a not guilty verdict in a case in which a woman claimed she suffered a knee injury in a department store when a flatbed cart struck her knee. Plaintiff stated she developed an embolism while being treated in the hospital. No offer to settle was made.
Won summary judgment in favor of a manufacturer in a lawsuit brought by an independent trucker who alleged a load of industrial pipe was negligently loaded on a trailer, then fell during unloading, “causing significant injury.” The Plaintiff made a seven-figure demand to settle.
Received a not guilty verdict in a case in which the defendant admitted rear-ending the plaintiff on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. The plaintiff filed a police report afterwards and then visited the emergency department. Plaintiff’s medical bills totaled $57,781. Plaintiff asked for an award of $155,088.
Received a not guilty verdict in a case in which the defendant rear-ended the plaintiff on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. Police arrived at the scene and the plaintiff went to the hospital complaining of spinal pain. She visited a neurosurgeon three days after the accident and six days later she visited with an interventional pain management specialist. Plaintiff’s medical specials totaled $42,184 and the plaintiff asked the jury for an award of $136,999.12. The jury deliberated for 17 minutes.
In a personal injury case arising from an accident involving a rental truck, we succeeded in having the rental company dismissed with prejudice. We argued that the federal motor carrier law expressly exempted leasing companies from liability. The judge ordered the plaintiff to provide a good faith argument in support of his claim and when he could not, she dismissed the claim outright.