Our Recent Results

• $1.2 million wrongful death jury verdict involving motorcycle crash.
• $825,000 settlement after day-long mediation requested by the insurer, and after a Superior Court lawsuit was filed and discovery ongoing. Our client suffered serious injuries including lacerations, contusions, pelvic fractures and ankle/foot fractures which required surgical intervention as well as permanent disfigurement. Our client was struck by a commercial vehicle while attending to his motor vehicle in the breakdown lane of a Massachusetts highway.
• $487,500 settlement after mediation requested by the insurer just prior to a Superior Court lawsuit being filed.  Our injured client was transferred from the crash scene via ambulance with life-threatening injuries including lacerations, contusions, pelvic fractures, rib fractures, fibula fracture, and blood loss.  Our client, operating a motorcycle with the right of way, was crashed into by a motor vehicle making a left-hand turn.
• $350,000 settlement after lawsuit was filed. Our client suffered multiple serious injuries including bilateral hand injuries with multiple metacarpal fractures which required surgical intervention. Medical expenses exceeded $80,000. The motor vehicle crash was caused by a commercial tractor trailer towing a tandem trailer that stopped the trailer partially in the travel lane of a state highway and failed to place lighted fuses behind the trailer, alerting motorists to the trailer. The tortfeasor’s insurer initially offered $25,000 in settlement of our client’s personal injury claim, which was rejected. Civil suit was filed in the Superior Court and discovery was in progress, including the deposition of the commercial tractor trailer driver. Ultimately, the insurer offered to attend mediation. The tortfeasor’s original offer of settlement was increased by $325,000 at Mediation.
• $337,000 arbitration award by a three member panel involving serious injuries including a closed head injury, neck spasm, and related trauma when our client was rear-ended.  Medical expenses totaled $5,800.00.  The tortfeasor’s insurer offered its policy of $20,000.00, which our client accepted after obtaining permission from his insurer.  His insurer offered $5,000.00 of his underinsured motorist policy limits.  When our client rejected his insurer’s offer of settlement, the parties proceeded to arbitration.  Our client underwent a neuropsychological examination and evaluation over a two-day period where it was determined he suffered post-concussion disorder after striking his head on the steering wheel.
• $250,000 personal injury claim settlement involving serious injuries including displaced fracture through the left superior articular facet of C7; perched facets on the right at the C6/7 level and 3mm anterolisthesis of C6 on C7; fracture through the tip of C6 spinous process; Left hand laceration; and Nondisplaced 5th metacarpal fracture. We successfully pursued an uninsured motorist claim against client’s insurer as the bodily injury insurer denied this claim, stating that the tortfeasor did “not meet the definition of an insured driver as he was not granted permission…”
• $250,000 personal injury claim settlement against the tortfeasor and underinsured claim against the client’s insurer involving serious injuries including femur fracture, several rib fractures and multiple traumas to the body including lacerations and contusions when the car she was a passenger in was t-boned on the passenger side. As our client received the tortfeasor’s bodily injury policy limits, she was able to make a claim against her automobile insurer under the Uninsured Motorist benefits portion of her automobile policy and settled for another $200,000, totaling $250,000 in settlement of our client’s personal injury claims.
• $121,241.00 arbitration award involving serious injuries after being rear-ended on a state highway. Injuries included whiplash, back pain, muscle spasms, shoulder and neck pain with associated numbness and tingling along the arm and fingers, cervical radiculopathy, and traumatic rotator cuff tendinitis.  Our client underwent arthroscopic surgery to her shoulder and incurred $35,000 in crash-related medical treatment. The bodily injury insurer initially offered $2,500, citing as reasons therefore that the crash impact was minimal and that the victim’s prior medical records indicated pre-existing shoulder pain. The matter was arbitrated and our client was awarded $121,241.00, $118,741 more than the initial offer of settlement and we successfully rebutted the Defense’s highly paid medical expert.
• $118,000 personal injury claim settlement involving our client who was t-boned on the driver’s side, causing the windshield to shatter and for her to strike her head. Our client suffered trauma to the left parietal/temporal lobe and a small abrasion and lump to the left parietal/temporal area as well as persistent headaches, neck pain and dizziness. She was further diagnosed as suffering post-concussion syndrome.
• $105,671 arbitration award involving serious injuries after being rear-ended on a state highway.  Injuries included a cervical strain, C4-5 disc protrusion, lumbosacral strain and carpel tunnel syndrome, which required surgical intervention.  Medical expenses totaled $20,000.00.  Our client treated primarily with a chiropractor until the carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms worsened, requiring carpal tunnel release surgery.  The tortfeasor’s insurer offered its policy of $25,000.00, which our client accepted after obtaining permission from his insurer.  His insurer, however, refused to make an offer of his underinsured motorist policy limits, asserting that he did not complain of wrist symptoms until months after the crash.  Our client was able to prove that he did complain of wrist symptoms one day after the crash during a recorded statement taken by the insurance adjuster from his insurance company.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement involving serious injuries including a concussion and permanent loss of hearing in the right ear as a passenger in a motor vehicle that was t-boned when trying to make a left-hand turn in Raynham, Massachusetts.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement involving serious injuries including a fractured humerus and shattered right elbow requiring surgical intervention when she was crashed into in the front end while lawfully proceeding through an intersection.
• $100,000 slip and fall personal injury claim settlement after the filing of a civil lawsuit with a pending trial date. Our client was caused to suffer a left ankle fracture dislocation and a right ankle sprain when she was an invited guest at a residence and was caused to slip and fall on dangerous and defective conditions of the residence.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement involving serious injuries including a left ankle sprain and left femur fracture, requiring surgical intervention, while a passenger in a motor vehicle in which the driver lost control and crashed into a bridge abutment.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement involving our client who suffered serious and permanent injuries requiring surgery and rehabilitation while operating a motorcycle that was struck by a car.
• $100,000 slip and fall personal injury claim involving injuries including right shoulder fracture and chest contusion when our client fell on an area rug while an invited guest.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement against the tortfeasor and underinsured claim against the client’s insurer involving serious injuries including cervical/thoracic sprain/strain. As our client received the tortfeasor’s bodily injury policy limits, he was able to make a claim against his automobile insurer under the Uninsured Motorist benefits portion of his automobile policy and settled for another $80,000, totaling $100,000 in settlement of our client’s personal injury claims.
• $100,000 personal injury claim settlement against the tortfeasor and underinsured claim against the client’s insurer involving serious injuries including cervical strain and radiculopathy, resulting in surgery. As our client received the tortfeasor’s bodily injury policy limits of $50,000.00, we were able to make a claim against his automobile insurer under the Uninsured Motorist benefits portion of his automobile policy and settled for another $50,000, totaling $100,000 in settlement of our client’s personal injury claims.
•  $100,000 personal injury claim involving our client involved in front end crash suffering lumbar disc herniation, incurring $8,760 in medical expenses.
•  $100,000 personal injury claim involving our client involved in rear-end crash and suffering post-concussion syndrome, cervical trapezius strain and right shoulder bursitis and incurring $10,732 in medical expenses.
• $91,748.49 arbitration award involving serious injuries including trauma-induced cataracts to both eyes after being side-swiped on Route 24 and pushed into the guardrail.  Our client underwent numerous surgical interventions to repair her vision and is now required to wear prescription contact lenses to correct her vision.
• $85,000.00 personal injury claim settlement involving serious injuries including a scalp laceration which required staples, cervical strain, muscle spasm, concussion and postconcussive syndrome.
• $85,000 personal injury claim settlement involving our client who suffered a traumatic brain injury, right ankle sprain, and multiple abrasions who was struck by a motor vehicle and caused to fall off his bicycle
• $75,000.00 personal injury claim settlement involving our client who was struck by a motor vehicle and caused to fall off his bicycle. Our client suffered serious injuries including a subdural hematoma and a closed fracture of distal end of left fibula. Our client treated with physical therapy for two months in an attempt to return to his pre-crash condition.
• $62,500 settlement after lawsuit was filed involving soft tissue injuries after being side-swiped on the highway.  Our client incurred $4,000 +/- in medical expenses.  The original offer of settlement was $18,000.00 and this was increased when the bodily injury insurer agreed to proceed to mediation.
• $61,000 personal injury claim involving a dog bite to the fingers of both hands and incurring $4,840 in medical expenses
• $50,000 personal injury claim settlement involving a pedestrian who suffered a knee injury which required surgical intervention.
• $45,000 personal injury claim involving a dog bite to the neck, resulting in mild scarring to her neck.  Our client was in her driveway with her leashed dog when both she and her dog were attacked by an unleashed, unrestrained and unsupervised German Shepherd.  Our client was diagnosed as suffering an abrasion to her neck, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.
• $43,500 personal injury claim settlement against the tortfeasor and underinsured claim against the client’s insurer involving serious injuries including a sternal fracture.  As our client received the tortfeasor’s bodily injury policy limits, she was able to make a claim against her automobile insurer under the Uninsured Motorist benefits portion of her automobile policy and settled for another $23,500, totaling $43,500 in settlement of our client’s personal injury claims.