PAST RESULTS

We represented an elderly man who was on State Route 73 in Warren County Ohio when a semi tractor went left of center and caused significant orthopedic injuries.  Through litigation, we were able to secure a recovery in excess of one million dollars.  Our client had sustained a fractured hip, but made a strong recovery.  With the use of testimony of vocational experts and orthopedic surgeons we were able to establish the likelihood of future limitations and were able to secure this recovery for our client.

Our client visited a big box hardware store in Middletown, Ohio.  He was there to obtain some piping material.  He requested help from a stock clerk and when the stock clerk attempted to retrieve the material, a piece of piping fell on our client’s head.  Our client felt woozy but did not immediately appreciate any significant injury.  He paid for his piece of pipe and left the store.  He did not get any medical attention for three months.  After about three months, he noticed that his headaches were not subsiding and eventually his condition became so severe that his wife insisted that he go to the emergency room.  At the emergency room, neurological tests indicated that he had sustained a subdural hematoma.  This is a serious condition involving bleeding on the brain.    We obtained the pathology slides from the emergency room and we had a pathologist examine these slides and he was able to date that the subdural hematoma occurred three to four months prior.  This unequivocally established that the falling pipe was the cause of the subdural hematoma.  After securing this pathology expertise we were able to convince the big box retailer to remit a full recovery to our client.

We represented a University of Cincinnati football player who was a passenger in a motor vehicle in which the driver lost control.  As a result of this serious accident, our client sustained a ruptured aorta and was rushed to a local trauma center and after emergency heart surgery, was observed and ultimately released three days after the procedure.  He made a full recovery.  We were able to obtain a large recovery for our client by making a claim against the driver of the vehicle in which he was a passenger.  We were able to obtain reports and testimony from the University of Cincinnati football coaches who testified as to our client’s potential professional football possibilities and the effect this motor vehicle accident had upon his general health and those aspirations.

We obtained a settlement for our client in excess of $250,000.  Our client was a handicapped transit rider who had requested transportation from her home to a doctor’s appointment.  At the time of the accident, she was confined to a wheelchair due to various pre-existing physical disabilities.  In transit, the driver slammed on the brakes to avoid a car stopped ahead.  Our client was thrown to the bulk of the transit van, because she was not properly restrained in her wheelchair.  Our client’s leg was broken.  Through the use of expert transit witnesses and after extensive pretrial litigation, we were able to establish that the transit company violated several federal regulations pertaining to transportation of disabled passengers.  We were able to obtain a very satisfactory recovery for our client.

With the use of an expert accident reconstructionist, we were able to establish our client’s claim.  We handled a case for a client who was involved in a motor vehicle accident in an intersection.  Our client was proceeding through the intersection and was struck by a vehicle coming from her right at the intersection.  Both our client and the other driver claimed to have entered the intersection on a green light.  The police arrived at the scene and were not able to issue any citations as there were no witnesses and the police officer could not determine which driver was negligent.  After meeting with our client and reviewing the accident scene, we were convinced that our client had driven carefully and safely and did not cause the collision and that she was entitled to compensation for the serious injuries she sustained.  We obtained the services of an accident reconstructionist, and after that accident reconstructionist testified at trial along with our client’s testimony at trial, we were able to convince the jury that the semi coming from her right had run a red light and caused this motor vehicle accident.  We obtained a very satisfactory result for our client. 

Our client was on a rural two-lane roadway with limited access.  A vehicle proceeding from his left tried to cross this roadway and a violent accident ensued.  Our client had limited medical bills but had sustained neurological problems.  Through the use of traumatic brain injury experts, we were able to verify that, despite the very limited treatment, there was a permanent brain injury thereby allowing us to  obtain a fair recovery for our client.

We represented an elderly gentleman who was rear-ended on Interstate 71 in Warren County.  The rear-end accident happened on Interstate 71 near the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge.  Our client had a long history of lower limb injuries, including ankle surgeries.  He sustained a broken ankle in this motor vehicle accident.  The insurance company for the negligent driver tried to establish that his prior ankle injuries and limitations were the cause of the problems and not the motor vehicle accident.  We were able to obtain testimony from our client’s surgeons and other independent experts that this motor vehicle accident caused substantial degradation of previous injured lower extremities and obtained a recovery in excess of $650,000 for our client.

We represented a young man who was walking home from work in daylight.  He was crossing an intersection in the crosswalk and was struck by a vehicle making a left turn.  Utilizing our accident investigator, we were able to obtain videos of the motor vehicle accident from a nearby residence and a nearby school.  Additionally, we were able to secure the written testimony of four eyewitnesses.  We were able to show that the vehicle was traveling quite hurriedly and made a rushed and abrupt left turn.  Our client sustained a broken tibia and we were able to obtain a recovery for our client in excess of $390,000.

The terms of this settlement are confidential and as a result this summary is abbreviated.  We represented a truck driver who was injured at a truck stop.  We were able to establish that the truck stop premises were unsafe leading to a fall in which our client was injured.

We had the pleasure of representing a young man who was employed as a manager at an all-night diner in northwest Ohio.  On a cold and snowy December evening, after getting off work, he was traversing on a limited access country road, heading home.  The speed limit was 55 miles per hour, and that is the speed he was going.  Unbeknownst to our client, a semi-truck carrying supplies and products for a large on-line retailer was attempting to back up onto this roadway.  The semi had been stationary across the roadway for 4-5 minutes prior to our client running into this trailer.  The police cited our client for failing to allow an assured clear distance.  The police argued that the semi was fully illuminated and that traffic in the opposite direction had stopped and that our client should have seen the semi and should have stopped prior to the collision.  Our client sustained an injury to his right upper arm and a partially amputated right pinky finger.  We were able to obtain a recovery of $750,000 for our client by establishing, under federal trucking regulations, that the semi-trailer did not properly follow the rules of the roadway when attempting to back onto the road.  We were able to successfully argue that the semi was not readily ascertainable because of the road conditions and the decreased visibility from the precipitation. 

We had the honor of representing a young man that was stopped in traffic on his motorcycle.  He was rear-ended and he sustained injuries to his lower legs that were ultimately treated through two surgeries.  He made a full recovery.  We were able to establish that he had sustained painful injuries and a future of diminished wages and obtain a recovery for our client in excess of $1,000,000.

We had the pleasure of representing an individual that had proceeded to a big box retailer and had obtained supplies and groceries and was heading home.  In transit, our client noticed that the hatchback on her small SUV had opened so our client pulled to the right side of the roadway.  Our client exited the vehicle and was repositioning grocery bags at the rear of her vehicle near the hatchback when she was hit by a driver who was not paying attention.  Our client was thrown to the ground and sustained a broken leg.  She was rushed to the hospital where she had surgery.  We retained a recovery for our client in excess of $1,000,000.

We represented a young man that was operating a motorcycle in the West Chester area.  As he was proceeding down the roadway, a vehicle on his right attempted to make a left turn in front of him.  Our client was forced to put his motorcycle on the ground and slide past the left turning vehicle.  He sustained a lacerated spleen.  The driver of the motor vehicle reversed  back into the parking lot and stopped.  When the police arrived, the driver of the motor vehicle claimed to have never started to make a left turn.  As a result, the police did not issue any citations.  Our accident investigation was able to locate a witness who had been proceeding in the opposite direction who testified under oath that the driver did in fact begin to make a turn, did enter the roadway and that our client could not avoid this motor vehicle accident.  After presenting this testimony, the insurance company agreed to a fair settlement.

We had the honor of representing a colleague’s wife who was involved in a motor vehicle accident.  We were able to obtain a recovery for this client in excess of $250,000. 

A local attorney was involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained injuries to the neck and lower back.  We were able to obtain a recovery for our colleague in excess of $250,00.

We represented a young man who was employed working for a tree trimming company.  This company was trimming trees on a rural roadway in Southwestern Ohio.  Our client’s job was to pick up the trimmed branches and place them into a pick-up truck.  Unfortunately, a driver on this roadway was not paying attention and just after this driver crested a hill, noticed that our client was putting brush into a pick-up truck and slammed on the brakes but was not able to stop in time.  Also, unfortunately, the negligent driver did not have any insurance coverage.  Our client sustained significant injuries so our primary task was to locate insurance coverage that could compensate our client.   There is a type of insurance known as uninsured motorist coverage which provides insurance if you are injured by an uninsured driver.  Unfortunately, our client did not have any auto insurance so we could not make an uninsured claim under that policy.  We contacted the employer’s car insurance company to see if there was any uninsured motorist coverage under the truck policy.  That insurance company refused to provide any information about the coverage on the pick-up truck.  The insurance company indicated that there was not any underinsured coverage and refused to provide a copy of the policy for us to do an independent review.  We filed suit and the court made the insurance company provide a copy of the policy to us.  Under the terms of the policy, our client was entitled to underinsured coverage if our client was “occupying” the pick-up truck at the time of the impact.  The insurance company argued that he was not occupying the pick-up truck because he was behind it picking up debris.  These types of issues are governed under strict contractual interpretations.  We were able to convince the Trial Court and the Court of Appeals that, under the terms of the policy, our client was entitled to uninsured coverage.  The insurance company appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court and the Supreme Court refused the insurance company’s position.   Thereafter, the insurance company resolved the case under the terms of the insurance policy.

We had the privilege of representing a young man who received burns over his body when he was helping his friend repair a boat.  The friend was an experienced boat mechanic and the two of them were planning on taking the boat o a nearby lake, but the owner of the boat needed some help with some engine work before they could take the boat out.  In the process of helping, our client was burned when a spark ignited some nearby gas vapors.  We brought a claim against the boat owner and were able to obtain a recovery (paid by homeowner’s insurance) by establishing that the boat owner had a duty to protect our client and was negligent in carrying out these repairs. 

We received a recovery for a client who was injured by a drunk driver.  We filed suit against the negligent drunk driver but also against a local establishment that had supplied intoxicating liquors.  Unfortunately, the drunk driver was severely underinsured but we were able to obtain a fairly large compensation through a social host liability claim, our argument was that the bar owner negligently served alcohol to a knowingly intoxicated patron who later caused this motor vehicle accident.

We represented a very pleasant elderly lady that went shopping at a big box retailer.  While standing in the shopping line, an equally nice middle-aged man accidentally crashed into our client, sending her to the ground and breaking her hip.  We were able to obtain a recovery on our client’s behalf under the negligent patron’s homeowner’s insurance.