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At Lanier Law Group, we employ a client-focused, results-oriented approach to each and every personal injury case we handle. With a large team of North Carolina personal injury lawyers and professional legal staff spread across multiple office locations throughout the state, we offer collaborative and powerful legal strategies for our clients. This has helped us garner numerous successful case results over our decades in practice. We invite you to browse some of our recent successes to learn more, or contact us today to request a free consultation at one of our offices.*
Motorcycle Accident Case Results
$1.5 Million
Motorcycle Accident Foot Amputation
Our client was on a motorcycle when the at-fault driver pulled from a stop sign and t-boned his motorcycle and dismembered his foot. His foot was unable to be reattached. Our client was already disabled prior to the accident.
$992,879
Motorcycle Accident
Our client was struck by an at-fault driver who failed to yield the right of way in the intersection. He suffered a broken ankle resulting in surgery.
$650,000
Motorcycle - Trucking Accident
Our client was operating his motorcycle traveling west when the defendant, driving a commercial vehicle, failed to yield the right of way and pulled from a parking lot into the path of our client’s vehicle. The impact caused our client to be ejected. He was transported by EMS to the hospital and diagnosed with a left proximal humerus fracture, humeral mid-shaft fracture and left olecranon fracture. Our client’s speed was questioned to be the proximate cause of the accident which could have barred our client from recovery based on the doctrine of contributory negligence.
$200,000
Fail to Yield the Right of Way at an Intersection
Our client was traveling west on a motorcycle, came to a stop at a stop sign and was going to make a left turn. The defendant was traveling east, came to a stop at a stop sign and was going to make a right turn. Both drivers thought the other was allowing them to make the turn first. Both proceeded into the intersection and collided. The police officer could not determine fault. Our client suffered from knee abrasions, bilateral rib fractures, pneumothorax, a right shoulder fracture that required surgery and a right wrist fracture. The other drivers’ insurance carrier denied liability. We filed a lawsuit; the insurance company overturned their decision, and we recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$150,000
Motorcycle Accident
Our client was traveling on his motorcycle in excess of the speed limit when a vehicle pulled from a parking lot into his path causing a collision. Our client was ejected from the motorcycle and struck a utility pole. He passed away at the scene. The defendant driver left the scene of the accident and was later found at her home and charged with Felony Hit/Run causing death. We overcame contributory negligence and recovered all available insurance coverage. We would have recovered more had there been additional insurance coverage. There are additional claims pending against the utility company and city for improper placement of utility poles.
$100,000
Failed to Yield the Right of Way
Our client was traveling south on NC-86 on her motorcycle. The defendant, traveling north on NC-86, made a left turn into a private drive and collided with her motorcycle. The impact caused our client’s motorcycle to roll several times. Our client was transported by EMS to the hospital and was admitted for 10 days. She suffered a brain injury, and her left foot was amputated. We recovered all available insurance coverage. We would have recovered more had there been additional insurance coverage.
Motor Vehicle Accident Case Results
$1.8 Million
T-Bone Collision Death
A box truck t-boned our client’s car after running a red light. She died at the scene.
$1.4 Million
Tow truck operator struck by passing motorist
Our client was a 43-year-old tow truck operator who was called to the scene of an accident and was interacting with the police officer when a motorist hit him and caused a fractured leg. In addition to the auto settlement, we helped our client obtain over $500,000 in workers comp on-going benefits.
$993,135.67
Trucking Accident: T-Bone
Our client was turning into her driveway, and an impatient trucker did not see her signal and tried to pass her as she made her turn. Despite suffering significant injuries, she made a full recovery.
$905,000
Motor Vehicle Rollover Accident
An at-fault driver ran a red light and t-boned our client, causing his vehicle to rollover several times. He suffered rib fractures, lacerations, a dislocated shoulder which resulted in surgery and a non-surgical fractured vertebrae of his neck.
$736,717.55
T-Bone Collision
$650,000
Pedestrian Death
Our 67-year-old client was checking her mail when a commercial motor vehicle left the roadway and struck. She was found dead on the shoulder of the road near a drainage ditch. We overcame a strong contributory negligence because our client was in the right of way.
$650,000
T-Bone Accident
$449,000
Disputed Intersection Accident
Our client was a passenger in her own vehicle driven by her son. They were traveling through an intersection when another vehicle collided with the passenger side door causing extensive damage. Both drivers claimed to have the green light and there were no witnesses. Our client was transported by EMS to the emergency room and hospitalized for five days. She suffered a splenic laceration and exacerbation of pre-existing back pain. Once our client was released from the hospital, she fell at home causing further injury to her spleen, leading to a splenectomy. We were able to overcome a denial for the disputed green light as well as the intervening incident causing further injury to her spleen.
$360,000
Rear-end Collision & Workers Comp
Our client was operating a vehicle within the course and scope of his employment. The Defendant was an underinsured motorist who was exceeding a safe speed and collided with the rear of our client’s vehicle. The defendant was cited for exceeding a safe speed by the investigating officer. This collision caused our client to suffer serious injuries requiring surgery, multiple visits to various medical providers, and extensive physical therapy. We also helped our client obtain WC benefits.
$350,000
T-Bone Collision
We represented the estate of an 18-year-old passenger in a vehicle that was struck by the defendant traveling 120 mph while eluding State Highway Patrol. The defendant crossed the center line and attempted to pass the vehicle our client was in when it collided with the driver’s side door as they were making a left turn. Our client was transported to the hospital and passed away an hour later. There are additional claims pending.
$300,000
Struck by vehicle
Our client’s vehicle became disabled because she ran out of gas in a travel lane on a busy highway at 04:55 am. She exited her vehicle and was standing behind it when she was struck by another vehicle. She was pronounced deceased on the scene. Despite the accident report claiming the deceased was negligent, we recovered all applicable insurance coverage and would have obtained more had there been additional insurance coverage.
$250,000
Pedestrian Killed by Hit & Run
Our client was a pedestrian that was struck in the roadway by a motor vehicle and passed away from his injuries. The defendant left the scene of the accident. We were successful in recovering punitive damages and resolved the claim for Property Damage and Bodily Injury policy limits from all applicable insurance policies. We would have recovered additional compensation had there been more insurance coverage.
$250,000
Failure to Yield Right of Way
The defendant failed to yield the right of way and made a left turn into the path of our client’s vehicle causing a collision. Our client was transported by EMS to the hospital and admitted. She suffered from a concussion, an L1 superior endplate fracture and displaced L1-L3 transverse process fractures. After she was discharged, she was unable to ambulate due to her injuries and returned to the hospital and admitted for 10 days for pain management and therapy. We would have recovered additional compensation had there been more insurance coverage.
$250,000
Pedestrian
Our client was a pedestrian that was struck in the roadway by a motor vehicle and passed away from his injuries. The defendant left the scene of the accident. We were successful in recovering punitive damages and resolved the claim for Property Damage and Bodily Injury policy limits from all applicable insurance policies.
$100,000
$220,000
Failure to Yield Right of Way
Our client’s vehicle was struck on the passenger side due to a driver who failed to stop at a stop signcausing shoulder injury requiring surgery. We recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$150,000
Head-On Collision
The defendant crossed the center yellow line and collided with our client’s vehicle head on. After the collision, the defendant continued into oncoming traffic, left the roadway and collided with another vehicle before colliding with a building. The defendant fled on foot and was later charged with Felony Hit and Run inflicting serious injury and DWLR. Our client suffered from a ruptured spleen, nine broken ribs, and two broken vertebrae. She underwent emergency surgery and was hospitalized for five days. It appeared that the defendant’s insurance coverage was limited to a $50,000.00 policy, however after a thorough investigation and an argument for punitive damages, we were successful in finding an additional $100,000.00 in insurance coverage. We would have recovered additional compensation had there been more insurance coverage.
$120,000
Auto Accident Left Turn Sideswipe
Our client’s vehicle was struck by at fault driver who made a left turn and side swiped him. He had severe chest wall and shoulder pain. Orthopedic doctors did find shoulder tears requiring surgery. We recovered all applicable coverage.
$100,000
Passenger in Defendant’s Vehicle
Our client was a backseat passenger in the defendant’s vehicle when the driver was
exceeding safe speed for weather conditions, left the road to the left, traveled through a
traffic divider and collided with a utility pole. Our client was transported by EMS to the
emergency room. She had undergone a double mastectomy 10 days prior to the accident. The accident caused injured her surgical sites and she suffered a fractured clavicle. After a thorough investigation, we uncovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$100,000
Failed to Yield the Right of Way
Our client was traveling north when the defendant, traveling south, failed to yield and made a left turn into the path of our client’s vehicle causing a collision. Our client was transported by EMS to the emergency room. He suffered a broken right femur, broken right foot, fractured pelvis and a broken left arm. We recovered all applicable insurance coverage and would have obtained more had there been additional insurance coverage.
$100,000
Failure to Stop at a Red Light
Our client was making a left turn when the defendant failed to stop at a red light and collided with her vehicle. Our client suffered from a left tibial plateau fracture that required surgery, small pneumothorax and a broken rib. We would have recovered additional compensation had there been more insurance coverage.
$100,000
Failure to Stop at a Red Light
Our client was traveling through an intersection with a green light in his direction. The defendant failed to stop at a red light and T-boned our client’s vehicle in the driver side door. Our client passed away from his injuries. If there had been additional coverage we would have recovered more.
$100,000
Multi Car Pileup
Our client was a backseat passenger in a vehicle. The defendant failed to reduce speed
and rear ended their vehicle and pushed it into the vehicle in front of them causing a chain reaction. Our client suffered from multiple pre-existing conditions and had a previous lumbar fusion surgery that was aggravated by this wreck. Despite lack of causation from his doctors, we recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$100,000
Passenger Stop sign violation
Our client was a passenger in the at fault vehicle that failed to stop at a stop sign and tboned the other vehicle. She was taken by EMS to the hospital for multiple injuries including pelvic fracture, abrasions, right leg pain. After thorough investigation, we recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$100,000
Head on Collision
Our client was traveling south on SR1002 when the defendant traveling the opposite
direction crossed the center line and collided with her vehicle head-on. Our client was
transported by EMS to the hospital where she was admitted and diagnosed with a
pneumothorax and spinal fractures. After a thorough coverage investigation, we recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
Medical Malpractice Case Results
$1.375 Million
Angel of Death Medical Malpractice/Exceeded Cap on Damages
A massive dosage of insulin was intentionally administered to kill our very sick 60-year-old client who was on dialysis, heavily medicated, and suffering from renal failure. The nurse was prosecuted and convicted. At the time, NC had a damages cap of $656,730. We had to show punitive damages and achieved a cap buster, beating the cap of non-economic damages on med mal cases.
$900,000
Medical Malpractice Overdose Death
Our 6-year-old client had issues wetting his bed. His parents consulted a doctor who prescribed Imipramine, a strong psychoactive medicine sometimes used for bed wetting with a known risk of cardiac side effects. Our client was playing on the playground at school and died in front of his sibling and classmates after suffering a cardiac arrest. The toxicology results showed the child was prescribed 9 times the recommended dosage for our client’s weight.
$725,000
Birth Injury
Our 14-year-old client hid an unexpected pregnancy from her family and did not receive prenatal care until the 17th week. After a difficult delivery where the baby had the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck and a suction vacuum was used, the baby was born with significant developmental delays. This was a hotly contested case as the opposing counsel’s experts testified that the developmental delays were a result of bacterial exposure in the birth canal. This was a compromise settlement of a case that would be difficult to win at trial. We were able to secure a sizeable settlement, and the money went into a special needs trust to help with baby’s significant care needs.
Premises Liability Case Results
$2.5 Million
Swimming Pool Electrocution
Our 11-year-old client was at swim practice when a utility pole fell near the pool at her swim club. The utility pole fell because it was in a state of disrepair. The massive electrical current jumped to the plumbing for the pool which was not properly grounded. The swimmers felt a charge in the water. When the lifeguard called the children out of the pool, or client used the metal ladder to exit and was electrocuted as her coach, peers and parents watched helplessly. We sued the utility company and the swim club.
$700,000
Brake failure crushed hand
Our client was employed as a truck driver and sent to a distribution location to pick up two trailers. Once he arrived on the premises, he was attempting to connect the two trailers with a dolly. The trailer was parked on an incline and the brakes on the dolly failed causing the dolly to roll and crush our client’s hand between the dolly and the front trailer. Our client suffered a crushed hand injury that required multiple surgeries.
$550,000
Injured by previously reported pothole & Workers Comp
While on the job, our client shattered his ankle exiting an armored truck when he stepped down into a pothole that had been previously been reported to the business. The business, nor the property management company that was hired to maintain the parking lot, filled in the pothole despite being made aware of the hole and its deterioration. There was no way for our client to see the pothole because he stepped immediately into it. In addition, we helped our client obtain WC benefits.
$350,000
Golf Cart Accident
Our client was in the scope of employment helping with a fundraising event at a premises rented by her employer when she was injured. Our client was a passenger in a golf cart driven by a staff member when the driver lost control causing the golf cart to go down a hill, ejecting our client into a creek. Our client suffered a fractured shoulder that required surgery. Additionally, we assisted with workers comp benefits, and she recovered fully with no limitations.
$300,000
Shooting
Our 14-year-old client was visiting a friend’s house for a sleep over. The owner of the home kept a loaded rifle in a gaming area where the kids played. The homeowner’s grandson fired the loaded rifle at my client, shooting him in the right eye. He suffered an extensive ballistic injury to the right orbit and underwent right eye and nasal surgeries. The bullet is still lodged in his brain. We were able to get the claim accepted and the insurance company to pay their full policy limits.
$300,000
Attacked Shopper by Baseball Bat in Retail Store
Our client was violently attacked with a baseball bat by another customer while innocently shopping at a major retail chain. The assailant struck our client numerous times in the head and face after becoming agitated with a previous encounter with an employee. Despite the assailant’s belligerent behavior throughout the store, store security failed to take any steps to protect or ensure the safety and security of our client or any of its other customers.
$250,000
OB Labor and Delivery Negligence
Our pregnant client presented to a local hospital in labor. After 50 hours with little
progress, the baby began showing serious signs of distress. Our client requested a
cesarean section; however, one was not immediately called, and she continued to labor
into the next day. The baby was ultimately delivered in critical condition and required
resuscitation. Despite intensive medical efforts, her baby did not survive. Through litigation our client received $250,000.00 Medical Malpractice OB Labor and Delivery Negligence: $255,000 Our pregnant client went to a local hospital having contractions. The baby’s heart rate was showing signs of trouble, but instead of acting quickly, the doctor just kept having her change positions. She should have been given a C-section, but she was told to keep pushing. Her baby was born unresponsive and couldn’t be resuscitated. Without having to file a lawsuit, we were able to recover a settlement for the family.
$240,000
Inadequate Security
Our client was shot at a motorcycle gang party. The shooter was a previous gang member and had been communicating threats. Unfortunately, the host of the party did not take any security measures to protect guest.
$200,000
Birth Injury
Our pregnant client was seen at a local hospital where she endured a long and difficult
birth experience. The OB/GYN called a c-section too late, and her baby did not survive.
Medical Malpractice – Prescription Error: $200,000: After a car accident our elderly client was seen by an ER doctor at a local hospital and prescribed a high dose of Baclofen. Our client took the drug as instructed by the doctor and within a few days was discovered unresponsive. It was later discovered that the dose of Baclofen prescribed was far too high. Through litigation our client was awarded
$200,000.00
$175,000
Fall at Apartment Complex
Our client had made a delivery to an upstairs apartment unit. As she was walking down the stairs, she was holding the handrail and looking down at the steps since the stairwell was very dark. An oddly shaped cement block was at the bottom of the stairs, which our client could not see due to the poor lighting conditions, causing her to trip and fall.
$135,000
Slip-and-Fall
While walking through the service department to the retail area of a car dealership, our client slipped and fell when he stepped in liquid on the floor. There were no warning devices alerting our client to the dangerous condition posed by the liquid on the floor. When our client fell, he twisted his right knee and suffered right knee pain and low back pain radiating into his left thigh. Our client received x-rays, an MRI, aquatic therapy, and injections.
$100,000
Fall on broken sidewalk
Our client was sight-seeing in a NC mountain resort when she tripped on a broken section of sidewalk causing her to fall. When our client fell, she landed on her left side injuring her arm, and her face hit the sidewalk causing serious injury. At the time of the incident, our client was told by the medics assisting her that others had fallen and been injured in the same spot.
Sexual Abuse Case Results
$12.5 Million
North Carolina School of the Arts
In June 2024, Lanier Law Group secured a $12.5 million settlement for former high school students who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of teachers and administrators at an Arts School in Winston-Salem. Incidents of abuse alleged in the lawsuit dated as far back as the late 1960s to 2012. This result was made possible by filing the lawsuit under the SAFE Child Act. The SAFE Child Act is a historic North Carolina law that extended the statute of limitations for civil child sexual abuse lawsuits. It created a temporary two-year lookback window in 2020 and 2021 that allowed child sex abuse victims to step forward with claims over abuse that occurred years and decades ago.
$1.1 Million
Sexual Abuse by Physician
$625,000
Sexual Abuse of Minor
$625,000
Sexual Assault
A leasing agent for an apartment complex entered the apartment where our client resided and sexually molested our client, a 12-year-old little girl, while her mother was not at home. The apartment complex failed to perform a proper background check prior to hiring the perpetrator.
$400,000
Sexual Assault in group home
Our client was a teenager with developmental disabilities placed in the care and custody of DSS after his legal guardian/grandmother lost her home to a house fire and was unable to care for him. Our client was placed in a group home where he was sexually assaulted by another minor living in the same group home. DSS failed in their duty to provide proper care and keep him safe from harm while residing in their facility.
$365,000
Unknowingly photographed
Our client discovered as an adult that she had been secretively photographed and videotaped by her stepfather when she was a minor child while she was nude. The perpetrator was indicted by a grand jury with one count of production of child pornography to which he plead guilty.
$275,000
Sexual Assault
Our client was groomed and sexually assaulted at 13 years old by a flight instructor. The officer used alcoholic beverages to desensitize the minor.
$275,000
Sexual Assault by Masseuse
During a massage session, our client was sexually assaulted by a massage therapist. The perpetrator digitally penetrated, forcefully kissed and ejaculated in front of our client. The masseuse did not have assets or insurance and was not employed by a corporation. We took the novel approach of going after the masseuse’s former employer. The former employer was aware of prior improper conduct by the massage therapist with at least two other women during massage sessions and terminated him yet failed to report him to the NC Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy. In doing so, the perpetrator was allowed to continue to sexually assault our client.
$250,000
Child on Child Assault on a Transport Van
A minor was sexually assaulted by another child while riding in a passenger van that was owned and operated by a non-profit corporation. The corporation’s purpose was to
provide quality professional treatment to children with serious emotional and behavioral
problems. Defendant’s employees were negligent in their custody, supervision, and
protection of our client, who was participating in a program and service provided by the
corporation. Through litigation, the case resolved for $250,000.
$250,000
Sexual Assault on transport van
Our client was a minor with special needs, riding in a van to be transported to a youth mental health program. While on the bus, our client was sexually assaulted by another youth participating in the program.
$200,000
Sexual Assault by Masseuse
Client was sexually abused while receiving massage therapy services at a facility. The business owner failed to conduct a proper background check on the employee prior to hiring. The owner also failed to verify that the employee’s massage therapy license was in good standings with the NC Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy prior to hiring. The assailant had been terminated from two other massage facilities just months prior following similar complaints of sexual assault made by two other females.There was a pending investigation with the NC Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy on the assailant for sexual misconduct that the business owner would have been made aware of if he had exercised due diligence in checking the employee’s license to practice massage therapy.
$175,000
Groped by Delivery Driver
Our client was groped by a package delivery driver at her residence and we were able to secure a settlement from the global shipping company. The perpetrator plead guilty to
criminal charges of sexual battery and was sentenced in court. Through litigation, the case resolved for $175,000.
Workers' Compensation
$540,000
Auto Accident
The at fault vehicle crossed the center line and collided with Our client’s vehicle. She sustained a concussion and a spinal fracture in the accident while on the way to another location for her job.
$354,000
Construction
Our client was on a ladder when he lost his balance causing him to fall and injure his left ankle requiring surgery.
$310,000
Detention Officer
During a training exercise our client injured her right leg and hip. She had a right proximal hamstring surgery, right hip arthroscopy, and right hip revision arthroscopy. She also underwent lumbar symptomatic nerve blocks and ketamine infusions.
$280,657.5
Operations Manager
Our client suffered a back injury while lifting a heavy drum sander. He underwent a back fusion and conservative treatment following.
$238,000
Nurse
Our client injured her back and left knee after a slip and fall from standing water around a leaking refrigerator. Client underwent a left total knee replacement and received permanent restrictions.
$225,000
Loading Dock Accident
Our client was struck by a customer backing up a trailer causing injury to left leg, ankle and foot.
$200,000
Maintenance Coordinator
Our client was on a ladder about 18 feet in the air with a helicopter door frame underneath his arm. As he was descending, the frame bumped against the ladder causing his body to shift from the ladder and fall onto his feet. He shattered his right heel from the fall.
$190,000
Auto Accident
While at work, our client was inside a trailer securing a load when an employee failed to inspect his trailer to see if anyone was still inside before he pulled the trailer away from the dock. Our client fell off the trailer and suffered injuries to his arm, elbow, and wrist.
$190,000
Maintenance Supervisor
Our client was on the roof of a house checking a leak, and when he was coming down on the ladder, it was unsteady causing him to fall and injure his ankle.
$175,000
Mechanic
Our client fell from a furnace injuring his right shoulder and right elbow. He underwent a right arthroscopic rotator cuff tear, arthroscopic subacromial decompression, and extensive arthroscopic debridement of the shoulder joint and assigned permanent restrictions.
$150,000
Construction
Our client’s nail gun became stuck on a ladder causing him to fall backwards onto a metal platform and injury his back.
$125,000
Medical Equipment Trainer
Our client injured her neck, back and pain radiating into the left arm while pulling a heavy dummy model from a table during a training class. She underwent total disc arthroplasty.
$125,000
Laborer
Our client fell from a cherry picker causing injuries throughout the whole body. Client was admitted for a month in hospital for multiple fractures and was sent to Rehabilitation Center for 3 weeks. Suffered TBI, left clavicle fracture, moderately displaced fractures are also seen involving ribs, left humerus nondisplaced left scapular body fracture.
$120,000
Truck Assembler
Our client seam sealing when one truck moved pinning her between two trucks, causing injury to her left leg and left ankle.
$112,500
Diesel Technician
Our client attempted to stop a rolling car and injured his right hand, wrist, and arm. Underwent right wrist Arthroscopy with triangular fibrocartilage debridement R wrist.
$125,000
Laborer
Our client fell from a cherry picker causing injuries throughout the whole body. Client was admitted for a month in hospital for multiple fractures and was sent to Rehabilitation Center for 3 weeks. Suffered TBI, left clavicle fracture, moderately displaced fractures are also seen involving ribs, left humerus nondisplaced left scapular body fracture.
$120,000
Truck Assembler
Our client seam sealing when one truck moved pinning her between two trucks, causing injury to her left leg and left ankle.
$100,000
Bakery Manager
Our client sustained an injury to her left knee when a heavy mixing bowl fell and struck her in the knee. Client underwent a left knee arthroscopy arthroscopic lateral release with lateral meniscectomy and assigned permanent restrictions.
$100,000
Warehouse Maintenance
Our client was pulling old wiring out of the ceiling and the ladder he was standing on began to wobble and slide he began to fall, and he grabbed onto a pipe extending his arms in the ceiling and he landed on his legs and hurt his shoulder.
Other Case Results
$1.425 Million
Construction Accident: Trench Collapse Death
Our 40-year-old client was installing underground water meters for a future gas station inside an excavated trench when the trench collapsed and buried him alive. Supervision and control of the overall construction project was neglected, and protective measures were not taken for the safety of the workers hired, resulting in extremely dangerous work conditions. The general contractor for the construction project subcontracted the out of state company that our client worked for, even though this company was not licensed to work in NC. Additionally, the decedents girlfriend tried to falsify a marriage to take a portion of the estate, from our client’s son. We proved her a fraud giving the clients son the full value of the estate. We recovered full 3rd party NC Workers Comp death benefits and went after the 3rd party contractor (who wasn’t our client’s employer) that caused the collapse.
$1.2 Million
Trench Collapse
$1.1 Million
Litigation Settlement
$1 Million
Wrongful Death
$1 Million
DWI Cross Centerline Death
Our 28-year-old client was driving his semi-truck on Highway 62 when the at-fault driver, who was intoxicated, crossed the centerline and struck our client. Full policy limits were recovered. If there had been additional coverage we could have obtained additional compensation for our client’s estate.
$900,000
Medication Error
$800,000
Nursing Home Neglect Abuse: Damage Cap Exceeded
An 80-year-old man was admitted to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation following a brief hospitalization for aspiration pneumonia. The following day during a shift change, a nurse saw that he had fallen out of his bed, but she did not walk into the room to check on him. Instead, she went to the nurses’ station and told another nurse, who was in the middle of conducting a pill count, that the patient had fallen out of bed. That nurse also failed to stop what she was doing to check on the patient. Two to three minutes later the nurse went to the patient’s room to find him hanging from the cord of his nursing home bed control remote. He has no pulse. The scene following the discovery of the patient was chaotic, and no lifesaving emergency procedures were performed, and he was pronounced dead shortly after emergency medical technicians arrived on scene. The patient died in from asphyxiation due to strangulation when he became entangled in the cord for his nursing home bed control. In 2011, North Carolina imposed a statute N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.19 that capped non-economic damages not to exceed $500,000.00 (which is currently valued at $656,730.00 due to the consumer price index). However, there is an exception when the defendant’s acts or failures, which are the cause of plaintiff’s injuries, were committed in reckless disregard of the rights of other or grossly negligent. The settlement of $800,000.00 exceeded the cap imposed due to the gross negligence and reckless disregard of the nursing staff. We call this a cap buster.
$800,000
Nursing Home Neglect Abuse: Nursing Home Negligence
Our client was admitted to a rehabilitation nursing facility after being hospitalized for
pneumonia. He had dementia, and the facility knew he was a fall risk. One of the CNAs
repositioned him in bed and left the call light and bed cords lying across his stomach. She also failed to lower the bed. About an hour later, the CNA walked past his room and
noticed he was no longer in bed and could see he was on the floor on the other side of his bed because she could see his feet sticking out at the end of the bed. Instead of checking on him, she told a nurse at the nurses’ station that he had fallen and then left for another unit. The nurse didn’t go into the room right away, and when she finally did, she found our client unresponsive—strangled by the cords that had been left across him. He could not be resuscitated. We were able to exceed the North Carolina cap on damages with this settlement.
$750,000
Apartment Complex Maintenance Negligence
$750,000
Products Liability - Tainted Hamburger
Our client sustained injuries after eating a hamburger at a fast food restaurant. Our client became very sick and several days later the food poisoning became more systemic and triggered an auto immune reaction. Through litigation, the case resolved for $750,00.00
$450,000
Premise Liability & Workers Comp
$337,500
Products Liability: Bungie cord failure caused eye injury
Our client was using a bungie cord to keep items in place on the roof rack of their truck. The hook attached to the bungie cord broke and flew back into the client’s right eye causing a severe traumatic eye injury and permanent visual Recurrent Choroidal Erosion (RCE) and other damage to his eye because of the defective hook.
$275,000
Products Liability- Failure of Crutches
Following a minor fracture from a fall, our client was prescribed crutches by her doctor that would aide her in allowing her fracture to heal. While using the crutches as directed by her physician, one of the crutches suddenly and unexpectedly broke causing our client to fall once again on her previously injured leg. Through litigation, the case resolved for $275,000.
$125,000
Wrongful Death Claim
The defendant owned and operated a landscaping business. While trimming limbs from a tree, the defendant failed to ensure that the area below where he was cutting was clear before proceeding to cut a large limb. Our client was struck by the falling limb and killed. We overcame strong defenses because our client was the father of the landscaper and had worked with him in the past.
$115,000
Injured by Drunk Driver
$100,000
Dog Bite
Our client was walking her dog on a leash. The defendant was attempting to put his dog, a Great Pyrenees, into his vehicle when it got loose. The Great Pyrenees ran straight for our client’s dog. Our client picked up her dog and turned to leave when she was bitten on her left calf. She went by EMS to the hospital with several puncture wounds and deep lacerations to the dorsal aspect of her left lower extremity requiring sutures.
$100,000
Bicycle Accident
$100,000
Four Car Collision
Our client was a backseat passenger in a vehicle driven by his mother. The defendant failed to reduce speed and rear ended their vehicle and pushed it into the vehicle in front of them causing a chain reaction. Our client suffered from multiple pre-existing conditions and had a previous lumbar fusion. He was taken to the hospital by EMS and an x-ray revealed loose screws from the prior surgery. His treating physicians claimed it was likely an incidental finding and the lucencies appeared chronic in nature. Despite lack of causation from his doctors, we recovered all applicable insurance coverage.
$100,000
Passenger in Defendant’s Vehicle
Our client was a backseat passenger in the defendant’s vehicle when the driver was exceeding safe speed for weather conditions, left the road to the left, traveled through a traffic divider and collided with a utility pole. Our client was transported by EMS to the emergency room. She had undergone a double mastectomy 10 days prior to the accident. The accident caused her wounds to reopen and become infected. She also suffered from a fractured clavicle and due to her open wounds, the doctor could not operate, leaving her with a permanent deformity of her shoulder.