Car Accidents
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$7,366,252.00 Verdict | Paraplegic victim of car accident
Dec 30, 2010$7,366,252.00 Verdict – Severe Spinal Trauma Resulting in Paraplegia from a Multiple Vehicle Collision
Congratulations to David R. Lira and Christopher T. Aumais of Girardi & Keese in Los Angeles, California for the award they obtained on behalf of a woman who was severely injured in a multiple vehicle collision.
The defendant, who was operating his employer's van, caused a six car collision on State Route 180 in Frenso, California. The plaintiff, who was wearing her seat belt, was the second vehicle hit in the collision and sustained the following injuries: left ankle contusion, abdominal wall contusion, and a T11 vertebral fracture with prevertebral edema. Even though her spinal cord was not severed during the collision, there was irreparable nerve damage, which rendered her an incomplete paraplegic. She now has limited physical mobility and self-care deficits.
Mr. Lira and Mr. Aumais contended that the defendant's employer negligently entrusted their vehicle to the defendant and that he was negligent in the operation of the vehicle. They claimed that the plaintiff was entitled to past medical costs totaling over $224,998 and future medical care costs, including 12 hour/day attendant care, totaling $2,800,000. Since the plaintiff would not be able to return to work as a traveling caregiver, they sought lost past and future earrings (to age 67) of $131,530, as well. The defendant's pre-trial offer was $450,000. After a four and one half week trial, and two and one half days of deliberations, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
MediVisuals developed the exhibits shown below to demonstrate the plaintiff's most significant injuries.
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$9,075,000.00 Settlement - Injuries from a car acident
Dec 16, 2010Congratulations to Charles G. Monnett, III of Charles G. Monnett, III & Associates in Charlotte, North Carolina for the settlement he obtained on behalf of a family who were injured in a motor vehicle collision.
The case involved a family who was traveling on a road when an underage and impaired driver struck their car, shortly after purchasing alcohol at a convenience store. The collision resulted in the severe traumatic brain injury to a 4-year-old child, death of an unborn child, and multiple orthopedic injuries to the mother and other family members in the car.
It woudl be interesting to find out if there was a caim brought against the store that sold the alcohol to the minor, or to the minor's parents for the conduct of their child. Needless to say the Florida law may differ from North Carolina law in these regards.
Mr. Monnett used multiple MediVisuals exhibits, including the ones shown below, to help demonstrate the plaintiffs' most significant injuries and surgeries. To view additional exhibits similar to these, please click the following keywords: traumatic brain injury, pregnancy, personal injury. -
Sharmin & Sharmin New web site
Nov 28, 2010Our new website should be launching in a week or two. We are very excited about it and hope that it will be a reat resourse for our existing and potential clients.
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West Palm Beach Two Injury Accidents Shut Down I-95 Overnight
Sep 15, 2010Last night two separate Palm Beach county car accidents shut down both sides of I-95 for hours. One accident involved a Broward County Sheriff Deputy. One person was trauma alerted to Delray Medical Center and there is no report on his/her condition. One hour before that accident, a tow truck driver was struck while assisting a car in need of help. One person had to be extracted from the car in that accident and two people were trauma alerted to local hospitals. There was no report on their condition at this time. Police are still investigating the causes of both accidents. If you or a loved one has been involved in a West Palm Beach car accident case and suffered injuries, contact a West Palm Beach car accident lawyer as soon as possible to protect your legal right and receive the justice you deserve.
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Kendra Lymon - Polk County - Car accident verdict
Aug 23, 2010Kendra Lymon - Polk County - Car accident verdict
A young 19 year old women, a tired truck driver a trucking business and an awful accident which left this poor victim with a 24 million dollars worth of medical needs over her life time. This is such a tragedy.
The jury awarded more than 60 million dollars to the plaintiff, every penny of which I am sure she would give back to get her healthy body back if she could. The only question is if there is a way to collect?
If you have been in a similar crash in Southern Florida, especially at or near West Palm Beach call west palm beach Florida car accident attorney, Eiman Shamrin at 1-800-74-TRIAL right now to get a free no obligation consultation.
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Delray Beach car day care van death West Palm Lawyer
Aug 07, 2010Sounds like the parents of this Delray Beach child who dies while she was left unattended in the day car Van may have a claim for damages. The potential sources of recovery are
1. The daycare's insurance policy
2. The daycare van driver
3. UM insurance purchased by the parents
4. Any regulatory agency responsible for bringing the Day care in the compliance of any regulation
What is pretty clear is that no amount of money will bring the little girl back or ease the pain of her loss, but the parents should not just let this go either there needs to be some responsibility -
17-year-old dies after Melbourne auto crash - accident attorney
Jul 10, 2010Myles Anders Freeberg passed on leaving his loves ones behind. It is hard to put in to words how the actions of a careless person, who just by being more careful could have avoided this heart splitting agony caused to this young man's loves ones. The college graduation he will never have, grandchildren who will never meet their grandparents, and moments of life which will never be lived simply because of another person's lack of care and control, which through the exercises of more caution could simply have prevented this tragedy.
Myles Anders Freeberg passed on leaving his loves ones behind. It is hard to put in to words how the actions of a careless person, who just by being more careful could have avoided this heart splitting agony caused to this young man's loves ones. The college graduation he will never have, grandchildren who will never meet their grandparents, and moments of life which will never be lived simply because ofNow imagine if we lived in a world where the law has no remedy for this situation. A world where if you lose a loved one due to the carelessness of another, there is nothing that can be done. Nothing unless the person did this intentionally, if it was intentional there would be Jail and criminal sanction, but if it was simple carelessness no matter what the result there was nothing that could be done. Thanks God that is not the world we live in. -
Recent jury awards in Port St. Lucie car accident
Jun 25, 2010Attorney Bill Zoeller and Attorney Freddy Rhoads of Schuler, Halvorson & Weisser, P.A. recently obtained a verdict in Ft. Pierce on a car accident case where the Jury awarded $752,354. The facts included a rear end collision with a mere $300 in property damage on Plaintiff car and $2000 in property damage in defendants car. The Providing doctor provided a Cervical and Lumbar disc decompressions procedure. The specific Jury awarded was a $154,000 past medical expenses, $300,000 in future medical expenses, $73,000 past pain and suffering and $225,000 future pain and suffering. -
Community NewsBoy hit by car in Lehigh accident
Oct 25, 2009The Florida Highway Patrol says a 3-year-old Lehigh Acres boy has been hospitalized at Lee Memorial Hospital following an accident in which he was hit by a car Saturday night, Oct. 24, 2009. It;s hard to iamgine what this little boy's parentsa re feeling right now. May Our prayers be with them, and may God intervine in their time of nee.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the boy was identified as Cassidy Sandoval. They said he was walking on the shoulder of Leonard Blvd. near Gunnery at around 8 p.m. According to the report, he walked into the patch of a car driven by Matthew Warlick, 50, also of Lehigh Acres. The report stated that the boy was thrown 100 feet after being struck. The driver of the vehicle was not injured, police said.
Often times injuries that are sustained by children are more catastrohic than those sustained by adults becuse of the fragile nature of children's bodies.
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6000 accident deaths in the United States every year
Oct 07, 2009West Palm Beach, Florida–The first Distracted Driving Summit held by the U.S. Department of Transportation began in Washington, D.C., on October 5th, 2009 at the Renaissance hotel located inside the District of Columbia. The summit started off by Secretary of the Department of transportation, Ray LaHood, where in he talked about the epidemic of distracted driving that has taken the nation by storm in the past 10 years. Distractions while driving due to text messaging, reading e-mail while driving, talking on the cell, text messaging looking at kids and trying ti discipline them while driving. Drinking soft drinks or liquor, eating food and playing with sophisticated radio is responsible for 6,000 deaths every year in the United States. Additionally, more than 515,000 drivers and passengers are injured because of distracted drivers every year. With close to 50,000 lives claimed every year in motor vehicle accidents, on our nation’s highways and roadways, at a national cost of some $300 billion dollars, government officials, automobile industry experts, and law makers are calling for swift action to help save lives.
Naturally if you have fallen victim to a careless idiot driver, contact us at 1-800-74-TRIAL and let us take out our tool case an put it to work for you.
