Our client while returning to his job site after lunch was legally in the middle of the crosswalk when struck by a co-employees vehicle. Our client sustained major shoulder injuries, which required surgery and rehabilitation. His range of motion was most limited, and he could not wash his own hair or hold and play with his own children. Fortunately, he did not miss too much time from work. We first settled with the co-employee driver of the vehicle for her policy limits of $100,000. We performed an asset check, and she had no other available assets.

We then filed a claim as against the injured parties uninsured motorist coverage, and an umbrella policy. Prior to going to Mediation, our office paid for a case evaluation where there is a database of all comparable jury verdicts across America where people sustain similar injuries. We received a complete confidential report, which indicated that the case should be worth approximately a total of $450,000. After extensive preparation, and the production of a professional mediation brief, we settled the case for an additional new money of $850,000. During this Mediation it was very difficult to decide when to pull the trigger, if we were, and present the expert case valuation. As the Mediation started, the insurance carrier offered $70,000 and we asked for 1.8 million. Within two hours, the offer had risen to $850,000 new money, which we accepted, for a total settlement of $950,000.

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While at work on the first floor, a delivery truck crashed through the glass window and struck our client who was sitting at her work desk. Unfortunately, the injuries she sustained were severe and she had to have a leg amputated just above the knee. During our investigation of the incident and all underlined related facts, we discovered that the driver of the deliver vehicle was an independent contractor who had minimum insurance coverage of $15,000. The company he was delivering product for had contracts identifying him as an independent contractor and not an employee. The insurance company offered to pay the $15,000, his policy limit, to settle the case.

At our office’s expense, we retained the services of an insurance coverage expert, as well as a workman’s compensation expert. As a direct result of our efforts, the case, after much argument, settled for all potential available policy limits totaling $1,015,000.

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I HAVE A CATASTROPHIC SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CASE, I AM SUFFERING AND
I DON=T WANT TO BE SHORT-CHANGED…..WHAT DO I DO?

1. First, for the basics in regard to what you need to know, you should not be discussing this case with other people as those people can be subpoenaed in the future, and their recollection of what you said may be different than what you actually said, which creates potential evidentiary problems for us.

2. You should keep a daily pain journal or diary explaining how the accident has affected your daily life. You need to retain the services of qualified top-notch professionals as early on as possible so they can employ their skills at their earliest possible moment to maximize your potential award of damages. There are a huge number of variables that go into the equation, there are thousands of attorneys who will gladly agree to represent you because your case should be worth a lot of money, they may not have the ability, skills, experience, nor financing to make the guilty parties pay you what you deserve.

3. You may ask if this really makes a difference what lawyer I retain? Yes, it does. You will find that if you have a catastrophic serious bodily injury case, most lawyers are very agreeable to represent you in your personal injury action. The problem is that most lawyers will not be able to produce a masterpiece in terms of their representation of you in this case, and maximize your recovery. Your case could easily lose 50% to 75% of its actual value as a result of inadequate legal representation, and it is not impossible for you to get 5 to 10 cents on the dollar in regard to what you should really receive in damages.

4. It is not uncommon for the law firm to front all the costs and expenses in litigation, which often are $100,000 and can, certainly exceed that amount. Otherwise, there is no realistic hope of getting full value for your pain and suffering and other related damages. You must understand that your treating physicians are not going to be highly experienced trial ready experts. We need to retain highly sophisticated experts who know how to work within the court system, and convince juries of your actual damages. We will always try to retain more experts than less because it will assist us in promoting the value of your case. Depending on the nature of the injuries, this could include experts for example as follows:

1. Accident investigation;
2. Accident reconstruction;
3. Computer forensics;
4. Economic;
5. Life care planning;
6. Surgeon;
7. Physical rehabilitation;
8. Prosthetic expert;
9. Psychologist; and
10. Other medical experts

5. In summary, if we are willing to commit $100,000 or more to assure your success without you having to commit to any of the costs involved in this litigation, trust me, you and I are a team.

Call us now at 510-797-7990 so that we can help you with your Personal Injury case.

I’m going to share a real story with you and hope it enables you to understand, many times in Family Law, the necessity of obtaining appropriate temporary restraining orders.

I was in my office one afternoon with a lady who was in the middle of a dissolution and she was accompanied by her male friend. She was paranoid and petrified of her ex-husband who had been abusive. I had strongly suggested many many times that she needed to seek out and obtain restraining orders that would keep him away from her and that would be enforceable by the police. Her male friend consistently told her “don’t worry, I’ll take care of you. There are not gonna be any problems as long as I’m around.” Keep in mind that the guy was a 103 pounds with a big cowboy belt buckle and boots and a hat. So in this particular afternoon as they went to leave my office, they went to the front door, the husband showed up with a gun. The cowboy boyfriend comes running back to my office, slams my door, locks my door, and I was like “woah what are you doing?” he said the “her husband showed up with a gun!” I go “where is she at?” and he says “I don’t know.” So he called the police, the swat team came out and arrested the man. So if you think you may need a restraining order, call me, I’ll talk to you about it and we’ll make some smart decisions. I won’t charge you for the call, area code (510) 797-7990.