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A confidential settlement was reached with both the surgeon and the hospital as to her claims as well as her husband’s loss of consortium claim.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$492,500.00 SETTLEMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND DRAM SHOP CLAIM</B></FONT><BR>Our 46 year old male client sustained injuries when a drunk driver crossed the center line of road causing a head on collision. The Defendant at the time of his operation had a blood alcohol (BAC) of .219%, over twice the legal limit. The defense claimed our client was also at fault in causing the accident, however, the police report concluded that “all debris was located in south bound lane indicating [the defendant] cross the double solid lines into opposite lane.” Our client suffered numerous injuries the most serious of which were fractures to his 3rd, 4th and 5th metatarsals in the left foot and a second metacarpal fracture of his right hand. He underwent surgery for his foot fracture with wire placement and also underwent surgery on the right index and long fingers. The accident and injuries also aggravated a pre-existing Dupuytren's condition and caused adhesive capsulitis of the right shoulder [frozen shoulder] with possible rotator cuff pathology. Two separate actions were brought: the first against the driver and owner of the vehicle and the second against the bar where the driver had consumed his alcohol. These two cases resulted in a total settlement of $492,500.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$290,000.00 SETTLEMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND UNDERINSURED BENEFITS</B></FONT><BR>61 year old female client injured when her vehicle was rear-ended. The other operator told the investigating officer, "I wasn't paying attention. I hit her." Client suffered an injury to her cervical spine which injury, along with an exacerbation of her pre-existing, but dormant, spinal condition which caused her substantial instability at the C4-C5 level. The client treated conservatively despite two spine surgeons recommending surgery. She also sustained an injury to her left knee while undergoing physical therapy as a result of her spine injuries. Her knee injury eventually required a surgical repair. The client settled her claim with the driver for his insurance policy limits of $50,000.00 and eventually settled a claim for underinsured motorist benefits for an additional $240,000.00, resulting in a total settlement of $290,000.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$150,000.00 SETTLEMENT- FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND UNDERINSURED BENEFITS</B></FONT><BR>Our client suffered injuries to his right shoulder when his vehicle was struck head-on. Under the supervision of his physician, our client underwent a period of physical therapy. Because he was a self-employed garage door installer, he was compelled to return to work. A few days after resuming his work, he was installing an automatic garage door opening system and was tensioning the door spring when he experienced a spasm of pain in his shoulder which caused him to lose his grip on the foot-long metal tension bar. This bar was forcibly rotated and violently impacted his left hand causing deep lacerations not only to the muscle but also the tendons of the hand. He underwent operations to repair damage to both his shoulder and hand. The other driver’s insurance company contested whether the injury to plaintiff’s hand was related to or caused by the shoulder injury. <BR>Client settled his claim with the driver for the policy limits of $25,000.00 and settled his claim for underinsured motorist benefits on the eve of arbitration for an additional $125,000.00, for a total settlement of $150,000.00.</P> <H2>2008</H2> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$950,000.00 WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT/SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>A single car accident caused the death of both the driver and the client/passenger. The passenger’s estate recovered the $50,000 insurance policy limits from the deceased driver’s insurance company. We filed a claim for underinsured motorist benefits against the deceased passenger’s father’s company automobile policy. We claimed that since this insurance policy was issued to the father “doing business as” his company as opposed to being issued to the actual company the father was a “named insured” under the policy. Therefore, we claimed the policy triggered family coverage for his deceased son. The underinsured carrier eventually agreed with our legal interpretation and paid the estate the policy limits of $950,000.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$465,000 SETTLEMENT AFTER MEDIATION – FOR DEFECTIVE COMMERCIAL PREMISES </B></FONT><BR>Our 46 year old client was pushing her shopping cart toward the entryway of a retail department store. As she neared the store’s entrance area, the cart’s front wheels dropped into a ½ inch deep rut/depression of broken concrete and asphalt located on the border between the paved parking lot and the concrete sidewalk. When the cart’s front wheels dropped into this depression, the cart came to a sudden stop causing our client to violently impact against the cart’s push bar.</P> <P>Our client suffered from pre-existing back and neck conditions, and had previously undergone a cervical fusion of her neck. She had also previously undergone two operations to her lower back. Following the date of this injury, she underwent two (2) additional operations; one to repair the damage to her neck and a second to repair the injury to her lumbar spine. The Defendant shopping center owner and Defendant store owner claimed our client was inattentive and should have been aware of the defective condition of the parking lot and sidewalk. The case settled after a day-long mediation just before the start of trial.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>SETTLEMENT IN EXCESS OF $280,000.00 FOR AVON MOUNTAIN CRASH VICTIM</B></FONT><BR>36 year old female client brought an uninsured motorist claim after having been a victim in the Avon Mountain crash on July 29, 2005, where an uninsured American Crushing & Recycling Mack Truck, fully loaded with construction debris to be used as "fill", lost control as it traveled down Avon Mountain eventually resulting in a horrific accident killing 4 and injuring 19, including the client. As a result the collision the client sustained multiple injuries including a closed head trauma, lacerations to the scalp, face, left ear, right chest and left elbow, an orbital fracture, a corneal abrasion to her left eye, headaches, post concussive syndrome, cervical strain/sprain, lumbar strain/sprain and post traumatic stress disorder. She made a remarkable recovery and had approximately $20,000.00 in lost wages and medical bills to be paid from the settlement.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>SETTLEMENTS OF $270,000.00 FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND LIQUOR LIABILITY CLAIM</B></FONT><BR>Our 46 year old female client was involved in a highway roll over collision caused by a drunk driver. She sustained numerous injuries including contusions to her left shoulder and hip, a cervical sprain/strain, a herniated disc at C5-6, severe headaches, an injury to left shoulder, an injury to left hip, an injury to left wrist, left arm pain, numbness, weakness and muscle spasm, TMJ, difficulty sleeping, and anxiety while driving. After all conservative measures failed, the client underwent a C5-6 cervical fusion surgical procedure. The case against the driver was settled for his policy limits which, when combined with the client’s underinsured benefits totaled $100,000.00. We then commenced an action against the establishment where the driver consumed his alcoholic beverages claiming a violation of the liquor control act for serving alcoholic beverages to an underage patron.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>SETTLEMENT OF $300,000.00 FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>48 year old female client sustained injuries from a motor vehicle accident wherein the Defendant failed to obey a stop sign and drove her vehicle directly into the path of and colliding with the client's vehicle. As a result of the collision, the client sustained injuries to her right thumb, right knee, thoracic spine and cervical spine. After conservative treatment failed, the client underwent a two level cervical fusion to resolve issues emanating from disc bulges/herniations at C4-5 and C5-6. Case settled for $300,000.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>SETTLEMENT OF $31,500.00 FOR SIDEWALK FALL</B><BR></FONT>A 67 year old female client was walking with a friend on a West Hartford sidewalk when the toe of her sneaker caught the edge of an elevated concrete sidewalk slab (approximately 2") causing her to trip and fall forward. She attempted to brace her fall with her hands and in the process sustained a right wrist fracture. She brought her claim under the “defective sidewalk” statute which required that she prove the defective sidewalk was 100% the cause of her fall. She sustained a "significant shear fracture with proximal displacement" of the right wrist as a result of her fall requiring surgery to repair. The defendant claimed client was partially at fault in failing to observe the defect. Case settled for $31,500.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$67,000.00 SETTLEMENT FOR A SLIP AND FALL ON STAIRS</B></FONT><BR>Client, a 52 year old visiting nurse, was departing a second floor apartment in the Defendant's multi-family dwelling via a rear exterior stairway. As she stepped off a landing onto the first step, her foot slipped, causing her to fall down an entire flight of stairs. Our engineering expert said that the rear stairway deviated significantly from the building code and that the combination of the step height and the narrow tread, together with the slippery tread surface, all combined to cause the client’s fall and her injuries. The client suffered a fracture of her left proximal fibula which required her to wear a boot for 6 weeks causing her to miss work. Defendant denied liability and contended the client’s fall was her own fault. Case settled on the eve of trial for $67,000.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$475,000.00 SETTLEMENT FOR TRIP AND FALL</B><BR></FONT>Client, a 54 year old female nurse anesthetist, tripped and fell on cords and cables strewn about an operating room floor. She struck her head during her fall and also hit both knees. As a result of this fall, she sustained a deep laceration about the left eye, a concussion, mild traumatic brain injury with post traumatic vertigo, peripheral and central vertigo and vestibular impairment, and bilateral knee injuries. She had a subsequent fall (from her vertigo issues) resulting in a right shoulder injury. The plaintiff has suffered cognitive symptoms including problems with attention and concentration, a primary visual processing difficulty and short-term memory issues. The defendant denied any responsibility for the fall claiming she tripped over cords from her own equipment. The defendant also denied the severity of the client’s injuries. The case settled for $475,000.00 during discovery and after our engineering analysis showed the hospital operating room deviated from appropriate standards. </P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$593,545.95 SETTLEMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>A 48 year old female client was operating her motor vehicle in a shopping plaza when her vehicle was struck by another vehicle which had gone through a stop sign. The operator claimed he was unable to stop his vehicle at the stop sign due an accumulation of ice on the road. The client, at the time of the accident, was 16 weeks post a cervical fusion operation and she claimed the accident caused injury to her cervical spine and a disruption of her spinal fusion requiring two surgical procedures to repair the same. Bone was harvested from her hip for use as a part of her cervical fusion procedures; and she sustained permanent and unsightly scarring and disfigurement. She also sustained permanent damage to her vocal chords as a result of her multiple surgeries. The case against the operator was settled for the policy limits of $293,545.95 and a separate case proceeded against the plaza owner and the snow plow company responsible for the maintenance of the plaza. That case settled for an additional $300,000.00 after a daylong mediation just before trial was set to commence. Total settlement was $593,545.95.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$59,609.60 ARBITRATION AWARD FOR REAR END AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>30 year old female client at a full stop waiting for the motor vehicle ahead of it to make a left turn was rear ended. She suffered neck aches and severe headaches, eventually undergoing a nerve ablation procedure. The defendant admitted liability and the case was heard by a single arbitrator who awarded $59,609.60.</P> <H2>2007</H2> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$2,750,000.00 WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT – [CONFIDENTIAL]</B></FONT><BR>Our client, 47 years of age, suffered fatal injuries when an oncoming tractor-trailer truck crossed over a double-yellow line crashing head-on into our client’s vehicle. Defendant driver claimed he suffered from the sudden onset of a medical condition that caused him to lose consciousness. We retained a nationally recognized sleep expert to opine that the driver was sleep deprived. </P> <P>Our client was survived by his wife and two grown children. The settlement included both immediate cash payments to our client’s family as well as structured periodic payments. Surviving family members will receive guaranteed payments of $5.9 million dollars and may receive lifetime payments of $8.1 million dollars.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$275,000.00 SETTLEMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND UNDERINSURED BENEFITS</B></FONT><BR>49 year old female client rear ended at stop light sustained injuries aggravating a pre-existing, dormant degenerative spinal condition resulting in a single level back fusion procedure. The defendant paid his $50,000.00 automobile insurance policy limits. The client’s underinsured automobile policy was only $100,000; however, the lack of a signature by the client on the appropriate insurance paperwork permitted us to claim her policy limits were actually $300,000.00. The case eventually settled for an additional $225,000.00 for a total settlement of $275,000.00.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$300,000.00 SETTLEMENT – SLIP AND FALL ON ICE-COVERED SNOW</B></FONT><BR>Our client, who was 51 years of age, had driven her car to a local nursing home to visit her mother. A light snow had fallen, accumulating about one inch by the time she arrived at Defendant’s facility. Our client got out of her vehicle and began walking towards the entrance of the facility. She was wearing sneakers and was carrying a satchel containing her mother’s cleaned laundry. As she walked across the parking lot toward the entrance, she slipped on a patch of ice which was covered by snow and fell.</P> <P>She suffered an injury to her left hand and underwent three operations to repair the damage. Ultimately her little finger was amputated. She incurred medical expenses of $43,000.00. Defendant denied liability and claimed our client was inattentive and shouldn’t have been wearing sneakers or carrying a satchel of laundry. </P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$300,000.00 SETTLEMENT – AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT </B></FONT><BR>Our client was a passenger in a car which had come to a stop after signaling its intention to make a left turn. While waiting for oncoming traffic to pass, our client’s vehicle was struck from behind by an ambulance whose driver claimed he could not stop due to slippery road conditions. <BR><BR>Client suffered injuries to her neck and shoulder. She underwent an operation to repair damage to her cervical spine. She also underwent an operation to repair damage to her right shoulder. Her orthopedic surgeon determined that she had sustained a 15% permanent impairment to her cervical spine and a 10% permanent impairment to her right shoulder. Counsel for the defendant ambulance company and the driver claimed that plaintiff could not have suffered serious injuries because the collision was a “low impact” collision. Client settled her case shortly before trial was scheduled to start.</P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$180,000.00 SETLEMENT FOR REAR END AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>53 year old male client sustained injuries to his cervical spine, lumbar spine, right wrist and right hand. Client had a pre-existing but dormant injury to his lumbar spine. The client underwent a right carpal tunnel release and several cervical and lumbar injections. He may need additional injections in the future to alleviate his pain and if the injections do not continue to alleviate his pain, surgical intervention is a possibility. Case settled prior to trial for $180,000.00. </P> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$150,000.00 SETTLEMENT – FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT</B></FONT><BR>Our 66 year old client sustained an injury to his right knee in an automobile accident. He suffered from a pre-existing arthritic condition and had undergone arthroscopic repair of the medial meniscus two years earlier. Our client’s doctor indicated that he would probably need to undergo operative repair to his knee at some time in the future. Medical expenses incurred totaled $5,330.00.</P> <H2>2006</H2> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$259,410.00 SETTLEMENT – FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST BENEFITS</B></FONT><BR>Our 43 year old client was a passenger in a motor vehicle which was rear-ended. She suffered injury to her lumbar spine which required her to undergo a L4-5 interbody fusion with fusion cages.<BR>Litigation was instituted against the driver of the at-fault vehicle, whose insurer tendered the policy limits. Thereafter suit was instituted seeking underinsured motorist benefits from the insurance companies insuring the vehicle transporting our client and against our client’s personal automobile insurance company. Client settled her claim against the driver for his policy limits of $50,000.00 and against the two (2) underinsured motorist insurance companies for an additional $209,410.00.</P> <H2>2005</H2> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$812,000.00 SETTLEMENT- FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, UNDERINSURED MOTORIST BENEFITS AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS [CONFIDENTIAL] </B></FONT><BR>Our client, a 43 year old mechanic, was test driving a vehicle after performing repair work. While conducting this test drive, our client’s vehicle was struck by a vehicle whose elderly driver failed to stop for a stop sign at an intersection. Our client suffered near fatal injuries. He underwent a number of operations to repair damage to his left subclavian and left vertebral arteries. He also sustained fractures to 14 of his 24 ribs, along with fractures to the tibia and fibula of his left leg. He also suffered a 25% permanent impairment to his left arm. He also suffers from a condition that prevents him from sweating. Claims were made against the driver of the vehicle causing the collision, Plaintiff’s employer’s automobile insurance company and Plaintiff’s workers compensation insurance company. </P> <P>The case against the operator settled for the policy limits of $277,000.00. The automobile insurance company providing underinsured motorist coverage agreed to pay our client $535,000.00. Any medical treatment our client requires in the future due to the injuries he suffered will be paid by the Workers’ Compensation insurance company. </P> <H2>2004</H2> <P><FONT color=#9b001c><B>$215,000.00 SETTLEMENT – FOR REAR-END AUTOMOBILE COLLISION </B></FONT><BR>Our client, who was 50 years of age, was rear-ended while waiting to make a left turn. She was diagnosed with disk herniations at the C5-C6 and C6-C7 level in her cervical spine. Her physician indicates that she is a candidate for surgery and has suffered an 18% permanent impairment to her neck.</P> <HR> <P><STRONG>Any results set forth here were dependent on the facts of that particular case and the results will differ from case to case.</STRONG></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=right colSpan=2><IMG height=1 src="http://www.torringtonlaw.com/images/661_dot.gif" width=661 border=0> <P><FONT face="Arial, helvetica, geneva" size=2><STRONG>733 East Main Street | P.O. 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