Compassionate And Aggressive Legal Representation For Injury Victims

Verdicts And Settlements

Automobile Negligence Settlements

$400,000 – Auto negligence settlement involving a commercial box truck that made an illegal lane change on I-96, causing an accident with the plaintiff.

$3,350,000 – A 57-year-old woman injured by a box truck in Southfield, Michigan.

$2,350,000 – A 30-year-old woman was struck by a semi truck on Southbound US 23 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

$2,250,000 – A 60-year-old woman injured by a semi truck on Northbound U.S. 23 in Milan, Michigan.

$1,250,000 – A motorcyclist sustained below-the-knee amputation when he was struck by a motor vehicle. The city of Ann Arbor Police Department cited him as the at-fault party.

$1,350,000 – An 18-year-old student suffered a T8 through T11 spinal fracture resulting in partial paralysis from the waist down after being thrown from a Jeep that was speeding, left the roadway and rolled several times.

$937,500  – A college sophomore struck while crossing the road in front of her dorm sustained a mild closed head injury.

$1,457,500 – A woman cutting her yard on a riding mower was killed when a semi truck left the road.

$1,900,000 – A college student struck by a drunk driver who was served at a bar. Suffered closed head injury. Dram shop claim settled against the bar.

First-Party (No-Fault) Settlements:

$2,000,000 – February 2020 confidential settlement in favor of Plaintiff for first-party no-fault benefits. The defendant insurance company denied coverage for automobile insurance benefits arising from a car accident where the plaintiff suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. The defendant insurer also agreed to the reinstatement of all future no-fault benefits.

Settled $265,000 – Settlement with USAA insurance for no-fault insurance benefits, including medical expenses, attendant care and home modifications. USAA insurance also agreed to pay for future no-fault insurance benefits. The injured victim suffered a lumbar fracture, necessitating surgery.

Settled $1,000,000 in no-fault benefits against Progressive Corporation.

Settled $720,000 with Esurance Insurance Company for no-fault benefits.

Settled: $400,000 – Claim for home modifications and attendant care settled for amputee.

Settled: $600,000 and future residential expenses settled. The insurer argued the need for treatment was due to an unrelated substance abuse problem.

Auto Club Group (AAA) agreed to pay the family of a quadriplegic attendant care at $37 per hour and future rate increases.

Settled $730,000 in no-fault claim for past benefits against Esurance Insurance Company.

Settled $108,000 – settlement for an apartment complex resident in Ann Arbor who was injured when she slipped and fell on black ice on a sidewalk. There was a downspout that drained water into the location of the icy sidewalk, which made the location dangerous and effectively unavoidable. The accident victim suffered an ankle fracture.

Verdicts

$823,314.47 – Paid for past attendant care and medical expenses. The insurer paid an additional $582,007 to settle the outstanding residential placement and attorney fees and agreed to pay future residential care.

$1,000,000 – Amerisure paid for no-fault first-party claims for a man injured 18 years before the lawsuit. The insurance company claimed mental problems due to schizophrenia that was unrelated to the accident.

$5,100,000 rendered in Washtenaw County Circuit Court for a woman killed when she was struck by a semi truck.

$500,000 in Jackson County Circuit Court for a slip-and-fall victim.

$1,200,000 in Livingston County Circuit Court for a young girl who sustained a closed head injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident.

$600,000 in Washtenaw County for a first-party claim for residential brain injury care against Farmers Insurance Group.

70-year-old quadriplegic denied home modifications and attendant care by Auto‑Owners Insurance. Jury awards home modifications and attendant care.

$350,000 in Washtenaw County Circuit Court against Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for failing to pay attendant care services.

$250,000 in Washtenaw County Circuit Court for a woman bitten on the hand by a dog.

$500,000 for underinsured motorist benefits against Auto-Owners Insurance in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. After the court awarded attorney fees and costs, the matter settled for $634,690.05.

$521,050 A Washtenaw County jury awarded against Farmers Insurance for a first-party residential claim. After court awarded interest, costs and attorney fees the matter was settled for $707,899.31.

A 23-year-old man suffered a spinal cord injury in a motor vehicle/motorcycle accident. He underwent stem cell surgery in Portugal to regenerate damaged nerves. Auto Owners denied the claim. In the first trial on this issue in Michigan, a Calhoun County jury awarded him the cost of the surgery and travel, totaling $52,800.

$1,500,000 in a products liability case for a 50-year-old man injured when defective straps were used when the banding broke and caused injury to his hand.

$500,000 and a Washtenaw County jury awarded lifetime medical coverage – an emergency room physician suffered a closed head injury in a car accident. The insurance company claimed behavior changes were due to an unrelated illness.

$500,000 – Washtenaw County jury awarded residential medical expenses against Allstate Insurance Company. Allstate claimed the treatment was unnecessary and that the plaintiff suffered from an unrelated mental illness.

$110,000 – Wayne County jury awarded a woman who suffered a closed head injury and future medical benefits after State Farm denied the claim for the reason that the woman was the alleged owner of the uninsured car involved in the accident.

$1,300,000 – Wayne County jury awarded to a man in a malicious prosecution claim against Van Buren Township.

$200,000 – Washtenaw County jury awarded in no-fault benefits against Nationwide Insurance Company.

$700,000 – for a 79-year-old woman injured in a t-bone accident in a Wayne County case.

Arbitration Awards

$135,000 award for an out-of-state plaintiff who slipped and fell at AutoZone.

$650,000 – First-party no-fault arbitration award for medical expenses.

$750,000 arbitration award for automobile negligence victim.