Recoveries

• $900,000.00 recovery for Laoian man, whose car was struck by a minimally insured car, causing it to careen off the road, into an arterial digital message sign (ADMS), causing injuries to his feet, rib, and eye - ROADWAY DESIGN
• $825,000.00 recovery for a woman injured in an automobile accident. $25,000.00 was paid by the underinsured striking defendant who caused the accident. $400,000.00 was paid by the woman’s own insurance policy (full limits) and $400,000.00 was paid through a separate related litigation for insurance bad faith. The insurance carrier also wrote a formal letter of apology. Motor vehicle + UIM + Insurance Bad Faith
• $729,813.00 recovery for a traveling salesman who injured his back when his vehicle was hit by a car that went through a stop sign in Delaware. MV + UIM
• $510,000.00 full tender for sisters and aunt, from Dominican, injured in Lehigh County by driver in MVA. MVA + UIM
• $455,000.00 UM for Uber Passenger
• $365,000.00 recovery on behalf of a profoundly mentally retarded man (DSM diagnosis of non-verbal person with IQ < 20, not presently used) who broke his leg and arm when hit by a car while crossing the street. The claim was paid by a Community Living Residence that undertook his care, the striking vehicle and a paratransit operator that was going to take him to pre-vocational therapy. Pedestrian, CLA, Pa Mental Health Procedures Act.
• $345,000.00 recovery for college student injured by drunk driver (DRAM Shop). The case included a Dram Shop claim against the bar that served the intoxicated driver.
• $250,000.00 recovery for 85-year-old grandmother, on a $300,000 per accident limit, with three other people injured, claiming rights to the policy, for a Maryland accident. Client was a Maryland resident; case was litigated in Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County, Md).
• $226,800.00 recovery for couple and friend injured by driver, while driving for a hunting trip.
• $210,000.00 UIM Recovery for sisters and aunt injured in Lehigh accident with BI Tender of $300,000.00.
• $200,000.00 recovery in Clarion County by couple who slid off the road because they were driving too fast for conditions and who were struck by truck while in the snowy median.
• $185,000.00 recovery on behalf of man injured as a passenger in a work van (shared recovery for multiple passenger claimants).
• $180,000.00 recovery for woman hit by Uber Eats driver as she was allegedly crossing against the light on Broad Street, in Philadelphia. Recovery was lower because client insisted upon settling against counsel advice. Injury was spleen damage which was surgically removed with no further treatment.
• $175,000.00 recovery for nursing assistant rear ended by a medical device seller's van.
• $175,000.00 recovery for Lyft Passenger, in late 50s, with soft tissue injuries, pre-existing conditions, and no surgery.
• $174,500.00 recovery for retired special education public school teacher injured by NYC taxi which started to drive away from her before she exited. Client is a Pennsylvania resident. Case was litigated in the Bronx, NY.
• $170,000.00 recovery for New York Transit Authority mason rear ended on the interstate by a Justinian Monk, who claimed that he did not rear end plaintiff, stating that it was done by a Phantom tractor trailer.
• $155,000.00 recovery for Pennsylvania woman injured in Delaware MVA. Delaware lawsuit and UIM.
• $150,000.00 recovery for Ohio woman injured at an intersection auto accident caused by a West Virginia teen driver (litigation in West Virginia).
• $150,000.00 recovery (full tender from striker and UIM) for elderly woman struck by minister’s car, while she ran across a state highway to catch a SEPTA bus.
• $135,000.00 for limited tort tile setter whose work van was clipped by another vehicle.
• $130,000.00 recovery for a police officer hit by a car while directing traffic.
• $120,000.00 ($95k/$100k) policy and tender of $25,000.00 UIM) for a 46-year-old Western Pennsylvania man injured in a car accident.
• $112,000.00 recovery paid by public school district for injury caused to student on school bus when bus drove over a speed hump too fast causing a back injury to the student.
• $100,000.00 full tender to pedestrian struck by a car in Reading, Pennsylvania.
• $100,000.00 full tender of UIM for woman with limited medical treatment.
• $96,000.00 recovery for traveling salesman injured in two separate motor vehicle accidents, three months apart.
• $95,000.00 ($100K policy) recovery for 20-year-old woman thrown from hood of car operated by her best friend during a personal argument.
• $90,000.00 paid to college student rear ended by FedEx truck for no objective findings and resolved injuries.
• $90,000.00 on $100,000.00 BI Policy for woman struck in bank parking lot by driver pulling into parking space (Jefferson County).
• $72,500.00 recovery for man who suffered a rotator cuff injury in car accident which occurred when he was waved ahead to turn from stop sign and then hit by waving driver.
• $72,500.00 UIM recovery, after credit, at binding arbitration, for man with no surgery, but identified disc tear and limited medical treatment.
• $68,000.00 recovery for trash collection worker, clipped by passing truck.
• $65,000.00 recovery for woman injured when her car struck a wandering cow on the highway (SR 78).
• $65,000.00 recovery for woman with soft tissue injury injured on Rte. 476, full tender of policies and UIM.
• $60,000.00 recovery for a taxicab passenger injured during a rear end accident.
• $57,000.00 recovery for roadside mechanic injured when responding to a call.
• $50,000.00 for a girl with pre-existing cognitive disability hit by car while crossing the street. The recovery was paid by the car owner and her relative who called her across the street.

Numerous resolutions of matters below $50,000.00. These include:

• $42,000.00 recovery for driver injured in MVA in Schuylkill County.
• $41,000.00 recovery for couple whose car was destroyed by a truck tire that detached on the highway.
• $40,000.00 recovery for boy hit by a car while crossing against the light.
• $38,000.00 recovery for trucking company dispatcher injured by landscaping truck that ran stop sign.
• $15,000.00 “fund” recovery for woman hit by hit and run driver.
• Many others (2)