Verdicts and Settlements

$11,160,308.00 - Jury Verdict- recovered against UPS in Cote v UPS. The police claimed that the accident was entirely the fault of the plaintiff Philip Cote who was driving his motorcycle when the accident happened. Despite the fact that the police ticketed Mr. Cote for speeding and inattention, the jury returned a verdict against UPS and held them 100% responsible after a 2 and ½ week trial. This is the highest jury award in Warren County history.

$14,900,000.00 - Judgment recovered in favor of a police officer injured in the line of duty in Snyder v Lamphear.

$7,500,000.00 - Guaranteed payments to a young girl hit by a car with a subtle traumatic brain injury in Pulver v Ward’s Auto Sales. Defendants claimed that the child darted into the path of the car.

$4,477,471.18 - Judgment recovered in favor of a young woman injured on the premises of the defendant. As a result of the incident Plaintiff suffers from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

$500,000.00 - Settlement in Tefoe v Urban. Back injury case in which the defendants claimed that the plaintiff had not sustained a serious injury.

$450,000.00 - Settlement in a failure to diagnose skin cancer case. (names withheld)

$325,000.00 - Settlement in Patno v Brearor. Defendants claimed that the accident was plaintiff’s fault and that he did not sustain a back injury in this collision.

$275,000.00 - Settlement in Jenni v Collins. Defendants denied plaintiff sustained an injury in the accident as he had a prior accident with a serious back injury for which he had received a substantial recovery. The collision was minor with very little damage to the vehicles. We proved that Plaintiff sustained an aggravation of his prior back condition which entitled him to compensation.