Posts Tagged ‘TBI’
Common Seatbelt Injuries in Motor Vehicle Collisions
People in motor vehicle collisions often suffer various injuries from the very thing that is supposed to keep them safe…seatbelts. While their injuries may be less severe than they would have been without a seatbelt on, they nevertheless have suffered trauma that may require immediate and/or long-term care. This should not be overlooked when contemplating…
Read MoreValet Injured by Drunk Driver Awarded $6M
Choosing to drive under the influence is just that, a choice, and one that can severely affect other people. When a man drinking at a country club event chose to drive another guest home, another guest noticed his inebriated state and offered to drive them, but was declined. Instead, the man instructed a valet at…
Read More$1.5B in Verdicts and Settlements in 2023
We worked on projects for some of the best attorneys in the country during 2023, resulting in over $1.5B in verdicts and settlements! Thanks for working with us and putting your faith in our ability to help your cases. We love to show off the amazing work our visual experts do for our clients, so…
Read MoreHospital Fall Case Awarded Verdict of $6.19M
When a patient is admitted to a hospital, the expectation is that the hospital will protect that patient from the risk of preventable falls, especially when the hospital’s treatment of the patient creates the fall risk. Allen Tittle’s 72-year old client was admitted to Firelands Regional Medical Center due to a newly diagnosed heart condition.…
Read More$8.9M Verdict After $25K Offer in Drunk Driving Collision
Driving home one rainy evening changed Khail Parris’ client’s life forever when an oncoming vehicle suddenly veered into his lane and struck him head-on. The injuries suffered were quite extensive – several fractured ribs, fractured femur, broken wrist, ruptured spleen, multiple other internal injuries, pelvic displacement, and a TBI. It was determined that the driver…
Read MoreTBI Essentials
We all know traumatic brain injury cases are often the most valuable cases we will have at our firms. It is also a fact that many of our traumatic brain injury cases are not the type that are obvious on first blush. So how do we prove our traumatic brain injury cases? The first thing…
Read More$47M Verdict in “Locked-In” Syndrome Case
A fall one evening prompted Amy Geiler’s family to take her to MountainView Hospital’s emergency room for treatment. Upon arriving and being examined, it was determined that her sodium levels were dangerously low (hyponatremia) and she was dehydrated, so saline was administered rapidly to try to stabilize her. MountainView Hospital’s policy would not allow the…
Read MorePedestrian Strike Yields Settlement Many Times Greater than Initial Offer
More and more drivers are distracted or not paying attention which can prove catastrophic for pedestrians. Will Sykes’ teenage client was crossing the street with the right of way when a driver not paying attention hit her. She was launched onto the hood of the vehicle and her head connected with the windshield, resulting in…
Read MoreVerdict of $5.5M+ in Unique Personal Injury Case
Personal injury cases are tough enough to try when the attorney has proof of everything that happened leading up to the injury, but what about when there are no witnesses and you have to piece together what you believed happened to your client? Nigel Whitehead and Taylor Ernst of Ernst Law Group were faced with…
Read MoreUndisclosed Settlement using Hypoxia Animation
In a recent month-long medical malpractice trial, attorney Sean Claggett was faced with the task of explaining to a jury how the lack of oxygen to the brain caused irreversible brain damage in his client. The defendant hospital argued at trial that the brain damage was a slow, progressive disease made worse by uncontrolled diabetes.…
Read More15x Increase in Settlement for TBI Case
Brain injuries can be extremely difficult to prove, especially when your client does not strike their head. Sean Claggett was faced with this exact fact pattern in a referral slip and fall case he had against a Las Vegas mall. Sean’s client was seen on grainy video slipping and falling; however, the video was so…
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