Cases We’ve Won For Our Personal Injury Clients

While crossing a crosswalk to enter a grocery store the wife of a former client was struck by a vehicle. She was thrown to her left side and sustained a hip and left low back injury. She underwent physical therapy, injections, and eventually radiofrequency ablation procedure, a procedure that must be repeated every 12 to 16 months and is very expensive.

Her doctors also imposed restrictions preventing her from sitting, which removed her from the workforce for a lengthy period of time and her finances suffered.

Our attorneys pursued resolution on her behalf. Because she had pre-existing low back injuries, initial offers were very small. To strengthen her case, our attorneys secured medical support from her doctor showing this was a new injury and was clearly related to the car-on-pedestrian collision. Using those medical reports, our attorneys were able to secure a settlement which enabled our client to be able to cover her lost wages as well as future medical care for her injuries.

A registered nurse was rear-ended while running errands one day. Unfortunately, her spinal injuries were significant, necessitating months of physical therapy, injections, and eventually radiofrequency ablation procedure, which is very expensive.

To make matters worse, her doctors had imposed restrictions which precluded her from being on her feet for lengthy periods of time, and she had to leave her job since they could not accommodate her restrictions. She had several young children and was without the means to take care of her children and herself.

Complicating her case, she had prior low back pain which she had treated, causing the insurance company to present very small offers.

Our lawyers collected pre-accident medical records, and worked with her doctors to obtain supportive reports, showing her pre-accident injuries were significantly aggravated by the motor vehicle crash. We then negotiated with the insurance company and were able to secure a settlement for our client.

An office manager for the New Hope Police Department was on her way to work one morning when she was rear-ended by a motorist who lost control of his vehicle. She suffered what her doctors initially thought was a mild strain of her neck. However, when the pain did not go away, she underwent an MRI scan which revealed significant and serious damage to her vertebrae and discs, which was pinching her nerves and sending pain signals down her arms. Her doctors elected to perform radiofrequency neurotomy, which was a tremendous success for her, reducing the pain.

The catch was that relief from radiofrequency neurotomy is of limited duration, requiring the patient to repeat the procedure every 12 to 16 months; and the procedure is not inexpensive. To make matters worse, her doctors imposed permanent restrictions which precluded her from returning to the job she loved.

Our attorneys attempted to negotiate a settlement with the insurance carrier that will cover not only future medical coverage for the neurotomy procedures, but also money to cover her lost wages to her age of retirement. When the insurer would not negotiate, our attorneys filed a lawsuit. After several months of litigation, our attorneys were able to secure a settlement, from which the client could set aside money to cover future neurotomies, as well as sufficient cash to cover her lost wages.