AUTO ACCIDENT SETTLEMENTS
A young child was hit by a motor vehicle as a pedestrian and was killed. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with another trial attorney and the case settled before trial.
$3.5 Million Settlement
Our client was injured in a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer
truck and the vehicle burst into flames. She suffered a fractured
vertebrae in her spine, lacerations and burns. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with another trial attorney and the case settled before trial.
$1 Million Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A middle-aged man broke his ankle. After undergoing surgery he
developed an infection in the bone and had to have his leg amputated
below the knee. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced medical malpractice attorney
who brought the case to trial.
$7.5 million Settlement
DOG BITE INJURIES
Our client was a young boy who was attacked by a dog while at
a friend’s home. The dog latched on to the boy’s nose
requiring him to undergo plastic surgery.
$400,000 Settlement
DANGEROUS DRUGS
Redux
A middle-aged woman sustained serious heart valve injury (i.e.
primary pulmonary hypertension) from taking a prescribed diet drug
Redux, which contains Fen/Phen. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced drug injury
firm who settled the case.
$2.5 million Settlement
SLIP AND FALL
While at work, the client was walking down a flight of stairs, which collapsed causing him to sustain a serious lower back injury requiring surgery. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with another slip & fall attorney, who settled the case.
$850,000 Settlement
Our client fell in the parking lot of a local motel. The lot was covered with a layer of ice, topped with a layer of snow. He suffered fractured vertebrae and ruptured disc in his lower back. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with a local attorney who settled the claim.
$300,000 Settlement
NURSING HOME NEGLEGENCE
An 83 year-old woman developed severe bedsores while in a nursing
home and was hospitalized. Her daughter contacted our office. Our
firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the
case.
$400,000 Settlement
ASBESTOS
A pipefitter, employed by a RI company (Electric Boat) was exposed to asbestos on the job. Mesothelioma, an injury caused only by exposure to asbestos, was the cause of his death. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced asbestos attorney, who was successful in pursuing Settlements from numerous companies.
$1 million in total Settlements
The goal of this type of personal injury claim is to gain compensation for close relatives, in order to help pay medical costs and provide financial support. A good lawyer can help ensure that the family's emotional suffering is not augmented with unnecessary financial stress. Damages awarded in wrongful death settlements or verdicts may attempt to provide compensation for a number of current and future financial and emotional costs to the family of the deceased. Such damages include:
Medical and funeral costs
Loss of future income
Loss of benefits, pension, insurance
Loss of inheritance
Loss of services and companionship
Mental anguish
Pain and suffering
Punitive damages
The amount of damages can never fully reflect all that your loved one provided for you and your family. It is meant to help relieve any financial burden you looked at when determining the amount of damages, including your loved one’s age, character and condition, earning capacity, life expectancy and health and intelligence.In addition, work done inside and outside of the home will be considered, including housecleaning and childcare.
In some states punitive damages can be recovered, but not in all. Punitive damages are generally awarded when it is found the party liable for your loved one’s wrongful death acted in an intentional or malicious manner. Punitive damages are not common damages in most wrongful death lawsuits.