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• Auto Accidents
• Dangerous Drugs
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• Dog Bite Injuries
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• Wrongful Death

 

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Verdicts and Settlements

Attorney Paul d'Oliveira and his Associates and Affiliate Attorneys have settled thousands of personal injury cases over the past nineteen (19) years. Below are some of the larger settlements to date.

(Past results are no guarantee of future results. Every case is different and must be judged on its own merits.)

Auto Accident Settlements

Our client was injured in a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer truck and the vehicle burst into flames. She suffered a fractured vertebra, lacerations and burns.
$1Million settlement

Our client was a 25-year-old woman who was in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a brain injury.
$964,000 settlement

Our client was struck by another vehicle as a pedestrian and suffered a brain injury, facial fractures and permanent loss of vision.
$775,000 settlement

Our client was a passenger in a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on a wet road when the driver lost control and struck a large rock. Our client suffered severe head injuries, and permanent paralysis.
$600,000 settlement

Our client was injured in an auto accident and suffered a broken leg requiring pins and screws, a fractured pelvis, internal bleeding and a laceration to their colon.
$550,000 settlement

Our client was injured as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident and sustained a back injury which required surgery.
$500,000 settlement

Our client was a passenger in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a brain injury.
$470,000 settlement

Our client was injured as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident and suffered injuries to their back, neck and shoulder and underwent spinal surgery.
$410,000 settlement

Our client was injured when their vehicle was struck head-on by a truck and suffered multiple fractures and lacerations.
$400,000 settlement

Our client was injured while operating a motorcycle and suffered from broken bones, road burns and multiple contusions.
$388,000 settlement

Our client was injured as a passenger in a motor vehicle in which the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The vehicle struck a tree and rolled over and our client suffered a severe fracture of the wrist, which required surgery.
$350,000 settlement

Our client was involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a broken pelvis, fractures to the arm and elbow, a dislocated hip and lacerations. She had surgery on her hip and pelvis and underwent extensive rehabilitation.
$347,500 settlement

Our client was injured as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident and suffered lacerations and broken bones.
$325,000 settlement

Our client was a woman who was injured in a motor vehicle accident. She sustained injuries to the neck and shoulder, which required surgery and rehabilitation.
$320,000 settlement

Our client was involved in a rear-end collision and suffered a back injury, which required extensive medical treatment.
$300,000 settlement

Our client was injured in a rear-end collision while stopped at train tracks and sustained neck and back injuries that required surgery.
$250,000 settlement

Our client was injured as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident and underwent neck surgery.
$225,000 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, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who brought the case to trial.
$7.5 million settlement

A child was taken to a local hospital. The parents were told the child was only suffering from a cold. The child was sent home without any tests being performed. The child was taken back to the hospital and, was diagnosed with Meningitis. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the case.
$ 1.2 million settlement

A disabled person lost the use of their arm due to medical negligence. The individual underwent surgery for a pinched nerve when a doctor severed the wrong nerve causing paralysis of the arm. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the case.
$675,000 settlement

A baby suffered a head injury during a difficult delivery. Due to distress and an emergency c-section was performed. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the case.
$610,000 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

Our client was attacked by a dog and suffered severe bites that required surgery and skin grafts.
$350,000 settlement

Our client was bit on the ankle by a dog and sustained deep puncture wounds and required physical therapy.
$300,000 settlement

Nursing Home Negligence

An 83 year-old woman developed severe bedsores while in a nursing home and was hospitalized. Her daughter contacted our office. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the case.
$400,000 settlement

An elderly man developed bedsores, pneumonia and became severely dehydrated while in a nursing home. His wife contacted our office for assistance. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced medical malpractice attorney who settled the case.
$450,000 settlement

Dangerous Drugs

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, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced drug injury firm who settled the case.
$2.5 million settlement

A teenager committed suicide after taking an anti-depressant drug for several weeks. The young boy’s life was cut short just one week before his birthday. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced product liability attorney who settled the case.
$1.25 million settlement

A wife and mother of two children died of a cerebral hemorrhage after taking an over the counter diet drug diet drug containing Ephedra. The deceased’s husband contacted our firm for help. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced product liability attorney who settled the case.
$900,000 settlement

We were co-counsel in a case involving a dietary supplement with PPA. The client suffered a stroke and had a brain bleed that required two surgeries. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced product liability attorney who settled the case.
$ 750,000 settlement

A Father came to us concerning the death of his son, who was injured by the drug Zyprexa. His son died of diabetic ketosis. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced product liability attorney who settled the case.
$ 500,000 settlement

ATV Accident

Our client was a child injured in an ATV accident. Our client was slammed into a brick wall and suffered scrapes on the neck and back, an injured wrist, and a gash to the eye that caused permanent blindness in one eye.
$300,000 structured settlement

Product Liability

Woman was injured due to a defective Vaginal Sling. Our firm, while maintaining joint responsibility, referred the client to an experienced product liability attorney who settled the case.
$ 217,500 settlement

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