Case Results
Wrongful Death– $1,000,000 dollar settlement.
Case Conclusion Date: 06.29.2017.
Case details were confidential under the settlement agreement
Car-Semi truck– $1,300,000 dollar settlement
30 year old women who was a passenger in a car traveling northbound on a highway. Semi truck turned directly onto the road in front of the car and the vehicles collided. She sustained a closed head injury resulting in cognitive difficulties including impaired memory, perceptual and sensory functions. She has limited range of motion and suffers pain her neck shoulders and back. She was previously a school bus driver earning $16,000.00 per year.
Car-Van– $909,000.00 settlement
Jury verdict for women rear-ended by a large utility van while turning into work driveway. She suffered a closed head injury with memory loss, constant headaches requiring daily pain medication, and photo sensitivity. She lost her job of 11 years, but was eventually able to obtain lesser employment.
Commercial Vehicle Failure to stop at stop sign/Country Road– $550,000.00 Settlement
2 young men in their early 30’s who sustained serious injuries while on their way to work after a commercial vehicle ran a stop sign. Their vehicle was south bound on country road when commercial vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign causing a high impact collision. The driver of the car sustained multiple head trauma and was air lifted to emergency. The passenger in the car sustained a fractured leg requiring emergency surgery and placement of internal fixations. He also required emergency surgery for blunt force gastrointestinal damages. Additionally, both clients suffered permanent scarring.
RECENT CASE SETTLEMENTS
Head on Cllision involving pickup trucks
Michigan No-Fault, Head-on Collision,
Settlement $175,000.00,
Holland, Michigan-March 2024
The 47-year-old client had a Michigan No-Fault bodily injury claim after his pickup truck was struck head-on by the driver of a second pickup truck. The high-speed collision caused the client to be trapped in his vehicle at the scene. The client sustained severe crushing injuries to his right heel because of the crash. Emergency room records show that his right heal had multiple severely comminuted fractures. The injuries required open reduction surgery with placement of internal fixations. The parties settled the case for $175,000.00.
Motorcycle Crash
Motorcycle Crash Settlement, $220,000.00,
Ottawa County, Michigan-March 2024
The client suffered multiple serious and permanent injuries when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck. The client was traveling north when a pickup truck driver exited a private driveway and turned south making a wide turn and crossing the center line. The pickup driver drove directly into the path of the client’s motorcycle. The driver of the pickup admitted he had been drinking. The 62-year-old motorcycle driver suffered multiple fractures of the ribs, a closed fracture of shaft of left fibula, a laceration of the leg, a torn right bicep, and ankle and foot damage. The parties settled the case for $220,000.00
LEGAL CASES
Case name | Outcome |
Dog Attack facial scarring | $200,000.00 |
Uninsured Motorist Causes Crash | The Case was settled for the policy limits $100,000.00. |
Unsupervised Dog Incident | Parties Settled for $175,000.00 |
Wrongful Death Settlement | 1,000,000.00 |
Moving Violation Causing Serious Injury 2 Misdemeanor Counts | All Criminal Charges Dropped |
ATV Accident | $250,000.00 policy limits settlement |
Semi Tractor Accident | $100,000.00 Settlement |
West Michigan Head on Collision | $290,000.00 Settlement |
Uninsured Motorists Head On Collision | Client Received Policy Limits under her Uninsured Motorists Policy |
Head on Collision | $32,500.00 Settlement |
Rear End Collision Settlement | Settled for $50,000.00 during litigation. |
Car Accident Failure to Yeild | Settlement $125,000.00 |
Rear End Collision with Shoulder Injury | Settlement $43,000.00 |
Illegal Hosting-Not Guilty | Found Not Guilty after Bench Trial |
Theft Charged-Dismissed | Case Dismissed |
Auto Accident-Failed to Yeild | Settled for $100,000.00 policy limits |
Drunk Driving (OWI)- Dismissed | Case Dismissed |
Car Accident-Underinsured Motorist | Additional $60,000.00 paid under Uninsured Motorists Policy |
Car Accident | $250,000.00 |
Felony Assault by Strangulation and Unlawful Entry | Both charges Dismissed, Defendant pled to a Misdemeanor Domestic Violence under a diversion program resulting in no criminal record |
Felony Drug Trafficing Case | Misdemeanor Possession of Marijuana with no record |
Criminal Defense-Felony Weapons | Both Felonies Dismiised. Fines only. |
Domestic Violence Second Offense | Dismissed |
Head on Auto Crash | $100,000.00 policy limits for uninsured motorists |
Auto Accident Settlement | $37,500.00 Settlement |
Premises Liability | $25,000.00 Settlement. |
Felony Amphetamine Dismissed | Dismissed |
Driving While Impaired by Alcohol Dismissed | Criminal Case dismissed/Civil Ticket only |
Car/Semi Accident | $165,000.00 during litigation |
Golf Cart Accident | Settlement $45,000.00 |
Car Accident with Injuries | $35,000.00 Settlement |
Premises Liability-Failure to Warn | Settlement $85,000.00 |
Felony Possession of Controlled Substances | Dismissed at Preliminary Exam |
Criminal Case- DUI | DUI-Dismissed |
Pedestrian Struck By Auto | Settlement $90,000.00 |
Pedestrian/Commercial Vehicle accident-Muskegon County | $120,000.00 Settlement after Facilitation |
Automobile Accident- Kent County | $95,000.00 Out of Court Settlement |
CSC 1st Degree (Rape)-Dismissed Kent County | Dismissed |
Semi Truck/Utility Van Accident | Settlement out of Court $175,000.00 |
Auto Accident/Commercial Vehicle | $550,000.00 Out of Court Settlement |
Reckless Driving- Dismissed Allegan County | Reckless Driving Dismissed/civil infraction issued |
Motorcycle/Farm Tractor Accident/Wrongful Death | Case Settled shortly after filing $250,000.00 |
Auto/Semi Truck Accident | Settlement after litigation started $425,000.00 |
Commercial Van rear ends car | $909,000.00 Jury Verdict |
Auto/Semi Truck Accident | 1,300.000.00 Settlement during trial |
Delivery of Marijuana-Not Guilty Ottawa County | Jury Trial- Not Guilty |
Auto Strikes City Worker on Street | The client received the policy limits from the at fault driver and policy limits for the underinsured motorist from 2 different companies. |