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

Motorcycle Crash

$500,000 Policy Limits Settlement,
Holland, Michigan, Settlement date 1-8-2025

The client sustained multiple serious fractures when a car pulled into the road in front of client’s motorcycle. The client did not have time to avoid the crash. The client’s body flew off the motorcycle and hit the windshield with his helmet. The at fault driver was ticketed for failure to yield. The client sustained fractures to both wrists requiring emergency surgery with internal plates and screws. He also sustained a fractured left leg. The case was settled by Gerald R. Stahl insurance company paying the policy limits of $500,000.00.

Roll Over Car Crash

Settlement, $200,000.00
Holland, Michigan, 1-7-2025.

The client sustained serious injuries when a driver ran a stop sign in his van and crashed into the client’s pickup truck. The negligent driver claimed he mistakenly thought it was a 4 way stop.

The force of the crash caused the client’s pickup truck to roll. The pickup truck was a total loss.  The client sustained injuries that included a burst fracture of T6 vertebral, a T5 vertebral fracture, and a lumbar transverse process fracture and cervical injuries to his neck.

The case was resolved by Gerald R. Stahl for a settlement against the van driver’s insurance company at fault in the amount of $200,000.00.

Car Crash

Serious Knee and Leg injuries, Underinsured Motorists,
Policy Limits Settlement,
Holland, Michigan. Settlement date 12-12-2024

The client sustained serious injuries when a car pulled into her path while making a left turn into a gas station. The client did not have time to avoid the crash. The client’s vehicle was stuck on the driver’s side and was a total loss. The at fault driver was ticketed for failure to yield. The client sustained leg and knee fractures requiring emergency surgery with internal plates and screws in the knee.

It was determined after submitting the claim for pain and suffering that the at fault driver had a bodily injury insurance policy with minimum limits. Thus, notified our client’s insurance company of the possibility of an underinsured motorist claim. The underinsured motorist claim can only be made if the at fault driver’s insurance pays the maximum coverage. The case was settled by Gerald R. Stahl with both insurance companies with both companies paying the policy limits.

The case was resolved by a settlement of policy limits against at fault driver’s insurance company.

The underinsured motorist claim was resolved by a settlement of the policy limits client’s insurance policy.

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

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