AUTO ACCIDENT
Uninsured Driver Causes Permanent Disability for 43-Year-Old
An uninsured teenager driving a “borrowed” car sped through a red light and plowed into the side of Jack S.’s car, severely injuring him. It took emergency crews more than an hour to cut Jack out of the wreckage so they could transport him to the trauma center...
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Failure to Spot Treatable Condition Causes Lifetime of Suffering for Newborn
Before he was born, Terry E.’s parents thought something was wrong. Terry’s father, a mechanic, and his mother, who works in a bakery, asked the doctor about it, but were assured everything was fine. Terry’s parents were right, though. He had developed a heart condition that is easily seen by performing an ultrasound examination, and that’s easily treated with a routine prenatal surgery procedure. But Terry’s doctor didn’t see the condition...
CAR ACCIDENT
Sharp Negotiating With Feds Nets Client a Settlement
Jared K. was seriously injured in a car crash that caused a life-threatening injury. His brain was bleeding internally, blood was collecting in his skull with nowhere to go, and the pressure and possible damage to his brain was growing by the minute. Jared was treated at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Denver, spent several weeks in the facility and was discharged. His medical bills came to well over $100,000...
SEMI TRUCK
Semi’s Illegal Pass Takes Grandmother’s Life, Shatters Passengers’ Future
Debbie L. was driving her daughter and new grandson home to the farm from a shopping trip at the mall in town. It was late afternoon and an impatient semi-truck driver had been tailgating Debbie for miles on the county blacktop. Debbie started to slow down to turn left into her farm lane. Maybe the truck driver didn’t see her turn signal, or maybe he didn’t care. He pulled out to pass Debbie and smashed into the driver’s side of her car...
SLIP & FALL
Hand Rail Gives Way, Client Tumbles and Ruins Knee
Gretchen B. wanted to buy a new car. Once she arrived at the auto dealer, she had to climb up a flight of stairs to get to the showroom. She used the stair rail, but about two-thirds of the way to the top of the stairway, Gretchen reached for the handrail on the narrow stairs and it gave way. Gretchen took a serious fall, resulting in a broken leg, shattered kneecap and torn ligaments...
PREMISES LIABILITY
Child Falls at Poorly Protected Fast Food Restaurant
Six-year old Steven S. and his parents went to a fast food restaurant for dinner. The restaurant had an elevated play area inside for kids. That playground area was enclosed and safe, but a portion of the play equipment that extended high above the ground on the outside of the building was not. Only a fence and gate kept children from the dangerous area outside. This night a witness told the restaurantís management that...