Injury Case | Truck Accident Settlement

$135,000 Settlement Two Weeks Before Trial

Our retired 56-year old client was driving her mother home from a shopping trip when a delivery truck pulled out from a side street crashing into her. A second delivery truck was proceeding in the right lane and slowed apparently intending to turn down the side street. The delivery trucked that crashed into our client, claimed that the other truck waived him on, and he did not see our client proceeding in the second lane of travel. Both delivery trucks denied that they were at fault, and both claimed that our client should somehow have avoided this accident, even though she had the right-of-way and was proceeding at normal speed. After the insurance company made offers that we felt were unreasonable, our client authorized us to file suit. We also rejected the low offers extended at mediation and prepared to bring doctors to trial via video tape. When we were on the verge of trial, the insurance companies got realistic, in our opinion, and offered a combined settlement in an amount sufficient to resolve this case.

Medical bills had increased prior to trial with a surgery to our client’s shoulder that occurred three years after the accident. The insurance companies denied that the surgery was caused by the accident, but the medical documentation that we obtained was helpful.