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Settlements for Personal Injury Cases Relieve Financial Stress

Posted: June 11, 2010

Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law recently settled two personal injury cases, obtaining $265,000 for one client and $180,000 for another.

In the first case, a 23-year-old client riding a motorcycle home from work was cut off by the driver of a car who suddenly turned left directly in front of him. To avoid T-boning the car our client laid his motorcycle down, sliding into the other vehicle. He fractured his lower leg, requiring surgery, and broke several ribs. After four days in the hospital he returned to his home, walking with the use of a walker and unable to put any weight on his fractured leg.

It was five long months before the young man could return to work. He went through many weeks of painful and difficult physical therapy and was unable to do most of the normal activities he enjoyed. Fortunately, he is now able to work again at his normal capacity and is returning to all of his activities. He has been left with a slight limp, although has been told that will disappear in time.

The physical stress of this injury was significant, but the injury would have been more devastating if the client had not received financial support for the time he could not work. Our firm worked to ensure all of his medical bills were paid and that he received disability income while he was off work. Eight months after the accident Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law obtained a settlement of $265,000 for the pain and suffering this young man endured because of the carelessness of another driver.

In the second case, a 76-year-old woman was on her way home from Evening Mass on New Year’s Eve 2008 in a car driven by her husband. On the way, a tractor-trailer making a delivery began to back across the two-lane highway they were following. Blinded by the headlights of the truck, the husband hit the side of the trailer, crushing the passenger side of the couple’s car. The damage was so extreme our client had to be cut out of the car by the fire department.

An orthopedic surgeon at the hospital determined the women had suffered a displaced fracture to her right hip and a closed head injury. Several days later she was operated on and the hip was repaired with pins. Unable to return home, the client went to a rehabilitation facility for physical therapy for several weeks, followed by in-home care and outside physical therapy. It was two years before she recovered from this injury.

While the client was recovering, Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law handled the no-fault insurance claim to ensure all of her medical bills were paid. We then negotiated a settlement with the trucking company and the husband’s insurer, ultimately securing $180,000 for her pain and suffering.

 

 

Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law recently settled two personal injury cases, obtaining $265,000 for one client and $180,000 for another.
In the first case, a 23-year-old client riding a motorcycle home from work was cut off by the driver of a car who suddenly turned left directly in front of him. To avoid T-boning the car our client laid his motorcycle down, sliding into the other vehicle. He fractured his lower leg, requiring surgery, and broke several ribs. After four days in the hospital he returned to his home, walking with the use of a walker and unable to put any weight on his fractured leg.
It was five long months before the young man could return to work. He went through many weeks of painful and difficult physical therapy and was unable to do most of the normal activities he enjoyed. Fortunately, he is now able to work again at his normal capacity and is returning to all of his activities. He has been left with a slight limp, although has been told that will disappear in time.
The physical stress of this injury was significant, but the injury would have been more devastating if the client had not received financial support for the time he could not work. Our firm worked to ensure all of his medical bills were paid and that he received disability income while he was off work. Eight months after the accident Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law obtained a settlement of $265,000 for the pain and suffering this young man endured because of the carelessness of another driver.
In the second case, a 76-year-old woman was on her way home from Evening Mass on New Year’s Eve 2008 in a car driven by her husband. On the way, a tractor-trailer making a delivery began to back across the two-lane highway they were following. Blinded by the headlights of the truck, the husband hit the side of the trailer, crushing the passenger side of the couple’s car. The damage was so extreme our client had to be cut out of the car by the fire department.
An orthopedic surgeon at the hospital determined the women had suffered a displaced fracture to her right hip and a closed head injury. Several days later she was operated on and the hip was repaired with pins. Unable to return home, the client went to a rehabilitation facility for physical therapy for several weeks, followed by in-home care and outside physical therapy. It was two years before she recovered from this injury.
While the client was recovering, Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law handled the no-fault insurance claim to ensure all of her medical bills were paid. We then negotiated a settlement with the trucking company and the husband’s insurer, ultimately securing $180,000 for her pain and suffering.

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