North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Action: Personal injury
Injuries alleged: Subject to confidentiality agreement
Case name: Withheld
Court/case no.: Withheld
Jury and/or judge: N/A (mediated)
Name of mediator: Asa Bell
Amount: $2,000,000
Date: March 7, 2023
Attorneys: William Goldfarb and Alex Woodyard, of The Law Offices of William K. Goldfarb, Monroe; Seth Bernanke of The Law Office of Seth Bernanke, Charlotte (for the plaintiff)
The plaintiff was involved in a third-party industrial incident wherein the plaintiff fell and suffered injuries.
There was also a Tennessee workers’ compensation case that arose out of the fall that settled between the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s employer. The plaintiff received lifetime medical benefits as part of his workers’ compensation settlement agreement. The plaintiff is now receiving Social Security disability benefits aside from his lifetime medical benefits.
The plaintiff’s attorneys retained and utilized experts in the fields of accident reconstruction, walkway safety, metal sciences, vocational rehabilitation, economics, life care planning and neurosurgery.
