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Retired couple injured in I-485 crash
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//July 9, 2026//
Summary:
- Plaintiffs suffered traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures
- Randall J. Phillips of Maginnis Howard represented plaintiffs
- Total recovery included liability and underinsured motorist coverage
Action: Motor vehicle negligence
Injuries alleged: Plaintiff 1: TBI with hemorrhage, vertebral fracture, respiratory failure. Plaintiff 2: Multiple rib fractures with traumatic pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum.
Case name: Withheld
Amount: $5.49 million
Date: April 2026
Attorneys: Randall J. Phillips of Maginnis Howard in Charlotte (for the plaintiff)
Husband and wife, both retired, were traveling on I-485 in Charlotte when they were involved in a multi-vehicle collision caused by the driver of a commercial landscape company truck. Plaintiffs were both hospitalized initially, with husband requiring multiple readmissions for complications followed by inpatient rehabilitation and ongoing in-home care for his injuries. There was a small payment to another driver involved in the collision, leaving $990,000 on the underlying liability policy. The carrier for the landscape company paid the remaining coverage and the entire $2 million excess policy. Plaintiffs then recovered another $2.5 million from their underinsured motorist carriers for a total recovery of $5.49 million.
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