Bulldozer operator settles after losing leg in job site incident
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Injury resulting in right above-knee amputation, traumatic hemorrhagic shock, femur fracture, artery laceration, lower limb ischemia Case name: Withheld Amount: $7 million […]
Estate settles after woman killed by impaired driver
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Blunt force trauma causing death Case name: Withheld Amount: $2 million Date: May 1, 2026 Attorneys: Shawn Howard, Victor Macam, and Andrew […]
Retired couple injured in I-485 crash
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 […]
Defendant’s rural detour ends in crash settlement
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Ogilvie syndrome, permanent dietary changes, fractured sternum, rib fractures, liver laceration, patella fracture, mediastinal hematoma Case name: Withheld Amount: $2.25 million Date: Spring […]
Teen struck while checking mail settles for $1M
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Broken jaw, traumatic brain injury, multiple surgeries Case name: Withheld Demand: $1 million Amount: $1 million Date: July 10, 2025 Attorney: Thomas Schiro of […]
$525,000 settlement; rear-end crash causes TBI, torn rotator cuff
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Traumatic brain injury and torn rotator cuff Case name: Rivera v. Campbell, Main Street Heating & Cooling, et al. Case no.: 25-CV-003464-500 Judge: N/A […]
$1.3 million settlement; Distracted driver allegedly leaves claimant quadriplegic
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Spinal cord injury/spinal cord stenosis, head injury, quadriplegia, acute respiratory failure with hypoxia and hypercapnia, shock, hypotension, bradycardia, hypothermia, acute deep vein thrombosis of […]
$6 million mediation; Worker suffers serious injuries when struck by truck
Action: Mediation Date: July 29, 2025 Date of incident: Aug. 29, 2022 Nature of claim: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, multiple skull fractures and […]
$10 million settlement; Car crash kills one, injures two others
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Wrongful death and personal injuries, including broken bones and brain damage Case name: Withheld Case no.: Withheld Court: Withheld Amount: $10 million Mediator: Scott […]
$5.1 million verdict; Woman headed to Walmart dies in 100 mph car crash
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Multiple blunt force injuries and death Case name: James Fowler, as the Administrator of the Estate of Joan Drake v. Malakhi Holt Court/case no.: […]
$1.825 million settlement; Three hurt in crash with DNCR employee
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Multiple fractures for all three plaintiffs Case name: Heasley et al. v. N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Court/case no.: North Carolina Industrial […]
$5.5 million settlement; Motorcycle rider killed in DUI crash
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Wrongful death Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Withheld Judge: Withheld Amount: $5,500,000 Demand: $5,500,000 Date: Sept. 1, 2024 Most helpful expert: Steve Farlow, Accident […]
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