Motor Vehicle Negligence

Apr 9, 2024

$8 million settlement: Rear-end crash leaves plaintiff with grave orthopedic injuries

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Plaintiff suffered shattered pelvis bilaterally that required two complicated surgeries to repair and significant orthopedic injuries to his wrist, femur, ankle and foot. Case […]

Aug 21, 2023

Jury returns award after 3-vehicle accident: $235,755 verdict

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Torn rotator cuff requiring surgical repair and resulting in permanent impairment. Case name: Carroll vs. Phoenix Spirit Group Court/case no.: 21 CVS 1080 Jury […]

Jul 17, 2023

Jury sides with plaintiff in car accident case: $370,000 verdict

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Compression fracture of second lumbar vertebrae Case name: German DeJoya v. Shanielle Ashley Roberts Court/case no.: Wake County Superior Court; No. 20-CVS-500163 Jury and/or […]

Jun 13, 2023

Pedestrian crossing parking lot struck by tractor-trailer, $1.25M settlement

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Traumatic brain injury, left eye vision loss, fractured thumb, decreased left ear hearing Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Withheld Jury and/or judge: Settled after […]

May 22, 2023

Pedestrian crossing parking lot struck by tractor-trailer

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: TBI, left eye vision loss, fractured thumb, decreased left ear hearing Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Withheld Jury and/or judge: N/A (settled after mediation) […]

May 17, 2023

Jury sides with defense in auto-pedestrian case

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Permanent disability Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Wilkes County Superior Court Jury and/or judge: Withheld Amount: $0 Attorney: Jeremy Stephenson and Kelsey Dorton of […]

Apr 14, 2023

Tractor-trailer crash leads to 900K settlement

Action: Motor vehicle negligence Amount: $900,000 Injuries alleged: Fractured left hip, fractured right ankle, six fractured ribs, fractured left knee Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Withheld Jury and/or judge: N/A […]

Jan 4, 2018

$1.5M settlement in runaway ambulance suit

A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a case involving a man whose legs were crushed while he was trying to free his mother from a gurney attached […]

Nov 2, 2017

Jury: Trucker and employer not liable for crash, woman’s death

A Mecklenburg County jury has declined to hold a truck driver and his employer liable for a crash that led to the death of a 68-year-old woman. David Estrada was […]

Mar 18, 2014

Man struck while filling gas tank settles for $800K

Attorney Doug Maynard saw a $50,000 initial offer turn into an $800,000 settlement, and he thinks his client’s testimony under oath played a big part in the resolution of the […]

Dec 13, 2013

Elderly woman’s injuries after wreck settled for $485K

The survivors of an 88-year-old dementia patient debilitated by a car accident won a $485,000 settlement on her behalf, reached this summer before a suit was filed. Plaintiff’s attorney C. […]

Aug 17, 2012

Crash victim recovers, collects $849K

A remarkable recovery does not diminish the pain and suffering an automobile accident victim endures along the way. That was the case attorney Joseph Tunstall III made on behalf of his plaintiff, a middle-age woman who suffered mild traumatic brain injury, internal bleeding and broken bones in her face and body, but was later able to return to her job as a licensed practical nurse.