Accident Victim Receives Settlement for Broken Arm and Wrist
Ricky Boren represented a woman who was struck by a construction company truck that ran a red light. She sustained a significant broken arm and wrist, which had to be repaired with plates and screws. She had difficulty in healing and ultimately had to have additional surgery. She sustained medical expenses of approximately $170,000.00 and was instructed that it would not be wise for her to return to her former job in production. A settlement was reached for the payment of $500,000.00.
Accident Victim Receives Settlement for Hand Injury
Greg Petrinjak recently represented a client who injured her hand in an automobile accident. The client needed surgery to repair the multiple fractures to her fingers. Mr. Petrinjak settled with two separate insurance companies for a total of $150,000.00 in compensation.
Interstate 40 18 Wheeler Crash Verdict of $1.51 Million Upheld in Appeals Court
Jeff Boyd represented three brothers who were rear ended on I-40 in construction zone by 18 wheeler sustaining horrific injuries. Case went to trial and jury returned verdict for the three brothers of $1.51 million. Case was appealed by the defendants and the Court of Appeals, Western Section, affirmed the jury verdict and let it stand.
Vehicle Crash on Interstate 40 Injures Clients
Jeff Boyd represented a passenger in a vehicle that was violently struck from the rear on I-40 in construction zone. The client sustained a broken arm and has had post traumatic problems with driving and being on the interstate. The case settled for $95,000.
Rear-end Collision in Dyer County Settled Before Trial
James Krenis successfully mediated a minor rear-end collision case in Dyer County before the case went to a jury trial. The case settled for an undisclosed amount.
Auto Accident Injures Hip and Neck
John Hamilton represented a lady involved in a car wreck who sustained injuries to her hip area and neck. A settlement was reached whereby the defendant's insurance company would pay their policy limits of $25,000 and our client's underinsured motorist policy would contribute an additional $9,000. Thus, the case settled for a total sum of $34,000.
Tractor Trailer Truck Accident Leave Client with Herniated Disc
John Hamilton represented a lady involved in a serious car wreck with a tractor trailer truck. She suffered an injury to her lumbar spine that caused a herniated disc. A confidential settlement was reached in the case.
Man Awarded $150,000 for Neck Injury
Greg Petrinjak represented a man who was injured in a multi-vehicle accident caused by a logging truck. The client suffered a herniated disc in his neck, requiring surgery. The case was settled for $150,000.
Man Suffers Knee Injury From Accident
James R. Krenis represented a client who was injured in a wreck when a car trying to cross the highway from a side road struck him. The client suffered a knee injury, which required two surgeries and lost time from work. The case settled for around $50,000.
48 Year Old Woman Severely Injured in Car Wreck
Ricky Boren represented a 48 year old woman, who was severely injured in an automobile accident, when another driver ran a stop sign and hit her vehicle. The client sustained a subdural hematoma and significant injury to her leg. The case recently settled at mediation for $215,000.00.
Truck Driver Receives Settlement of Approximately $650,000
Ricky Boren represented a truck driver who was severly injured, when another truck ran a red light. Our client had surgery on his neck and back. He incurred medical expenses over $100,000.00 and has been unable to return to work. His case was settled for approximately $650,000.00.
Rural Road Motorcycle Collission
John Hamilton represented a gentleman involved in a motorcycle collision that happened at an intersection on a rural road. Depositions revealed that the motorcyclist might have been traveling in excess of the speed limit and that the defendant driver might have failed to engage turning signal. The motorcyclist suffered severe injuries. The defendant driver involved in the collision was not hurt. Both individuals had $50,000 policy limits. Taking into consideration comparative fault issues, the case settled for $40,000.
Automobile Accident
John Hamilton represented a client involved in a car wreck on the bypass in Jackson. The wreck caused the client to undergo several rounds of physical therapy for soft tissue injuries. The client's medical bills exceeded $17,000. A settlement was reached with the defendant driver's insurance company for the policy limits of $25,000. The client has uninsured/underinsured coverage that exceeds the policy limits of the defendant driver's insurance so an agreement was reached that the case would continue against the client's uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier.
Semi-Tractor Trailer Accident
Ricky Boren represented a husband and wife that were driving a semi-tractor trailer and were rear-ended by another semi-tractor trailer. The husband sustained upper and lower back injuries and the wife sustained minor injuries. The case settled at mediation for $250,000.
Family Awarded Settlement
James Krenis recently settled a claim for a woman and her two children who were injured when her car was hit from behind. This family was awarded a settlement of $52,000.
Woman Hit by Drunk Driver
Greg Petrinjak represented a lady who was hit by a drunk driver and suffered a serious back strain injury. The client required physical therapy and multiple doctor visits over a 9 month period. Her case was settled for $32,000.
Young Man Suffers Broken Arm in Accident
Greg Petrinjak represented an 18 year old young man who fractured his arm in an automobile accident. Surgery was performed to repair the fracture. The client made a good recovery, but unfortunately had no medical insurance to pay the hospital bills. The case was recently settled for $45,000, allowing for payment of the medical bills and compensation for pain and suffering.
Rear-end Accident
A 23 year old man represented by John Hamilton was rear-ended in a car wreck and suffered a herniated disc in his lower back. Medical records revealed that the young man had a history of back problems. Surgery was required to be performed. The treating physician testified in a deposition that the car wreck aggravated his pre-existing condition. The case settled at mediation before trial for $60,000.
Broken Ankle and Subsequent Indections
Ricky Boren represented a lady who sustained a badly broken ankle in an automobile accident which resulted in multiple infections. Her medical expenses were in excess of $200, 000. Her case was settled just before trial for $850,000.
Attorney Wins Judgment against the State for $300,000
Chris Taylor also settled a suit against the State of Tennessee for failing to maintain its highways. In this case, water was allowed to pool on the highway, causing cars to lose control. The client was killed when an oncoming driver went through the collected water, lost control and struck the client. The Commissioner entered a judgment for $299,000. The maximum for awards against the state is $300,000.
Semi-Truck Collides with Car Causing Hip Injury
A Hill Boren client was awarded $200,000 following a car accident. A semi-truck pulled in front of the client's car causing the accident. The client suffered a broken hip, which required a lengthy hospital stay.
Four Vehicle Collision
James Krenis settled a case for an injured passenger of a collision involving four vehicles in Jackson for $50,000, the available insurance limits of the defendant.
Jury Awards $125,000 to Accident Victim
Chris Taylor recently tried an automobile accident in the Circuit Court of Shelby County. The client had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress disorder. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the client, assessing damages at $125,000.
Motorcyclist injuried in accident
$100,000
Jeff Boyd represented a client who was injured in a motorcycle accident when the defendant pulled out in front of the client causing him to strike the defendant's vehicle. The client suffered shoulder and low back injuries. A suit was filed against both defendant driver and the insurance carrier. The case was settled for the policy limits of $100,000.
INJURED PASSENGER
$305,000
A Twenty two-year old client was a passenger in a one car accident. As a result of driver error, the client was left permanently paralyzed. The client was awarded the maximum allowed - $305,000.
AUTOMOBILE FATALITY
$202,500
A forty-year old male died as a result of a two-car accident in Ripley, Tennessee. His two adult children were awarded $202,500 in a wrongful death suit against the driver of the other vehicle. Mr. Taylor represented the family.
BACK INJURY
$35,000 SETTLEMENT
Fifty-year old female was sitting at a traffic light when the car stopped behind her abruptly moved forward, rear-ending her car. Plaintiff received physical therapy and a couple epidural blocks. Settlement was reached at mediation between the parties. Mr. Taylor represented the Hill Boren client.
AUTO COLLIDES WITH HORSE
$35,000.00 SETTLEMENT
Twenty-three year old woman was on her way to work in the early morning hours with 2 passengers. Automobile collided with a horse that had strayed from its fenced area and was standing in the driver's lane. One passenger was killed and the other was not badly injured. Driver received multiple facial lacerations and a fractured nose and missed approximately 2 months off work. Settlement for the driver was $35,000.00
AUTOMOBILE COLLISION
$22,500 SETTLEMENT
Thirty-seven year old woman was driving through intersection when the driver of other vehicle ran the red light causing personal injury and property damage. Driver received back strain, which caused her to miss time from her job. She incurred approximately $6,000.00 in medical expenses. Total settlement for $22,500.00.
BACK STRAIN
$14,000 SETTLEMENT
Plaintiff was 20-year-old male who was in automobile accident. Plaintiff was sandwiched between two cars. Plaintiff suffered back strain and $4,000 in medicals. Settlement with defendant for $14,000.
WRONGFUL DEATH OF TWO SISTERS
$900,000 SETTLEMENT
Two sisters were killed on the way to work when they were struck head on by a tractor-trailer truck. Settlement was reached for both wrongful deaths in the amount of $900,000.00. There was only $950,000.00 in coverage left after the payment of property damage and other minor claims. This case reflects the increased value of wrongful death cases now that the spouse and the children of the deceased can recover for their loss of love and companionship. Represented by Ricky Boren.
NECK INJURY
$90,000 SETTLEMENT
A 60-year-old lady was backed into at a low rate of speed while waiting for a wreck up ahead to clear. X-rays showed her to have major degenerative changes in her neck even though she had claimed to have no prior neck problems. Her treating neurosurgeon ultimately performed surgery to remedy her degenerative disc condition and testified that her condition was made symptomatic by the accident. A settlement was reached in the amount of $95,000.00 In Perry County, Tennessee. Represented by Ricky Boren.
BROKEN ARM AND LEG IN TRUCK ACCIDENT
$127,500 SETTLEMENT
A 33 year old lady was struck head on by a tractor trailer truck and broke both bones in her left forearm and a broken left leg. These fractures required the insertion of pins to hold the bone fragments together. The client's medical expenses were approximately $30,000.00. Even though she had sustained no permanent disability under the AMA guides, her treating physician stated she would have a permanent problem with pain and swelling. Settlement was reached for the payment of $127,500. Represented by Ricky Boren.
REAR END COLLISION - WAS IT FIBROMYALGIA OR TRAUMATIC INJURY
A 55-year-old lady was rear-ended in an automobile accident. She had had some minor back and neck problems prior to this accident. Following the accident, she developed serious problems with muscular pain and was also diagnosed with having a possible ruptured disc in her neck. One of her treating physicians diagnosed her as having fibromyalgia and stated that it was not caused by her accident. Another physician testified that the ruptured disc in her neck was due to the automobile accident. A $100,000 policy limit settlement was reached. Represented by Ricky Boren.
SETTLEMENT $125,000
The wife of the president of a bank was struck head on while on her way to a seminar and sustained a serious injury to her right hand which resulted in $25,000.00 in medical expenses. A settlement was reached with the workers' compensation carrier and then settlement was reached on the claim against the at fault driver for the payment of $125,000.00.
TRACTOR TRAILER/AUTO CRASH
$200,000.00 SETTLEMENT
Plaintiff's vehicle was struck broad side when a semi-truck hauling a mobile home disregarded a traffic signal. The plaintiffs (woman and her two minor children) were injured. The mother suffered a closed head injury and her seven-year-old son facial scarring. $200,000.00 total settlement was reached prior to trial. Mr. Hill represented the plaintiffs.
KNEE REPLACEMENT AND SHOULDER SURGERY
$60,000 SETTLEMENT
A 61-year-old cook was run over by a tractor and trailer walking across the parking lot into her place of business. This knocked her to the ground. Due to her injuries she had to have a knee replacement and shoulder surgery and ended up retiring from her job. The automobile case was settled pre trial for $270,000.00 And the workers' compensation case was settled for over $60,000.00.
REAR ENDED BY TRACTOR TRAILER
$50,000 SETTLEMENT
A 79-year-old gentleman was injured in an automobile accident when he was rear ended by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40. As a result of this injury, he had a subdural hematoma, which resulted in about $12,000.00 in medicals at the Nashville VA hospital. A surgical procedure was required to take care of the injured party's hematoma. Settlement was reached with the VA to reduce the medicals to $2,400.00 and a total settlement to the claimant was reached for $50,000.00 in a lump sum.
HEAD INJURY CASE
$50,000 SETTLEMENT
A 49-year-old gentleman was hit in the side of his pick-up causing his vehicle to flip in Gibson County. He had to be air lifted to the hospital in Madison County where he was treated for an injured hip, concussion and spent approximately 4 days in the hospital. This was all the treatment required for his injuries. The driver incurred approximately $12,000.00 in medical expenses. A pre trial settlement was reached in the amount of $50,000.00, Which was paid in a lump sum.
NECK INJURY
$97,500 SETTLEMENT
Client was in the middle line of cars waiting to make a left turn when the car behind was struck by a delivery truck and knocked forward into client's car. The wreck caused a neck injury which required surgery and six weeks of time off from work. Medical bills totaled $17,000. A settlement of $97,500 was reached before the suit was filed.
STOPPED TRUCK DRIVER WAVES ANOTHER DRIVER ON INTO TRAFFIC CAUSING ACCIDENT
$130,000 COMBINED SETTLEMENT
Car accident where the driver of a furniture truck parked on a corner waved another driver out from a side street into the path of Hill Boren client. Client, in her 30's, suffered a back injury and had to have surgery. Settlements were reached separately with the driver who pulled out ($50,000) and with the furniture company ($80,000).
NEGLIGENT HIGHWAY PAVING
BRAIN INJURY/ COMA
PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT $2.27 MILLION
A nineteen year old student lost control of vehicle during a rain storm, colliding with another vehicle in the on-coming lane. Lawsuit against a paving company and the State of Tennessee for negligent paving of highway which resulted in "pooling" of water on highway which caused client's loss of control. Client suffered severe brain injury and coma. Settled for $2,270,000.00 lump sum payment before beginning of trial. Two million dollars paid by paving company. $270,000.00 paid by State of Tennessee. Mr. Hill and Mr. Wells of Hill Boren represented the plaintiff.
BRAIN INJURY
$950,000 SETTLEMENT
MADISON COUNTY
Fifty year old woman suffered severe brain trauma when low-boy truck and trailer pulled in front of her vehicle. Plaintiff vehicle went under low trailer shearing top off and inflicting severe head injury and coma. Lengthy hospitalization and rehabilitation. Pre-trial settlement with insurance carrier for trucking firm for $950,000.00 lump sum payment. Mr. Hill of Hill Boren represented plaintiff.
FATALITY
$130,000 JUDGEMENT
Forty year old female dies when car slides off road from ice which formed when a fire truck lost water at a time when the temperature was sub-freezing. Maximum $130,000.00 recovery under the Governmental Tort Liability Act.
CHURCH BUS STRUCK BY GRAVEL TRUCK
SIX TEENAGE DEATHS
$1.6 MILLION SETTLEMENT
A church bus from Texas was returning from church camp when it was struck head-on by a gravel truck on the wrong side of the road in Benton County, Tennessee. Suit against the gravel company and the contractor to whom he was delivering gravel. Settlement was reached after unsuccessful appeal to the court of appeals in the amount of $1,600,000.00 (1.6 million). Mr. Boren of Hill Boren was lead counsel in Tennessee for the families of the six deceased teenagers.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT- REAR-END
HUSBAND AND WIFE BROKEN HAND / BACK INJURY
COMBINED SETTLEMENT $125,000
DYER COUNTY
Eighty-four year old man and seventy-nine year old woman were rear-ended in Dyer County. He suffered a fractured hand and had $2,400.00 in medical bills. She suffered a fractured back, spent eight days in hospital and had $21,400.00 in medical bills. Pre-trial settlement for husband $25,000.00 and for wife $100,000.00.
NECK INJURY
$85,000 SETTLEMENT
Hill Boren client, a forty-one year old housewife, was rear- ended by the defendant. Surgery was performed to fuse two of the client's cervical discs. The treating physician indicated that the surgery was required to correct a congenital (birth) defect. The client had $28,000.00 in medical bills. A settlement of $85,000.00 was obtained for her by Hill Boren.
HEAD ON COLLISION WITH TRACTOR TRAILER
$750,000 SETTLEMENT
A tractor trailer topped a hill and discovered that a car was stopped to make a left-hand turn. The truck driver could not stop, lost control of the tractor trailer and collided with our client's vehicle head on. Hill Boren's client sustained severe orthopedic injuries to both of her legs and her passenger was killed. The client had $36,000.00 in medical bills at the time of settlement and was still under treatment by her physician. The claim was settled for $750,000.00.