Case Results

Husband-and-wife returning from Los Angeles to their home in Yuma, Arizona. The husband was driving their vehicle and stopped at a red light along with other vehicles. Without warning an 18 wheel tractor-trailer failed to stop, did not break and ran over the vehicle killing the driver and seriously injuring the passenger. All of the claim settled for $8 million.

12 people were injured when a 15 passenger Ford van that was used as a shuttle vehicle between Yuma, Arizona and Phoenix Arizona crashed as a result of a front tire blowout and the improper loading of the passenger’s luggage created a rollover. Claims were brought against the shuttle company, Michelin tire company and Ford Motor Company. The claim settled for a total of $3.6 million.

A husband, wife, and two children were driving on a roadway in California. A tractor- trailer coming in the opposite direction cross over the centerline and caused a head-on collision. Essentially the tractor-trailer drove over there vehicle crushing it. The father and one daughter died while the mother sustained serious injuries. The case settled for $1,750,000.

A diesel mechanic was driving his car towards his worksite. A car driven on a perpendicular Street, failed to stop for stop sign and T-boned our client’s vehicle. He sustained substantial damage to his left hip requiring surgery and a probable hip replacement surgery in the future. Case settled for $1,150,000.

A retired university professor was traveling westbound on a street that had an intersection controlled by stoplights. He had a green light and proceeded into the intersection when he was T- boned from the left side by a car driven through the red light signal. The crash resulted in his death. Wrongful death case settled for $1 million.

A mother of six adult children was driving her vehicle home. At an intersection with a private driveway, another driver tried to cross in front of her but caused a T-boned accident which resulted in fatal injuries. The case settled for $1 million.

Man and his girlfriend were driving on a country roadway in the vicinity of Yuma. It was dark and they did not know that a tractor-trailer making a U-turn in front of them had gotten stuck on the shoulder of the road leaving the flatbed trailer with no lights on blocking the roadway. They crashed into the unlit trailer at approximately 65 mph and were killed. Settlement was for $750,000.

A drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle with a driver and passenger. The passenger was pregnant and the impact caused her extensive injuries which required surgery. The unborn baby died. The father who was driving the car sustained a hip fracture that required surgery. The drunk driver was sentenced to nine years in prison. A claim was brought against a bar for negligently serving alcohol to the drunk driver. Case settled for $750,000.

Man was riding his mother motorcycle home after work. As he was traveling down a street roadway a driver in the opposing lane suddenly and without warning failed to yield the right-of- way and turned left in front of him causing the crash. The motorcycle driver sustained fatal injuries. The car driver who caused the accident at only $25,000 worth of insurance demand was made for the $25,000 which the insurance company refused to pay. Bad faith claim was brought against the insurance company. The total settlement was $735,000.

Pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk. The car driver had a minimal policy but the pedestrian had two substantial underinsured coverages. The insurance company for one of the underinsured coverages refused to pay the claim and an action for insurance bad faith was brought. The total settlement was $690,000

Woman was driving into an intersection where the perpendicular Street was controlled by a stop sign. As she drove into the intersection the defendant moved into the intersection from the stop sign, failing to yield the right-of-way and causing a serious crash. The injured driver sustained a seriously fractured foot which required surgery. The case settled for $562,748.68.

Plaintiff was driving her vehicle on a rural road. Coming from the opposite direction, a tractor with a large plow behind it crossed the center lane and caused an enormous impact. It was dark at the time and there were no lights on the tractor or the plow. She sustained a left knee fracture and a fractured left hip both requiring surgery. Case settled for $550,000

The plaintiff was driving a pickup truck on his way home. He saw tractor-trailer in front of him that was moving very slowly and then pulled to the right shoulder of the road. He made sure that there was no oncoming traffic and he began to pass the truck. When he was almost past the truck that driver turned left into the passenger’s rear corner of the pickup. He was traveling 55 miles an hour at the time and the crash caused his pickup to go off the road, down an embankment and into soft stand. His pickup rolled several times. With our investigation we found that the turn signals, brake lights and brakes were not working on the truck in violation of the federal motor carrier safety regulations and Arizona safety regulations. The truck driver failed to do a pre-trip check of the truck so he did not read that the truck driver the day before had noted all these problems. The equipment failures on the truck were out of service violations. The case settled for $450,000.