Commercial Trucker Pays $315,000 For Rear-Ender
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, rear-end collisions account for approximately 29% of all motor vehicle crashes nationwide, making them the most frequent type of automobile accident. These crashes result in over 950,000 injuries annually, with over 99% of the 419,400 people involved in rear-end crashes being injured rather than killed. Richard L. […]
Verict Deep Dive: $1.9 Million for Massachusetts Officer Injured Arresting Drunk Driver
What happens when a 20 year old gets drunk, crashes into a house at 3 o’clock in the morning, attempts to flee, refuses the lawful orders of the police, and causes severe injury to the Massachusetts Police Officer on the scene by resisting his arrest? Does that man, his insurance company, and their lawyers take […]
$92,000 For 91-Year-Old Run Down By Electric Scooter Inside Retirement Home
Just before Covid reared its ugly head, an attorney friend of mine referred a case to me with a very unusual set of facts. An elderly man named Gerry Colette was operating his motorized scooter down an interior hallway at the Clearview Senior Living Community when he struck from behind 91-year-old Julie Venit. Ms. Venit […]