Michigan Personal Injury Lawyer Verdicts and Settlements
Andriacchi Law’s Michigan personal injury lawyers have won many cases over the years. Some cases have been covered in the local news, such as The Mining Journal and WLUC TV6 Upper Michigan Source. Some have been covered nationally, in Michigan, or online. This page summarizes just some of the results our law firm has had.
We have helped these clients in many courts, including the Michigan Supreme Court.
Because we only help people who have been seriously injured, you will see some big numbers on this page. These examples are not here to “estimate how much your injury is worth,” do not mean you will have the same outcome and are not a guarantee of any result.
Citizens, such as jurors, should definitely not read this for help deciding what a reasonable verdict should be. There are way too many differences between each case to compare one result to another.
For example: were there MRIs in one case and not another? What did the MRIs show? How old is the plaintiff? Will the injuries last the rest of the plaintiff’s life? What other severe injury did the plaintiff sustain, if any? Is that personal injury also documented in the medical records? There are simply way too many facts that simply can’t be included in a three-sentence summary on a website.
Also, remember that the reason a case is going to trial, to begin with, is that the defendant’s insurance company thinks the plaintiff’s injuries are worth less or otherwise and thinks they have a chance to not have to pay anything. They think they can convince the jury to give them an out. Otherwise, the case would have been settled, and a jury trial wouldn’t be needed. Maybe it’s a sympathetic or well-known defendant, and the insurance company thinks the jury will give them a free pass.
Next, these are not listed to brag. Frankly, I find it offensive when lawyers talk about how much money “they’ve collected” and then parade dollar amounts on their website or in commercials. They forget (or don’t care) that there was a human being involved, and those numbers represent someone’s severe injury or wrongful death. That’s not something to brag about.
On the other hand, we also understand that people want to know if we’re able to help them. They want to know if we have helped people with traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injuries, orthopedic injuries, etc. previously. They want to compare injuries and see if it’s the kind of personal injury cases we take.
Basically, they don’t want to make a mistake in one of the biggest decisions of their life. They want to hire personal injury lawyers who have taken serious personal injury cases before.
For that reason, we list our personal injury results.
So: these examples are to show only: (1) we help people who are seriously injured with all sorts of life-changing injuries; and (2) we have the knowledge, skills, and experience to help you.
Again, please remember that every one of these people had their life turned upside down and went through pain and misery. Some will suffer for the rest of their lives.
Traumatic Brain Injury Verdicts and/or Settlements:
$1,200,000.00 Jury Verdict – Traumatic Brain Injury in Trucking Accident:
A semi-truck driver was talking on the phone, not paying attention, and side-swiped our client who was in an SUV, causing a truck accident. The client suffered numerous neck injuries and a traumatic brain injury. Both the neck injuries and traumatic brain injury cannot be repaired and will last the rest of the client’s life (approximately 20+ years).
At trial in a Michigan court, the jury heard from the client’s doctors, friends, family, and co-workers about how the injury changed her life. These were permanent injuries.
The defense argued that the client was lying. The defense lawyer said it was a “sore neck” case and the plaintiff’s suffering, misery, and pain was worth, at most, $10,000.
After a five-day jury trial, the jury concluded that the defendant had taken a chunk of the client’s life and health from her. That chunk of health and life was worth $1,200,000.00.
Michigan Personal Injury Verdicts and/or Settlements:
$200,000 Uninsured Motorist Policy Limits Settlement – Multiple Personal Injury Including Severe Injuries & Traumatic Brain Injury
The at-fault driver gave a ride to our two clients. While driving, the at-fault driver decided to gun the car. The at-fault driver lost control of the motor vehicle around a corner, causing a motor vehicle accident.
Our clients’ injuries sustained in the car crash included: orthopedic injuries, brain injury, neck pain, scarring, and surgery, among other personal injury. Plastic surgery was needed to repair some of the damage for one client. The other client underwent multiple surgeries.
After informing the defendant’s insurance company of the crash and their extent, the insurance company denied coverage, which made the defendant an uninsured motorist.
$150,000 Personal Injury Settlement – Orthopedic Injuries Including Shoulder Surgery in a Car Accident
The defendant driver had used illegal drugs shortly before offering the client a car ride. The client didn’t know about the defendant driver’s drug use and got in the motor vehicle.
Shortly after getting in the motor vehicle, the defendant driver gunned the motor vehicle and lost control around a corner, causing a car accident. Our client sustained multiple personal injury in the motor vehicle accident including orthopedic injuries to the cervical spine. Our client eventually needed two surgeries to repair a shoulder.
$125,000 – Underinsured Motorist Policy Limits Settlement – Multiple Personal Injury in a Car Accident
The defendant driver, while on drugs, crossed multiple lanes of traffic and smashed into our client in a head-on collision. The defendant driver had minimal insurance coverage and had no personal assets.
Our client suffered permanent disability and required multiple surgeries from the auto accident. One of the surgeries resulted in a severe infection. Thankfully, our client had uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.
Based on our client’s serious and permanent personal injury suffered in the motor vehicle collision, including brain damage, we had to collect from our client’s underinsured motorist coverage. The UIM carrier paid in full.
$125,000 Personal Injury Settlement – Multiple Orthopedic Injuries Including a Herniated Cervical Disc in a Car Accident
Defendant driver disregarded multiple signs prohibiting the driver from crossing multiple lanes of traffic. The defendant driver then caused a motor vehicle collision with our client.
Our client sustained multiple orthopedic injuries and a traumatic brain injury in the car accident. The orthopedic injuries were to the cervical spine, thoracic spine, and lumbar spine.
$100,000 Policy Limits Settlement – Multiple Fractures and Closed Head Injury in a Car Accident
Late at night, the defendant driver was on his way home. Our client was a passenger in the car. The defendant driver decided to race around backroads in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while drunk and high. The defendant driver lost control of the car and caused an auto accident.
The injuries sustained by our client in the motor vehicle accident included: multiple orthopedic injuries, cervical spine injuries, and a traumatic brain injury.
$100,000 Policy Limits Settlement – Broken Sternum in a Car Accident:
The defendant driver was stopped at a stop sign. Without looking, the driver pulled out into oncoming traffic causing a motor vehicle collision. Oncoming traffic hit the driver head-on. Our client was a passenger in the driver’s car.
After multiple trips to the ER for chest pain resulting from the car accident, the ER finally X-rays the client’s chest and finds a broken sternum. By that point, part of the client’s lung had collapsed. The client was in excruciating pain, missed work, and had difficulty breathing.
Confidential Policy Limits Settlement – Torn Shoulder Ligament in a Car Accident:
Defendant driver pulled out of a parking lot into oncoming traffic without looking. Defendant driver crashed into passenger side of a car. Our client was in the car. The plaintiff suffered a torn shoulder ligament in the car accident. Physical therapy is not successful. The client eventually needed a surgical procedure to repair the torn ligament.
Confidential Personal Injury Settlement – Broken Ribs When Run Over in a Car Accident:
Defendant driver was backing out of a parking space. The defendant driver could not see due to the sun. The driver backed into our client. The client was knocked down and suffered broken ribs in the car accident.
Michigan No-Fault Benefits Settlements:
$65,000 – Insurance Company Failed to Pay Michigan No-Fault Benefits Resulting from a Car Accident – Traumatic Brain Injury.
The client suffered multiple orthopedic injuries and a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. The insurance company paid for some of the medical bills and attendant care, but left a large portion of it unpaid. The medical providers and our client requested the insurance company pay for the medical bills multiple times.
After filing suit, the insurance company finally pays some, but not all, of the contested medical bills without telling us. Eventually, they acknowledge the client sustained a traumatic brain injury in the car accident and paid for its related medical care.
$45,000 – Insurance Company Failed to Pay Michigan No-Fault Benefits Resulting from a Car Accident and Severe Brain Injury:
The client had suffered severe injuries as a result of a decades-old car accident, one of which was a traumatic brain injury requiring constant 24/7 care. The client had permanent neurological damage in the auto accident.
The insurance company failed to cover some medical expenses that the injured client’s family paid out-of-pocket. The insurance company also never raised the attendant-care rate (amount paid for in-home medical services) in over 10 years.
After hiring us and without filing a lawsuit, the insurance company agreed to pay for the past medical expenses and raise the attendant-care rate an additional $4.50. In total, the client received approximately $45,000 in additional No-Fault benefits for the car accident.
Confidential Settlement – Insurance Company Failed to Pay No-Fault Benefits Resulting from a Car Crash:
The insurance company failed to pay for the client’s medical expenses related to a contested traumatic brain injury resulting from a car accident. After filing suit and before trial, we reached a confidential settlement.
Michigan Insurance Agent Errors & Omissions Settlements:
$127,500 Settlement – Insurance Agent Errors & Omissions:
The insurance agent selected an insurance policy that didn’t provide our client with the full coverage that our client asked for. After our client had a loss, the insurance company denied the client’s claim based on a lack of coverage.
After suing the insurance agent for their malpractice, we reached a full settlement.
Michigan Miscellaneous Settlements:
Confidential Settlement – Civil Rights Violation
A public entity withheld benefits our clients were entitled to. After filing suit, we reached a confidential settlement.
Confidential Settlement – Negligent Building of Home:
The builder builds a home for our clients. The home has many problems. The builder claimed they were licensed in Michigan; but the license had expired before the contract was signed. The builder sued our client for $80,000, and we counter-sued for the bad workmanship.
The builder’s entire $80,000 claim was dismissed. They also had to pay our client a confidential settlement to fix the bad workmanship.
Call a Michigan personal injury attorney today for a free consultation on your case.
As you can see, Andriacchi Law’s Michigan personal injury lawyers have the knowledge, skills, and experience to handle a wide variety of personal injury cases including in the areas of auto accident, car accident, truck accident, and wrongful death cases. Many of these cases have resulted in favorable personal injury settlement.
These abilities directly translate into other cases, such as no-fault benefits cases; insurance agent errors and omissions cases; or contractor negligence cases.
Call Andriacchi Law’s personal injury lawyers today to get a free initial consultation on your case.