While walking in a crosswalk, an SUV crashed into our client, sending her body sprawling across the pavement. She was airlifted to an appropriate trauma center where multiple breaks were found in her pelvis and a fracture was found in her shoulder. Surgical hardware was installed in her pelvis. She was hospitalized for weeks and spent several more weeks in a rehabilitation facility before being able to return home. She received additional conservative treatment for about a year.
The client retained one of our lawyers, who immediately worked to obtain no fault medical benefits from her insurance and the driver’s to pay for her medical expenses. After further establishing her case and getting statements from her surgeon, friends, and family, the case was presented to the driver’s insurance company and our client’s own insurance company. The insurance companies pushed back for months. We pushed harder. They suggested that we mediate to reach a compromise. We told them we had no intention of compromising. The insurers relented and paid out every penny of available benefits: $1.25 million from the driver’s insurance and another $100,000 from our client’s insurer, all in addition to a combined $70,000 previously paid by those insurers for prior medical expenses.