Lumbar Spine

The Plaintiff, Keller, sued the defendant, DeLong. DeLong was driving Kellers car at Tyngsboro, Massachusetts at approximately 11:40p.m. on April 14, 1963, DeLong collided with a utility pole at the side of the highway. The Trial Court ruled that the sole cause of the accident was the fact that the defendant dozed off to sleep and did not awaken in time to avoid collision with the pole. The driver showed no sign he was going to fall asleep. Defendant, Carl DeLong, suddenly and unexpectedly dozed at the time of the occurrence of the accident. Defendant, DeLong, was not found negligent. Vacated; reversed, affirming trial court’s judgment.

2. Even though the judgment required M to pay W $18.5 million on September 24, 2009, M filed a Notice of Appeal with the Court of Appeals in November 2009. Thus, the $18.5 million is not the fixed amount of loss to record yet.

The defendant, Kingston High School, is negligent under the Ontario Occupants Liability Act against the plaintiff, Mary. The defendant failed to uphold a duty of care against the plaintiff, which resulted in general and special damages. The plaintiff is owed compensation for medical care and treatment expenses, the economic loss from failing to attend the remainder of the semester of business school, and a loss in prospective wages from future employment.

On 03/07/16 we received a broker invoice advising of an incurred increase in the amount of $1,180,064 (1,137,500 Loss & 42,564.14) along with a billing request for $1,269,607 (1,225,000 Loss & 44,606.94 in Lae). The only other information provided was Harco’s 03/03/16 loss report stating; no meritorious appellate issues, therefore the loss was settled for $5,000,000 with a supplemental payment of $112,000 for plaintiff’s taxable cost. Based on the limited information provided, an internet search was conducted finding that the case was tried with the plaintiff receiving a $6M verdict against the insured on 12/18/15. Based on the above, an inquiry was issued to Harco requesting details regarding their strategy to litigate this loss to a verdict with an explanation as to why the taxable cost of $112,000 was being ceded to reinsurers as an expense.

During the time of the claimant met with Jessica McClellan and Supervisor Jovany Villanueva, he alleged that the claimant never reported or complained about her alleged injuries that she had in her claim. He states prior to the claimant being called into the office on 2-21-15, he had not seen or heard the claimant complain of being injured at work prior to when being called into the office. The claimant did not attempt to either contact him or anyone else he is aware of that knew of the claimants injuries.

The workers’ compensation claim detailed the circumstances surrounding an injury that he suffered while at work. He confessed that while working on the job site he sustained severe burns to his lower body. His duties on this day included that he make some repairs to a leaky fuel line. During this process fuel spilled onto his pants. Additionally while making repairs pieces of steel become caught on his pants. Lastly as Mr. Martinez attempted to use a torch to cut free pipe a spark ignited the fuel on his pants. This resulted in burns to his lower body. This injury resulted in him to miss having to miss a considerable amount time from work. He filed a workers compensation to replace part of his lost wages. The suit accused the defendants of failing to maintain a safe work site for its subcontractors and in failing to provide personal protective clothing, personal protective equipment, and firefighting equipment.

Prior to the accident, Plaintiff purchased a disability insurance policy (the “Policy”) from Defendant Common Insurance Company in New Amsterdam which provided issued insurance policy to Plaintiff.

On August 6th, 2014, Eleanor Mingle, the mother of EE’s client, Hummel, died in an accident when one of the elevators EE had a maintenance contract on malfunctioned. Hummel saw Mingle get into the elevator, saw the elevator stop at the 9th floor, heard the elevator falling and somebody screaming, felt the building shake, and smelled oil burning. She did not know if Mingle was in the elevator at the time nor did she directly witness the injury occurring. Hummel sued our client in a cause of action for the Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, or NIED. This memorandum addresses whether Hummel can meet two of the elements of NIED. Hummel will likely be able to establish that she was closely related to Mingle and she was

This case involves a single motor vehicle accident that occurred on rural property located near Floresville, Texas. The accident occurred when the Co-Defendant, Lee Ricks, IV, drove his jeep off a ledge near the bank of the San Antonio River. The accident occurred at night and on property owned by Riverbend Development, LLC. At the time of the accident, the vehicle was occupied by Brittany Baltzell and the two Plaintiffs, Ashley Simmons and Austin Wright. Ms. Baltzelll was Mr. Ricks girlfriend at the time and she and Mr. Ricks were not seriously injured as a result of the accident. Both the Plaintiffs claim serious physical injuries and have sued Mr. Ricks for negligent driving. They have also sued the insureds, Riverbend Development, LLC

On July 5, 2005, Dr. Smiriti Nalwa took her two children to Great America amusement park. The plaintiff and her two children went on the park’s “Rue le Dodge” bumper car ride. The plaintiff and her son drove in a bumper car together. After hitting several other cars, their car was bumped from the front and then from the back. The plaintiff felt as if she needed to brace herself and placed her hand on the car’s “dashboard”

Plaintiff further asserts that the Defendant breached its duty of care to her by: (1) “failing to fix a hazardous condition within a reasonable time;” (2) “failing to adequately warn plaintiff of a hazardous condition;” and (3) “otherwise failing to exercise reasonable and due care under the circumstances.” The Plaintiff is seeking compensatory damages in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, plus interest and costs.

Statement of Facts: James River Insurance Company issued two insurance policies to Scarsella Brothers Incorporated that provided coverage for liability related to Scarsella’s work on a WSDOT highway project. The claims against WSDOT came from a traffic accident in 2009 that occurred near Scarsella’s highway project. A suit was filed in King County Superior Court, and Scarsella was included as a defendant, WSDOT sent a letter to Scarsella with a request for defense to the suit under the insurance policies. James River attempted to initiate arbitration to the binding arbitration provisions, WSDOT objected and filed a “declaratory judgment action against

This claim involves a pedestrian accident in New York City during a rain storm. The insured’s bus was making a left turn with the green light in it’s favor and was 75% through the intersection when impact occurred with the pedestrian on the passenger side of the bus. Harco has secured a video of the accident, however, defense counsel notes it is of poor quality of the points of impact between the bus and the pedestrian. Of concern, the video does show the insured operator dropping his head to look down at his lap just seconds prior to the impact. Defense

12. The Defendants’ showed bad faith, breaking the said agreement and wanting the Plaintiff to lift heavy Household items with unreasonable safety conditions, unsafe environment, and gross negligence and not providing reasonable and adequate equipment and people for the said move. Especially for someone that is already disabled under federal and state laws, grossly injuring, exploiting and tricking the already Disabled Plaintiff and knowingly disregarding all reasonable safety practices

As requested, I have reviewed the facts of the above-captioned file, along with the applicable law and summarized same in this memorandum. Mrs. Mary Smith suffered an injury to her right ankle in an automobile accident on 10/3/95. After surgery and months of rehabilitation, Mrs. Smith still suffers daily. I have researched the facts regarding a personal injury action against Paul Joseph, as well as a medical malpractice action against the medical providers.