Spinal Cord Injury Cases

Spinal Injury, Nevada
Confidential settlement on behalf of a 33 year old male in Nevada who fractured his spine at C-6, becoming an incomplete quadriplegic, in a single vehicle rollover accident. The man, who had recently been laid off from his job as a sheet metal worker, was driving on Southbound US6 39 miles north of Tonopah, Nevada in order to apply for a new job when his 2003 Mitsubishi Galant was forced off the road by a tractor-trailer and rolled over. As a result, the driver's seat collapsed inward and down, crushing his spine and causing his quadriplegia. The other passengers in the car were uninjured. We were able to establish that the car was not crashworthy and that its defective design caused this man's injuries.

SUV Roll Over, Brain Injury
Confidential settlement on behalf of an 18 year old mother of one who received serious injuries in a single car rollover accident. The young woman was driving her 1999 Chevrolet Blazer, 4 x4 northbound on Highway 5 just south of the Oregon border on her way to visit her mother. For an unknown reason, her car drifted toward the paved shoulder and when she attempted to re-enter the traveled portion of the roadway, the Blazer rolled 4-5 times before coming to rest. She sustained a fracture of C3 and C4 which required surgery and resulted in spastic left hemiparesis, as well as fractures of her femur, humerus, and heel. She also had significant brain swelling and a traumatic brain injury (TBI) which have left her with permanent cognitive deficits and an inability to fully care for herself and her child or maintain employment. We established that the Blazer, which has one of the lowest possible ratings in terms of stability and rollover resistance, would not have gone out of control except for its known handling and stability problems.

Auto Defect, California $5,000,000 Settlement
Our California car defect lawyers mediated a $5,000,000 for a 35 year old musician against a rental company after the 15 passenger van in which he was a passenger careened off the highway, spun, and rolled over during a snowstorm in Iowa. The bench seat of the van separated from the floor, crushing the plaintiff's head into the roof resulting in a C5 burst fracture, spinal surgery, and rendering him a quadriplegic. We were able to demonstrate that the rental company failed to confirm that the bench seat was bolted to the floor prior to renting the van and failed to provide safety information and safe handling instructions to renters.