Case Results

Dwyer Williams Potter Attorneys, LLP

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We are often asked, “What can Dwyer Williams Potter do for me?” While this is a difficult question to answer, as the value of each case depends on numerous variables within that case, what we can say is that we are quite successful in those cases we handle. What follows is just a sample of some of our recent case results. Please note that only the clients’ initials are used so as to protect their identity.

S. P.: Client and his son stopped on Highway 97, waiting to turn left. Commercial tanker hits them from the rear, shooting them into an oncoming truck. Client sustained massive injuries, including fractures of the skull, neck, arms, hand, legs, and ankle, requiring multiple surgeries. Client also blind in one eye and sustained a brain injury. Client’s son also sustained extensive injuries. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $2,000,000 at mediation.

E. H.: Semi truck driver was speeding and lost control around a corner, hitting client head-on and killing her.  Settled for statutory wrongful death maximum of $500,000.

R. S.: Client riding his bicycle when an uninsured driver runs him down from behind at highway speed. Massive injuries, including a back fracture, pelvic fractures, knee injuries and a shoulder injury, requiring multiple knee surgeries and a shoulder surgery. Liability denied, but offered $130,000. Arbitrator awarded $464,000.

M. M.: Client using a piece of equipment at a gym. The gym had removed a safety bar, and client fell off of the machine as a result. Client sustained a severe head injury, including memory difficulties, loss of taste, loss of smell, and loss of hearing in an ear. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $400,000 shortly before trial.

R. P.: Client’s vehicle hit head on by uninsured motorist. The client suffered herniated discs in his lumbar spine requiring multiple surgeries. The client’s injuries left him permanently disabled. No settlement offers were made by insurance company despite numerous promises. We arbitrated the case and were awarded over $400,000.

R. N.: Client was a passenger in a single vehicle rollover accident. Multiple pelvis fractures. No prior offer. $345,000 settlement.

S. M.: Client unloading a large beam when homeowner suddenly grabs one end, slides it off the truck, and lets it drop to the ground. Client sustained injuries to his wrist and shoulder, requiring surgeries on each. Liability denied – no offer. Jury awarded $314,000 at trial.

J. M.: Client riding his bicycle to work just before dawn. An uninsured driver approached from behind, running him down. Client sustained massive orthopedic injuries, including several fractures of the spine and pelvis, requiring surgery. Liability denied – no offer. Arbitrator awarded $238,000.

D. M.: Client, a young child, was negligently shot in the eye with a paintball gun, requiring multiple surgeries.  Case settled for $235,000.

R. M.: Client was wheelchair bound and when exiting a handicap van at the direction of the driver, her wheelchair flipped forward throwing her to the ground because the ramp was not level with the van. Fracture of the leg and shoulder. Liability denied – no offer. $230,000 settlement.

G. N.: Client using a port-o-potty on the job when another subcontractor ran into it, knocking it over. Among the client’s injuries were a C4-C5 and C5-C6 disk protrusions, requiring a fusion. Settled for $195,000.

J. J.: Client a passenger on an airliner when a bag fell from an overhead bin on takeoff, hitting him on the head. Client suffered neck and shoulder injuries, requiring multiple surgeries. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $165,100 at mediation.

D. S.: Client operating a forklift loading the back end of a semi when the truck pulled forward, causing him to fall to the ground. Client suffered neck injuries, requiring a cervical fusion. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $150,000 at mediation.

T. R.: Client riding his motorcycle when he was cut off by a car. Client slid under the car and ran over. The client’s injuries included lacerated liver, multiple broken ribs, punctured right lung, multiple breaks of pelvis, bruises, road rash, laceration over left eyebrow. Settled for $150,000 policy limits.

M. C.: A large object fell from a store shelf, striking client on the head.  The object was lacking sufficient support on the shelf.  Client required neck surgery.  Case settled at mediation for $147,500.

M. J.: Client was a passenger in a single vehicle rollover accident. Compression fractures at T12 and L3. No prior offer. $145,000 settlement.

P. N.: Client was a driver of an empty log truck that was involved in a head-on collision when a pick-up crossed the centerline on a curve. Client suffered a knee injury requiring surgery. Liability denied – no offer. $140,000 settlement at mediation.

E. F.: Client rear-ended by a semi truck in a construction zone on the highway.  Injured head and back, among other areas.  Settled at mediation for $140,000.

R. R.: Client was rear-ended by city bus, causing a neck and shoulder injury, and requiring shoulder surgery.  Settled at mediation for $132,500.

L. T.: Client in shopping in a store when an improperly secured decoration fell from the ceiling, striking client on the head and knocking her out. Client’s injuries required a neck surgery. Settled for $125,000.

V. B.: Client a passenger on a motorcycle who was thrown off due to the negligence of another motorist. Her injuries included multiple broken bones. The case settled for $125,000.

E. E.: Client fell because of a defect in a parking lot fracturing her elbow, and requiring elbow replacement surgery. Liability denied – no offer. $115,000 settlement at mediation.

T. B.: Client was a semi-truck driver who was run off the road by another vehicle, which caused his truck to roll. Partial rotator cuff tear and closed head injury. Liability denied – no offer. $112,500 settlement.

M. H.: While cutting tree limbs, client was jerked out of tree, rupturing his spleen. After hiring us, policy limits of $101,000 quickly obtained.

D. G.: 16 year old client was target shooting in friend’s back yard. Friend accidently shot client in shoulder, requiring surgery. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $100,000 policy limit.

J. H.: Client was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver crossed the centerline causing a head-on collision. Client had a fractured wrist requiring several surgeries. No prior offer. Settled for $100,000 policy limit.

B. N.: Client walked past a pickup when a large dog lunged at her causing her to fall. Sustained a fractured right elbow and L2 compression fracture. Liability denied – no offer. Settled for $100,000 policy limit.

C. H.: Client involved in a car accident, causing a deep avulsion injury to left arm, and resulting in permanent scarring and muscle/nerve damage. No prior offer. $100,000 total settlement ($25,000 adverse policy limit and $75,000 UIM policy limit).

D. M.: Client was rear ended by another vehicle. Disk herniation at L2/3 requiring surgery. No prior offer. Settled for $100,000 policy limit.

C. A.: Client a passenger in a car when a truck pulls out directly in front of them, causing a wreck. Client suffered a severe exacerbation of underlying low back condition and low back nerve injury, requiring a low back fusion. Liability accepted, but refused to make an offer prior to retaining our firm. Settled for $100,000 policy limits.

*The results above are specific to each case, as no two cases are exactly alike. We do not guarantee that you will obtain the same result for similar injuries, as your case value depends on multiple variables within your particular case.