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Motor Vehicle Accident |
Plaintiffs vs. Coastal Beverage Company Edgecombe County 03 CVS 223 Beer truck crossed center line and hit plaintiff head-on, causing serious injuries to hand, elbow and leg as well as internal injuries. $2.25 million total settlement. April 2005 |
Floyd v. Harris Vance County 01 CVS 1136 Rear-end collision resulting in compression fracture of cervical and thoracic disks. $5 million verdict by the court (recovery was reduced due to available insurance.) June 2005 |
Monroe vs. Estate of Barbara Hussey Bladen County Auto accident resulting in plaintiff suffering right leg compound fracture and lower back pain as well as internal injuries $492,500 total settlement. December 2002 |
Brown vs. Kilpatrick Trucking Edgecombe County 03 CVS 302 Accident between two commercial trucking vehicles. Twenty percent permanent partial loss of use of the hand. $300,000 verdict May 2005 |
Harris vs. Bass Farms, Inc. Nash County 03 CVS 968 Broken arm and shoulder injury in single car accident. $300,000 settlement. March 2005 |
Williams vs. Whidbee Hertford County 03 CVS 365 Cervical neck and back injury. Rear-ended by logging truck. $275,000 settlement. December 2005 |
Pridgen vs. Children’s Home Nash County 03 CVS 910 Forklift operator pinned him against delivery truck. Broken leg with rod placement. $200,000 settlement. May 2005 |
Smith vs. FedEx and the City of Farmville Pitt County 01 CVS 581 Multiple bruises and concussion. FedEx truck ran stop sign. City failed to properly maintain trees in right of way which covered stop sign. $165,000 settlement. October 2004 |
Unnamed Wife vs. Unnamed Husband Halifax County Simple automobile negligence. Broken ankle. $150,0000 settlement |
Heath vs. Wallace Edgecombe County 01 CVS 607 Shoulder injury. Best offer before trial $5,000; $23 in property damage to plaintiff’s vehicle. $100,0000 jury verdict. August 2003 |
Unnamed Plaintiff vs. Unnamed Defendant Nash County Rear end collision. Neck and shoulder injury. Best offer before trial $5,0000. $80,0000 Verdict. |
Lloyd v. Daughtridge Edgecombe Co. 04 CVS 865 Rear-end collision with chiropractic treatment and 5 percent permanency rating. $50,0000 Verdict. October 2005 |
Slip and Fall |
Stokely vs. Oil Company, Inc. Halifax County 00 CVS 506 Slipped and fell in convenience store. $720,000 recovery including $120,0000 consortium recovery. April 2001 |
Premises Liability |
Brady vs. K-Mart Edgecombe County 00 CVS 477 Improperly stored objects fell from overhead, causing ruptured cervical disk. Best offer before trial $70,000. $215,000 verdict. February 2005 |
Social Security Disability |
Joyner vs. Barnhart, No. 2:03-CV-24-BO(1) (2004) Mr. Joyner became disabled on May 29, 2001. He applied for Social Security Disability benefits and was denied. Our firm appealed the denial through to the United States District Court for Eastern District of North Carolina. The Court found that Mr. Joyner’s treating physician’s opinion regarding disability should have been given controlling weight. The Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for a Judgment on the Pleadings and awarded benefits to Mr. Joyner. |
Workers’ Compensation |
Childers vs. Industrial Automation Solutions Halifax County Ruptured Disc and Thoracic spine Injury. $275,000 June 1998 |
Salesman vs. Office Machine Services and Sales Edgecombe County Neck and Shoulder Injury. $180,000 2004 |
Darrell Morris v. Barnes Transportation Bertie County Neck surgery and fusion C3-C4. $155,000 October 2005 |
Moore vs. Moore Paint & Wallpaper Edgecombe County IC file # 059376 Ruptured disc. $150,000 April 2002 |
Traveling Employee vs. Inco Construction Edgecombe County Closed head injury, herniated disc C6-C7 suffered in a car accident on the way home from work. Travel was part of his employment. $150,000 October 23, 2003 |
Salesperson vs. Avon Products, Inc. Nash County Thirty percent permanent partial disability to the back from lifting boxes for work. $150,000 October 13, 1998 |
Braddy vs. Mayo Knitting Mill Edgecombe County Lumbar spine injuries causing cauda equina syndrome from fall at work. $150,0000 December 11, 1998 |
Hedgepeth vs. Mayo Knitting Mill Edgecombe County L5-S1 disc injury. $142,500 November 19, 1998 |
Wiggins vs. Fulflex, Inc. Halifax County Lumbar spine injury. $140,903 December 22, 1997 |
Futrell vs. K-Mart Corporation Halifax County Disc Injury to L4-L5 and L5-L1 when shelves fell on employee at work. $140,000 February 26, 2002 |
Murphy vs. Raleigh Lion’s Clinic for the Blind Wake County Lumbar and thoracic spine injury in forklift accident at work. $140,000 March 22, 1999 |
McGary vs. AAA Heating & Air Conditioning Edgecombe County Lumbar spine injury. $125,000 April 27, 1998 |
Wynne v. Bank of America Beaufort County Neck surgery – Defendant only accepted compensability of the injury after multiple pre-hearing depositions. $125,000 August 2005 |
Stokely vs. First Carolina Management, Inc. Halifax County Aggravation of Chiari Syndrome. $125,000 September 11, 2001 |
Thomas vs. Abbott Laboratories Nash County Lumbar spine injury with nerve damage affecting leg. $115,000 May 2, 2001 |
Willey vs. Williams Produce A trucker’s family can collect worker’s compensation death benefits, in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling, even though a doctor said the trucker’s driving was impaired by drugs and his rig was seen weaving before a fatal crash. $127,072 total recovery 2002 |
Disclaimer: Wherever you see the publication of a lawyer’s or law firm’s achievements on behalf of their clients or former clients, there should be no expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client’s case. |