The Plaintiff, a commercial trucker, was violently struck by another commercial truck that ran a red light while travelling at a high rate of speed. The Plaintiff was hospitalized for over a month and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries some of which required surgery. The Plaintiff’s medical bills totaled approximately $140,000.00. The Defendant’s insurance company originally only valued the Plaintiff’s case at a few hundred thousand dollars. After a tough litigation, Farar & Lewis was able to recover the Defendant’s policy limits of $1,516,530.18 (*The Defendant was a Canadian trucking company with a policy limit of $2,000,000.00 Canadian Dollars).

Our client’s vehicle was rear-ended.  Following the accident, our client developed neck and back pain.  After failed conservative treatment, she underwent cervical artificial disk replacement surgery.  While the surgery was successful alleviating most of her accident-related pain, she did develop a mild form of a pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.  In spite of our client’s serious injuries, the Defendant’s insurance company refused to make any settlement offers arguing that the accident was too minor to cause any of our client’s injuries.   After a contentious litigation and shortly before trial , Farar & Lewis, LLP was able to obtain the Defendant’s insurance policy limits of $1 million for our client.

The Plaintiff stepped out of his apartment onto the apartment building’s outdoor walkway when the Plaintiff tripped and fell on a round tree dropping (liquidambar tree dropping). Several months prior to the Plaintiff’s fall, other tenants at the building reported falls and injuries as a result of the same dangerous tree droppings. The apartment building did nothing to safeguard its tenants or the public from this known dangerous condition prior to Plaintiff’s fall. As a result, the Plaintiff suffered serious back injury which required surgery. Plaintiff went on to develop Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in his lower extremity. Farar Law was able to recover $1,300,000.00 for the Plaintiff one week before trial.

Our client was riding his bike to work when he was struck by a truck.  As a result of the accident, our client sustained a serious shoulder injury which required surgery.  While our client did lose some of his range of motion in his non-dominant arm, he was able to go back to work and return to most of his daily activities.  At mediation, the Defendant’s insurance refused to offer any money over $500,000.00 as they felt this compensation was more than fair for our client.  Farar & Lewis, LLP did not agree and moved forward in preparation for trial.  Only a couple months later, Farar & Lewis, LLP was able to get our client $1.2 million in compensation.

Our elderly client was walking through the parking lot of a strip mall, when he tripped over a sprinkler head placed in the tile of the walkway.  Our client suffered a fractured elbow, and later developed complex regional pain syndrome.  The property owner and property management company denied liability claiming our client was not paying attention, the condition was open and obvious, and our client was not even sure what he tripped on.  Our client was offered nothing prior to retaining FARAR & LEWIS.  At mediation, FARAR & LEWIS was able to secure him $800,000.00.