On Friday, September 22, 2006, a Providence County Superior Court jury returned a verdict of $2.1 million in a personal injury trial. The case involved a man who was severely injured in a car accident in September of 2003. The man was a passenger in a vehicle that hit two telephone poles on Warwick Avenue in Cranston. The accident crushed his right leg and foot. The jaws of life were used to extricate him from the vehicle.
Only through extraordinary efforts including 8 surgeries were doctors able to save the man’s leg. The injury left him with multiple metal rods and pins in his leg, a permanent limp, limited mobility in his ankle, and a 22% full body impairment. The $2.1 million jury award followed an intense five day trial and is believed to be one of the largest in a personal injury case in many years. With interest, the verdict totaled almost $3 million.
D’Amico • Burchfield utilized state of the art technology for visual presentation and introduced extensive medical testimony from orthopedic and plastic surgeons to allow the jury to clearly visualize the magnitude of the injury. Mark W. Dana, Esquire, Head of Litigation at D’Amico • Burchfield presented the case at trial.
