D'Amico · Burchfield Wins $2.8 million Award for Man Injured in Horrific Car Accident - One of the Largest Personal Injury Awards in RI History
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.
D'Amico • Burchfield Secures $475,000 settlement for client injured in bar room fight.
A 24 year-old man suffered non-permanent head injuries and permanent scarring after being assaulted at a New Year's Eve Party, where he was an innocent guest. The young man's medical bills totaled $39,921.68. The liability insurance carrier for the premises that had been rented for the party initially offered $250,000.00 to settle the claim. Almost immediately after D'Amico · Burchfield commenced litigation, the liability insurance carrier settled with the Plaintiff for $475,000.00.
D'Amico • Burchfield Secures $400,000 settlement for client injured in motorcycle accident.
A 20 year-old man was struck by a motor vehicle while riding his motorcycle. He suffered permanent head and orthopedic injuries. His medical bills exceeded $100,000.00. The liability insurance carrier offered a settlement of $75,000.00, and argued that the Plaintiff was comparatively at fault for the accident. When D'Amico · Burchfield aggressively litigated the case in Superior Court and a non-binding mediation, the case settled for $400,000.00.
D'Amico • Burchfield Secures $300,000 settlement for client injured in tractor-trailer accident.
A woman suffered permanent head injuries, orthopedic injuries, and scarring after being ejected from her compact vehicle that was struck by a tractor-trailer truck on Route 95 in Providence. After having been turned away by another prominent law firm, the woman sought representation from D'Amico · Burchfield, and litigation commenced immediately. The liability insurance carrier made no offer to settle the case for three years and, further, hired a physician to say that the Plaintiff's injuries were minor. Her medical bills were approximately $60,000.00. As D'Amico · Burchfield prepared for imminent trial, the case was submitted to non-binding mediation and the liability carrier offered $300,000.00 to settle the case.
D'Amico • Burchfield Secures $250,000 settlement for young boy injured in auto accident.
An 11 year-old boy suffered a broken leg and a forehead laceration with scarring as a result of a single-car accident in which he was a passenger. After obtaining the liability policy limits of $25,000.00, the minor Plaintiff pursued a claim against the underinsured motorist coverage of his family's household auto insurance policy. The case was submitted to arbitration heard by a panel of three arbitrators. Prior to the announcement of the arbitration award, the insurance company offered $200,000.00 to settle the young boy's claim. D'Amico · Burchfield arranged for the funds to be put into an annuity for the young boy and, as a result, he will recover more than $250,000.00 in cash, with no tax consequences, by the time he is 27 years old.
D'Amico · Burchfield obtains a $240,000 settlement for a young man injured in a one car accident.
A 19 year old young man suffered a serious leg injury when the driver of the vehicle he was a passenger in lost control and collided with a tree. Two other passengers in the vehicle also suffered serious injuries. D'Amico · Burchfield aggressively investigated the claim and was able to discover additional insurance coverage for the responsible driver and during the course of litigation was able to settle the claim for $240,000.
D'Amico · Burchfield Secures $210,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a nursing home resident.
An elderly, wheelchair-bound nursing home resident died from multiple traumatic injuries when her wheelchair fell down a set of unguarded steps in her residential living facility. D'Amico · Burchfield worked closely with the Providence law firm of Mandell, Schwartz & Boisclair and were successful securing a $210,000 settlement for the decedent's Estate based on the argument that the nursing home failed to provide adequate safety measures to protect against the decedent's fall.
D’Amico · Burchfield Secures $200,000 settlement for woman injured in an out of state accident.
A Rhode Island woman was seriously injured in a rear end collision on Rte. 95 in the state of North Carolina. The woman suffered scarring, physical and emotional injuries as a result of this accident. The insurance company for the responsible party attempted to minimize the physical and emotional injuries. With the threat of litigation, D’Amico · Burchfield successfully settled the claim for $200,000.
D'Amico · Burchfield Secures settlement of $200,000 in a breach of contract case.
The owners of a local company acted as long term salesmen for a large Rhode Island manufacturing company. After a 20 year business relationship, the manufacturer unilaterally terminated the business contract and refused to pay any additional commissions to the salesmen. D'Amico · Burchfield zealously litigated the case in Providence County Superior Court up to the point of trial successfully secured a settlement for the salesman in the amount of $200,000.
D'Amico · Burchfield Secures $200,000 settlement for auto accident victim.
A 20 year-old man suffered a compound fracture of his left ankle that required surgical repair, and then developed a staph infection in the wound after being hit head-on by a motor vehicle that crossed the center lane of travel to avoid striking an illegally parked car. The client was left with a 15% permanent impairment of his whole body as a result of the left ankle damage. D'Amico · Burchfield settled claims against the liability insurance companies for both vehicles for their total policy limits of $150,000.00. D'Amico · Burchfield then pursued a claim against the client's personal uninsured motorist coverage and received only one settlement offer of $3,000.00 because the insurance company believed that the client had already received full compensation for the ankle injury. D'Amico · Burchfield pursued the case through binding arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators and secured an award for an additional $50,000, resulting in a total recovery of $200,000.00.
