Browning Law Firm, P.A.

$3M

Brain Injury

Our client, a hard working forty-four year old construction worker, sustained a closed-head brain injury when his vehicle was struck head-on in a motor vehicle collision. Due to his injuries, he was unable to return to work in the construction industry. The MRI performed on him at the hospital did not show any findings of brain injury. However, we were able to establish his significant brain injury through expert testimony and state of the art diagnostic medical testing. The case settled for $3,000,000.00 prior to trial. We assisted the client in structuring his settlement so he would receive an income stream monthly for the rest of his life and would not have to worry how he was going to support himself and his family.

$1.3M

Auto Accident

Our client, a pleasant forty-three-year-old waitress, was t-boned in a red light intersection by an Avis Rent a Car employee. The impact broke her collarbone which required surgery involving a metal plate and screws. While in the hospital, she was also diagnosed with a bruised left shoulder. She was discharged from the hospital and in the next two months was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff in her left shoulder. She underwent three rotator cuff repair surgeries, but unfortunately, all three surgeries ultimately failed. Due to the failed surgeries, she lost most of the use of her left arm and was unable to return to employment. The defense tried to argue that her torn rotator cuff was from years of her employment as a waitress lifting heavy trays, and not from the motor vehicle crash. Through expert testimony at trial, we established that the crash was indeed the cause of the torn rotator cuff and the jury agreed returning a verdict in the amount of $1,276,000.00. Prior to trial, the defense offered $526,000.00.

$1M

Auto Accident

Our client, a healthy and active 65 year old woman, was traveling north on a four lane divided highway in her Toyota Prius when an uninsured Crown victoria traveling east ran a stop sign which resulted in our client's car striking the side of the Crown Victoria. Although the airbags deployed in our client's Prius, the impact was with such force that it fractured our client's neck at the C1-C2 level. Our client underwent emergency neck surgery and, although, she made a miraculous recovery, she sustained some permanent motor skill impairment. Fortunately, our client carried $1,000,000 in uninsured motorist coverage. Based on the clear liability of the other driver, and the significant injury to our client, demand was made to our client's insurer for the full $1,000,000. However, the insurer only offered $500,000 claiming the case was not worth $1,000,000.00. We refused to take any amount less than the $1,000,000 policy limits and filed a lawsuit against our client's uninsured motorist carrier. After preparing the case for trial by taking depositions and retaining an expert to testify to the costs of lifetime medical care, the uninsured motorist carrier finally agreed to pay the $1,000,000 policy limits. Although this money will not return our client to the excellent health she enjoyed prior to the crash, maybe this financial recovery can make her life just a little easier.

$850,000

Auto Accident

Our client, a hard working 34 year old county employee, was rear-ended by a landscape company truck while he was at work for the county. Our client sustained a whiplash injury to his neck and a lower back injury from the collision. The lower back injury ultimately resolved, but the neck complaints persisted. It was ultimately determined that he sustained ligament damage in his neck due to the impact. After over three years of conservative treatment, our client underwent a C1-C2 fusion neck surgery which initially resulted in a good outcome and relieved his symptoms. Unfortunately, the hardware in his neck failed, and he had to undergo a second neck surgery. Our client returned to work for the county and plans on a long career until his retirement. The defense hired an expert who testified, in his opinion, that the first surgery was unnecessary and, therefore, this case was nothing more than a soft tissue case. After we retained multiple expert witnesses and took their depositions for trial, the case settled approximately one month before trial for $850,000.00.

$500,000

Truck Accident

Our client, a stay at home grandmother, was stopped in her car on Interstate 10 due to debris in the road. A semi-truck driver was not paying careful attention and failed to stop and rear ended our client. She underwent conservative treatment, but ended up requiring a one level neck fusion surgery. The case settled prior to trial for $500,000.00.

$110,000

Auto Accident

Our client was in her own lane when another driver turned in front of her from the wrong lane. This caused a t-bone collision. Client initially attempted chiropractic care. When that failed, an MRI revealed disc herniations in her neck. Client underwent a C5-6 disk arthroplasty. She is recovering well and able to continue with her daily activities. The case settled prior to litigation for insurance policy limits of $110,000.00.