Christensen Law

$17.8M

Personal Injury

Brain injury and no-fault insurance law experts David Christensen and Sarah Stempky Kime of Christensen Law received the largest ever personal injury verdict in Michigan. A Wayne County jury awarded their client $17.8 million in damages after a serious car accident left her unable to live independently. The jury compensated the injured driver for lost wages, pain and suffering.

$9.5M

Motorcycle Accident

Client, while riding his motorcycle, was hit by a car that crossed the center line, resulting in life-changing injuries. The necessary amputation of his leg at the hip was essential in saving his life, but means he will forever be wheelchair reliant. Additional injuries included a distal femur fracture, left hip disarticulation, pneumothorax, rib fracture, thoracic vertebrae fracture, and a displaced fracture left iliac crest bone.

$9.5M

Wrongful Death

Client, a 31-year-old man, was stabbed at a gas station. An underage and unsupervised employee failed to call 911 and/or the police early enough for first responders to arrive and render aid to what was described by experts as a survivable wound. A jury deliberated for 4.5 hours and returned a verdict of negligence and liability of the defendants, awarding $9.5 million to the decedent’s family for pain and suffering and loss of society and companionship.

$4.5M

Personal Injury

A cable technician was electrocuted while working on a power pole, leaving two young daughters and a wife. An intense battle with the power company resulted in justice for the family, which recovered $4.55 million for their future.

$4.2M

Car Accident

A third-party auto-negligence case involving an accomplished college student who was a passenger in a vehicle where the Defendant driver ran a stop sign at 50 mph, t-boning another car. Seven years of litigation resulted in a substantial award for non-economic damages of $4,197,000.

$3.2M

Car Accident

A Grand Rapids couple were in their vehicle together when they were hit head-on by another driver. The wife died as a result of the crash and her husband suffered a collapsed lung, a severely broken leg, broken bones in his spine and multiple broken ribs. With trial looming, the defendant’s insurance company agreed to settle the case for $3.2 million.