Reinoehl Kehlenbrink, LLC

$4.5M

Trucking Accident

Attorney Scott Kehlenbrink recently settled a large trucking accident case which has been pending for nearly 5 years. Many details of this case and the applicable settlement are confidential. Our client was involved in a two-vehicle crash involving two semi-tractor trailers on an interstate highway in Illinois. The names of all parties is confidential, but the lawsuit regarding the injuries sustained by our client in this heavy truck accident was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The client sustained injuries requiring two shoulder surgeries and a back surgery. The matter was settled at mediation for a total payment of $4,500,000.00. In any personal injury case, it is important to have an attorney who knows how to maximize your recovery. In this trucking accident, we were able to expose many issues which placed the defendant at a great disadvantage in the litigation and ultimately lead to a Mega-win for our client in the form of a multi-million dollar personal injury settlement.

$981,000

Car / Auto Accident

Our client, Brooke, was involved in a rear end auto accident four years ago near Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Brooke was in her early 30s, a young mother of two and she was hurt. Problem was, the impact was relatively minor and there was not much damage to her car. Brooke and her husband went to a local lawyer who told them he might be able to put about 20k in their pocket. Fortunately for Brooke and Aaron, Rusty Reinoehl crossed their path before they signed with this general practice attorney looking for a quick payday. The insurance company offered $25,000.00. Scott Kehlenbrink filed the lawsuit and worked for 2 years to show the insurance company what the case was really worth. There is no substitute for experience and hard work. The insurance company recently agreed to pay Brooke and her husband over $981,000.00! There is nothing like the sound on the other end of the line when we call the clients to give them this news. Brooke was hurt and didn't deserve to be treated by the insurance company like she wasn't. We are so happy for them.

$600,000

Civil Litigation, Personal Injury

Although all other terms are confidential, we recently obtained settlement for our client in a slip and fall case in the amount of $600,000.00! Hard-fought and well-earned settlement!

$350,000

Personal Injury

We recently represented a minor child who was bit in the face by a dog who had been rescued from a local animal shelter. Our client sustained injuries to his face which required surgery. The insurance company argued that our client's mother was at fault for failing to supervise the child, thereby attempting to avoid the clear law in Illinois regarding animal bites. Ultimately, we prevailed and were able to reach a very sizeable settlement for this young man. This was one of the largest dog bite settlements we have ever obtained and is significantly higher than the settlements normally seen on these types of cases. We are proud of results like this but most of all, we are happy to be able to provide some significant compensation to our client which he will be able to use for future expenditures such as additional medical care and education costs.

$250,000

Personal Injury, Car / Auto Accident, Insurance

Our client Ron was severely injured when a car ran a stop sign and t-boned him on his motorcycle. Ron and his passenger were pushed by the car completely through the intersection causing him to suffer from a compound fracture of his ankle and leg, a partially torn rotator cuff and numerous other injuries. Ron's ankle required surgery to repair and he spent several days in the hospital and months in physical therapy. The driver of the other vehicle was ticketed for failure to yield, but then denied running the stop sign and instead, blamed Ron for causing the collision. She went so far as to hire an attorney to fight the citation for several months. Because of this, her insurance company initially denied the claim, choosing to take her word over Ron's and the investigating officer. This denial forced us to file suit against the other driver on Ron's behalf. However, after her traffic case was set for trial, she pled guilty to the ticket and her insurer decided to pay its full policy limits of $100,000.00, an amount that did not even pay for all of Ron's medical treatment. Luckily for Ron, he had additional underinsured motorist coverage through his own insurer (coverage that some folks are unaware they have!) which provided an additional $150,000.00 over and above the other driver's coverage. Ron made a claim for settlement with his insurer for the full policy value, but they balked and instead made a low ball offer to settle for pennies on the dollar. We refused to accept their valuation of the claim and filed a lawsuit against them for breach of contract. We also sued for bad faith, alleging that the insurance adjuster assigned to Ron's claim had refused to deal with him fairly and had failed to properly value Ron's claim. During the discovery portion of the bad faith lawsuit, the insurer tried every trick in the book to keep us from getting access to their claims file and the adjuster's notes. They tried to delay. They tried to force the court to split our claims into separate ones and prevent us from discovery into the claims file until after the trial of the breach of contract claim. When that didn't work, they tried to delay by insisting on entry of protective orders. After the Judge ordered them to turn over the files, they went so far as to turn over only redacted ones, hiding from us the truly sensitive claims notes. Ultimately, we were able to get access to the full claims file and, just as we thought, the adjuster had acted in bad faith by failing to offer Ron the actual value that his own insurer had placed on the claim. When many firms would have given up, taken the easy money and moved on, we continued to fight tooth and nail for Ron. Only after this long, hard fought discovery battle, did the insurer finally off its policy limits resulting in a final settlement for Ron of $250,000.00.

$120,000

Personal Injury

Sharon was walking through a parking lot in Salem, Illinois when she tripped and fell over a portion of the parking lot comprised of cracked and broken pavement around a drain area. This is the kind of case that many lawyers will not take because the initial reaction to such a fall is "Why didn't you see it?" That's fine and well if the area is conspicuous to the pedestrian, but when the dangerous condition is difficult to notice by a normal person, much less an 80 year old client like Sharon, then someone should take responsibility for failing to keep their parking lot in a state of good repair. Throughout the case, we were able to uncover evidence that the Defendant had been aware of the dangerous condition for some time and had actually discussed having it repaired prior to Sharon's fall. We went up against a great lawyer hired by the insurance company and he filed what is known as a Motion for Summary Judgment. This motion asks the Court to throw the case out completely. We worked tirelessly to oppose this motion and were able to successfully do so despite a lot of evidence against our client. At the end of the day, we were able to garner a six-figure settlement for our lovely client who endured a lot of pain and suffering which should have and could have been avoided. When a company, retail store, or similar establishment, gains a benefit from you patronizing their store (i.e. you spend money there, offer a service to benefit the company, etc.) they owe you a duty to protect you or warn you about dangerous conditions on their premises. Here, the Defendant failed to do that and, over the course of 2-3 years, we were able to prove that.