Briones Law Group

$300,000

Personal Injury - Car Accident

Our client was working as a pizza delivery driver in Marlborough, Massachusetts. While delivering an order, another vehicle turned left ahead of him and struck his vehicle head-on. He sustained serious injuries to his knee and ankle which required ORIF surgery to repair. The insurance company only offered $60,000.00 for our client’s injuries. Prior to litigation, Attorney Briones suggested that the insurance company have her client examined by a third-party medical doctor of their choosing. That doctor confirmed the client’s significant injury. Because of Attorney Briones’s familiarity with the insurance industry, we obtained $300,000 settlement for our client and saved him years waiting for litigation to end.

$125,000

Personal Injury - Car Accident

Our client was seriously injured as a passenger in a one-car motor vehicle accident. The driver of the vehicle carried the legal minimum of $25,000 per-person coverage for bodily injury to others. Our client had $100,000 in underinsured motorist coverage on her own auto policy. Within weeks of the accident, before the liens from medical bills came in, we secured payments matching the limits of both our client’s and the driver’s policies. Had we not acted so quickly, the client would have received nothing due to her extensive medical bills.

$78,000

Personal Injury - Slip and Fall

Our client was a teenager who fell while leaving the apartment building where he lived in Framingham, Massachusetts. As he was running out of the building and down the staircase at the rear entrance of the building, he lost his balance and reached out to grab the railing-only to find that it was not there. The young man landed on his right knee and was in severe pain. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital. There doctors diagnosed him with a torn MCL ligament, which required surgery to repair. Extensive physical therapy followed the surgery. The insurance company for the apartment building denied liability, stating that the railing had been replaced prior to our client’s fall. We filed a suit on our client’s behalf. During the discovery portion of the litigation, we asked for the apartment’s maintenance records. The maintenance records produced by the apartment building showed that the railing had allegedly been repaired three days before the fall. The client was insistent that the railing was not there. We took the deposition of the employees who supposedly repaired the railing. At their deposition, they testified under oath that the railing had in fact not been repaired and that our client was telling the truth. Due to this discovery, we successfully negotiated a $78,000 award on behalf of our client.

$74,000

Personal Injury - Workplace Slip and Fall

Our client was a 67-year-old woman from Framingham reporting for work at the nursing home where she worked as a cleaner. As she walked from the parking lot to the entrance, she slipped and fell. She landed on her left side, injuring her shoulder, wrist, neck, and back. There were no witnesses to her fall. She suffered an extremely-difficult-to-diagnose labral tear that required surgery to repair. A preexisting shoulder injury further complicated her case. Both her MRI and EEG showed degenerative changes to her left shoulder. The defense argued that the injury was not sustained in the fall. Our argument was that the fall was sustained during a shift change where there was a higher expectation that people would be coming and going, thus creating a duty upon the nursing home to make sure the parking lot and doorways were safe for people to walk into work. Our client received payments from two separate insurers as a result of our legal action: The cleaning company’s worker’s compensation insurer paid her lost wages and medical bills. The nursing home’s insurer paid out a pain-and-suffering award. When the worker’s compensation insurer placed a lien on her file, we successfully reduced it and had it approved by the Industrial Accident Board through a Section 15 Petition. This matter was settled prior to trial at mediation for $74,000.00.

$389,000

Personal Injury - Car Accident

Our client was driving on Route 20 in Marlborough when the defendant, who was traveling in the opposite direction, crossed over into her lane of travel and hit her head-on. Rescuers resorted to the jaws of life to extricate her from the remains of her vehicle. She was immediately transported to the trauma unit at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester. Doctors determined the injury to her left ankle put her at risk of losing her leg by amputation. She underwent open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgery and began a long road of physical therapy. Our client suffered numerous complications and adverse effects as a result of this accident. Unable to stand for any significant period of time, she lost her job as a chef. Her orthopedist determined that she had a fifteen percent whole-person impairment as a result of her injury, with a possibility of further leg-bone necrosis in the future. Her medical bills and lost wages exceeded $100,000. The offer from the defense was low, only $30,000.00. As our client was an undocumented immigrant, she was nervous her involvement in a legal case would lead to her deportation. We were able to calm her fears and the case ultimately went to trial. After a three-day trial, the Middlesex County Superior Court jury came back with an award of $389,000-plus interest.