Mariani Reck Lane, LLC

$100,000

Personal Injury

A third client in a separate collision, aged 30, received $100,000 for neck, arm and hand injuries resulting from an accident on Great Neck Road in Waterford, CT, where her car was hit from behind.

$290,000

Personal Injury

The plaintiff, a retired schoolteacher, was leasing a home in Niantic, CT. She was severely injured when she stepped on a loose stepping-stone in the yard which caused her to be violently catapulted forward and strike her face on a jagged tree stump. Due to the negligence of the property owner in maintaining his property, the plaintiff suffered multiple facial injuries and difficulty chewing and swallowing food.

$100,000

Personal Injury

The plaintiff, age 15, was visiting a friend’s house when he was tragically shot in the eye with a BB gun which left him permanently blind in his left eye. Before the accident, the plaintiff was an avid basketball player and due to the risk of detaching his retina, was left unable to play any contact sports.

$105,000

Personal Injury

Another client, aged 24, of Groton received $105,000 after her claim was settled. She was a passenger when the car crashed into a bridge abutment and a fence. The plaintiff suffered a broken nose as well as cuts and bruises on her face.

$75,000

Personal Injury

A former cheerleader at Montville High School, who sued the school when she fell and broke her ankle while practicing a “pyramid” stunt, received a $75,000 out-of-court settlement. Our client fractured her ankle at an after-school cheerleading practice session. She was in a cast for four months, had surgery to remove bone fragments from the ankle joint, and used crutches or a cane to walk for another 4.5 months. The accident caused the girl to fall behind in her school work and forced her to quit her part-time job. We were able to show that the school officials were negligent when they permitted the cheerleaders to practice a dangerous stunt on a cement floor with no protective padding. In addition, the cheerleaders had been unsupervised while they practiced. Our research revealed several instances in other states where cheerleaders died or were paralyzed when they fell doing the stunt. In a pyramid stunt, the cheerleaders form a “human pyramid” by climbing on one another’s backs and shoulders. The top often completes the stunt by doing a flip off the top into the arms of the others.

$350,000

Personal Injury

The plaintiff parked her car in the Defendants’, ProPark and City of New London, parking garage. While exiting the garage, the plaintiff was caused to fall due to a hole in the floor of the garage. As a result of this fall, the plaintiff severely injured her elbow.