Case Result Type: Car Accident

I represented a young 23-year-old man who was biking across the crosswalk one day with a green light and white walk sign. He was struck by a driver who was stopped at a red light looking to his left for traffic to clear before turning right and hitting my client without ever seeing him. My client hit the hood of his car and rolled to the ground, temporarily blacking out. He was taken via ambulance to Mercy Hospital for a head injury and a left leg injury that required 32 stitches. Progressive put 50 percent of the fault on my client who called me to help because he wanted them to pay 100 percent of the cost to repair his damaged bike, not 50 percent. We ended up settling the case for $54,500.00. My client wasn’t going to call an attorney if they would have just replaced his bike for him.

Dawn was stopped in rush hour traffic on Interstate 35 near downtown Minneapolis. The vehicle directly behind her was slowing to a stop when another vehicle rear-ended him at 45 miles per hour, propelling that car into Dawn. Dawn’s car was pushed forward 5 to 10 feet into the car in front of her. She sustained neck and back injuries in the crash. American Family offered $7,500 to settle the case. Dawn would have accepted $9,000, but American Family refused to pay.

Attorney Michael Courtney took this case to trial, where the jury awarded her over $29,000. In addition, American Family will also be forced to pay an additional $14,000, twice the amount that it cost Dawn to go to trial, as a penalty.

Yong called TSR Injury Law approximately seven months after a car crash. The car she was in rolled, and her arm was fractured in two places. Yong was told the final offer for her injuries would be $10,000. After hiring Partner Steve Terry and TSR Injury Law, the correct medical documentation was presented to American Family and the case was settled for policy limits of $30,000.

HL was struck by car while riding her bike. She was treated by chiropractors while in Minnesota, but also in Louisiana when she moved there. Minnesota no-fault did not want to pay the out of state treatment. Partner Steven Terry forced all bills to be paid and a $28,000.00 settlement was reached with the bad driver’s insurance for pain and suffering.

Shanna, a young, single mom, was driving her child to daycare. The defendant turned into the driver’s side of Shanna’s vehicle at a stop sign. The vehicle sustained minimal damage. Shanna was diagnosed with disc bulging at C6-7 and C4-5, loss of alignment suggesting muscular spasm, and occipital neuritis (commonly called post-traumatic neck syndrome).

Shanna just wanted to cover her expenses and sought $7,500. Geico offered $6,000. TSR Injury Law and Shanna refused this offer. Two weeks prior to trial, Geico settled the case for $26,000.

Abdusalam was from New York and moved to Minnesota. He had insurance on his vehicle through Progressive Insurance Co. His policy stated that it would not cover any accidents that happened outside of the state of New York.

Abdusalam was driving in downtown Minneapolis when another vehicle ran a red light at high speed and t-boned his car. The vehicle then fled the scene of the crash and was never found. As a result of the crash, Abdusalam suffered injuries to his neck and back and incurred nearly $13,000 in medical bills. When the medical bills were submitted to Progressive for payment under Minnesota No-Fault, they refused to pay. Despite the fact that the insurance company is well-known and writes policies all over the country, they claimed that because their subsidiary did not write policies in Minnesota, they did not have to comply with Minnesota law.

It became necessary for Abdusalam to begin a lawsuit to force the insurance company to pay for his medical bills. Attorney Michael Courtney handled the case. The lawsuit resulted in the insurance company paying for the medical bills, as well as over $3,500 as a penalty for denying Abdusalam’s claim.

Tiffany was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit head-on by a drunk driver. She sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized. Steve Terry of TSR Injury Law met with Tiffany at the hospital on Thanksgiving Day in Rochester, Minnesota. (He has family in the area and actually left dinner to see her.) The policy limits were gathered from the drunk driver, as well as the vehicle she was in, totaling $130,000. In addition, evidence was produced that showed that the bar had over-served the drunk driver. Another $25,000 was received from the bar. All of Tiffany’s medical bills were paid by health insurance; however, the bills were negotiated down so that Tiffany could keep the majority of the compensation she was due for her injuries.

GW is a retired law enforcement officer who got struck by a drunk driver. He had a long history of prior back problems from his years on the job. The crash caused significant aggravations to the injuries with several hundred thousand in medical bills. Partner Steven Terry made three claims. Investigation located the bar where the drunk driver was overserved. There was no alcohol evidence except for the blood alcohol limit of the driver. A confidential settlement was reached with the bar. The driver’s insurance paid the policy limit of $100,000.00 with GW only having to repay a small portion of the medical bills paid by his union health insurance who sought subrogation. The third level was a policy limit demand to GW’s underinsured policy since we proved he was not fully compensated by the first two settlements.

KH was rear ended by a young driver who was texting. There was not a lot of property damage but KH had immediate back pain from the crash. He was worried because he had already had two prior back surgeries and leading up to the crash he still had some back pain. The at-fault driver’s insurance company claimed minimal damage to the car and a preexisting back injury meant KH had no claim. Partner Steven Terry took the case and proved the injury was real and in fact worse because of the mental anguish KH had to have to “get his back fixed again.” Policy limit settlement of $100,000.00 from the at-fault party insurance and full medical bill policy limit payment after an arbitration.

Tasha was killed as a passenger in her husband’s vehicle. Her husband had been drinking at a bar, picked Tasha up, and proceeded to run off the road into the side of a hill. Tasha was killed instantly.

What makes the case unique is that Tasha’s husband hired his own lawyer and tried to insert himself as a trustee to bring a claim against himself to receive compensation for his wife’s death. Tasha’s mother hired Attorney Steve Terry and TSR Injury Law and a petition was filed to seek a different trustee. The defendant then decided he wanted to put his father in as the trustee instead of himself, since it was a direct conflict of interest, but the judge saw through this attempt and selected the trustee that Tasha’s mother had chosen.

Policy limits of $100,000 were secured, but once again, the husband tried to stick his hand out as an “heir” and another contentious hearing had to be won before he understood that not only was he going to jail, but he would not receive compensation for killing his wife. The rest of his family was very grateful for the end result.