Verdicts and Settlements

Settled for $315,000.  An East Troy man was pinned between a runaway forklift and his van while picking up an appliance at a big box store.  He suffered soft tissue injuries.

$360,000 settlement to Sheboygan man who needed spinal surgery when he slipped and fell on ice which formed on parking lot due to an inadequate water drainage system.

A UPS driver slipped and fell on ice while delivering a package to a residence.  Improper maintenance at residence allowed ice to form on driveway.  Settled for $500,000

Settlement of $500,000 to a Fond du Lac man who received a brain injury and severe fractures in a 40-foot fall at a construction site.

Finger amputation. Settlement of $500,000.

A mother and her son were injured when a semi-truck trailer rolled over at night across the freeway, and they struck the truck’s undercarriage head on resulting in orthopedic injuries. Settled for $655,000.

Product liability case over a defective assembly line design and manufacture. Trial and jury verdict of $657,000 for leg injuries.

Burn injuries following fuel fed fire on Chrysler/AMC vehicle. Settled for $776,000 following jury trial.

Fall on construction site. Settlement of $900,000.

A worker at a paint manufacturing company was burned when a static spark ignited flammable paint ingredients.  The manufacturer of the paint ingredients didn’t provide the materials in static-free bags.  Settled for $900,000.

A UW-Milwaukee student while walking her dog on a bike path was struck by a bicyclist knocking her down.  Plaintiff suffered a closed head injury.  Settled for $925,000.

$975,000 settlement. A construction worker suffered severe injuries when concrete forms fell on him at a construction site.

A Waukesha woman driving her motorcycle was struck by a landscaping truck and trailer as it made a left-hand turn in front of her resulting in closed head injuries and orthopedic injuries.  Settled for $1 million.

Burn injuries following explosion of hexane supplied by the defendant. Failure to warn product liability case. Settled for $1 million.

Verdict in the amount of $1.2 million, failure to diagnose cancerous tumor.

Brain injury. Trial and jury verdict of $1.4 million.

$1.4 million settlement to bus mechanic for injuries sustained when a bus seat prop rod failed causing seat to fall on his head resulting in non-paralyzing neck fracture and shoulder rotator cuff tear.

$1.4 million settlement.  A painter for the Milwaukee Public Schools was injured when he fell 17 feet off of an unguarded scaffolding system while painting the ceiling of an auditorium.  Plaintiff had his right leg amputated.

Product liability case. Arm injuries, settled for $1.5 million.

Knee injury following a trip and fall on construction debris left lying around by the defendant. Jury verdict of $1.6 million.

Exposure to pigeon droppings at warehouse leads to Blastomycosis. Trial and verdict of $1.45 million.

$11.4 million award for injured Air Force member, who suffered brain injuries due to falling merchandise at a Las Vegas Wal-Mart Store.

$16.8 million award for auto accident case resulting in quadriplegia, verdict affirmed on appeal.

Jury trial, verdict of $13 million, reduced to $8 million for contributory negligence, due to defective roof system on GM pickup truck.

Jury trial, $5 million settlement reached while jury deliberated, due to defective roof system on Chrysler vehicle.

Settlement of $4.7 reached on the day of trial in this product liability case involving the collapse of a lawn chair which caused the paralysis of the plaintiff.

Jury verdict and settlement of $3,812,500 to a siding contractor when a porch roof collapsed on him at a construction site crushing his pelvis.

Verdict of $3.2 million, based on the failure of a physician to diagnose a cancerous tumor.

Verdict of $2.8 million based on fireworks accident that injured the ankle of the claimant. Affirmed on appeal.

Jury verdict of $2.5 million in this product liability case involving a forklift found to be defectively designed because it did not have a door or other barrier to keep the operator inside the vehicle in the event of a tip over. Operator sustained leg injuires. Opinion on Appeal.

Vehicle accident results in Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Jury verdict of $2.3 million.