Past Results
Due to confidential settlement agreements and privacy acts, the names of some of the parties to the following cases have been withheld.
$215,000 Recovery: Our client, a minor teenager, was at a friend's house when another teenager decided to start a fire by throwing gasoline on a pile of leaves and paper, causing the gas can to explode. This explosion caused second degree burns over a large portion of our client's body. Prior to this incident, the owners of the property were aware that the teenagers had been starting small fires and had warned them against the behavior. However, the gas can was left in an unsecured area for the teens to access. Settlement was reached at mediation with the property owner's insurance. Injuries: Second degree burns on hands, face, arms, stomach & knees resulting in permanent scarring Damages: Pain & suffering, past & future medical expenses, scarring/disfigurement. JOHN DOE (a minor child) v. DEFENDANT HOMEOWNER & DEFENDANT MINOR CHILD.
$200,000 Recovery: Our client was riding his bike to a cafe near his home. He entered the parking lot from the rear entrance, which was not his usual route to the cafe, and his bike struck a large pot hole causing him to fall to the pavement. The client was immediately treated for his injuries at the emergency room. The cafe leased the premises from Synovus Bank who had foreclosed on the property nine months earlier. The cafe was on a month to month lease and was not required to maintain the parking lot or the building which it was leasing. Our client had multiple fractures in his right leg and ankle and required numerous surgeries over the course of twelve months. Additionally, our client will require future surgeries including a possible ankle fusion as well as future therapies, orthotics, medications and various diagnostic scans. Our office sent an offer to the insurance company for the bank. The insurance company declined to settle the case or enter into any reasonable Read More >>>
$200,000 Recovery: Mr. Sergiacomi was riding a bicycle on the side of the road when the Defendant's pontoon boat, which was secured sideways to the trailer, struck him in the back of the head. Our client suffered numerous injuries as well as lost wages. While the Defendant was cited in the accident and really couldn't deny liability in this case, their insurer did not want to accept our offer to settle. Finally, after several years of litigation, the Defendant's insurer agreed to settle for $200,000. Injuries: Lacerated spleen, multiple rib fractures, left clavicle fracture, collapsed lung, laceration to head & shoulder injuries; Damages: Pain & Suffering, past & future medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity. MICHAEL SERGIACOMI v. LONNIE JUDY
$200,000 Recovery: Intentional Interference with an Expected Inheritance; Plaintiffs were grandchildren of decedent; Prior to decedent's death she was in the care of a daughter and named beneficiary. Her daughter used undue influence and through duress forced the decedent to alter her will naming the daughter the sole beneficiary. IN THE ESTATE OF JANE DOE; JANE DOE'S GRANDCHILDREN v. JANE DOE'S DAUGHTER.
