Trucking Accident
Settlement: $1,516,530.18
FACTS: The Plaintiff, a commercial trucker, was violently struck by another commercial truck that ran a red light while travelling at a high rate of speed. The Plaintiff was hospitalized for over a month and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries some of which required surgery. The Plaintiff’s medical bills totaled approximately $140,000.00. The Defendant’s insurance company originally only valued the Plaintiff’s case at a few hundred thousand dollars. After a tough litigation, Farar & Lewis was able to recover the Defendant’s policy limits of $1,516,530.18 (*The Defendant was a Canadian trucking company with a policy limit of $2,000,000.00 Canadian Dollars).
