WORKERS' COMPENSATION SETTLEMENTS AND VERDICTS

  • $1,078.00 per week for life arbitration award for a carpenter/supervisor who suffered a nerve injury with surgery. Found to be permanently and totally disabled for life with a projected total payout of well in excess of $1,000,000.00 based on life expectancy.

  • $400.13 per week for life arbitration award for a delivery driver who suffered from a low back injury. The projected total payout is in excess of $500,000.00.

  • Approximately $254.00 per week for life award following trial and two appeals for a truck driver who suffered from a fractured wrist with two surgeries. Approximately $90,000.00 paid in back benefits and interest and weekly award has a projected total payout of over $500,000.00 based on life expectancy.

  • $375,594.00 for a union carpenter with a surgically repaired bicep tendon.

  • $350,000 for a union plumber with multiple torn tendons in his foot that were surgically repaired.

  • $325,000.00 for a laborer who suffered an injury requiring bilateral rotator cuff repairs.

  • $275,000.00 for a pilot with pudenal neuralgia.

  • $270,000.00 for an engineer with an operated back. 

  • $260,000.00 for a union plumber who suffered a back injury with surgery.

  • $260,000.00 for a carpenter with knee surgery.

  • $255,000 (between lump sum and present cash value of annuity) for a union laborer with multiple surgeries.

  • $250,000.00 plus funding of a Medicare set-aside for a nurse with a shoulder surgery and thoracic outlet syndrome.

  • $250,000.00 for a concrete laborer who suffered from a torn rotator cuff with surgery.

  • $240,000.00 for a truck driver with spinal injuries. 

  • $225,000.00 for a warehouse worker with an operated back.

  • $225,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered from a nerve injury with surgery.

  • $225,000.00 for an insurance adjuster who suffered from bilateral carpal tunnel without surgery (paid after initial trial in which causation was found).

  • $225,000.00 plus $8,000.00 for funeral expenses for a disputed death case that involved a drug overdose that was alleged to be as a result of extreme pain from a failed back surgery.

  • $215,000.00 plus open medical for a flight attendant with multiple injures, leading to an immune deficiency.

  • $210,000.00 for a hospital worker who suffered from multiple hand and arm injuries and back surgery.

  • $206,684.42 for a truck driver with an operated torn shoulder

  • $200,000.00 plus a Medicare set-aside for a waitress who slipped and fell and suffered a brain injury.

  • $200,000.00 for a union dock worker with an operated knee.

  • $190,000.00 for a factory worker with multiple bilateral hand and arm surgeries.

  • $190,000.00 for a store worker with an operated spine.

  • $190,000.00 for a factory worker with back and shoulder surgery.

  • $187,000.00 for a part-time worker who suffered from reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

  • $180,000.00 for a factory worker with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and a disputed neck surgery.

  • $176,000.00 for an office worker with operated bilateral carpal tunnel.

  • $175,000.00 for a truck driver with a low back injury without surgery.

  • $175,000.00 for a warehouse worker with an operated back.

  • $173,316.24 for a laborer with an operated fractured thumb.

  • $165,000.00 for a collection supervisor with operated bilateral carpal tunnel.

  • $165,000.00 for a airline baggage handler with a low back injury without surgery.

  • $164,000.00 for a nurse with an operated neck and thoracic outlet syndrome.

  • $160,000.00 for a factory worker with an operated hand.

  • $159,000.00 for a tow truck driver with multiple injuries including a fractured hip with surgery. 

  • $151,754.28 for a flight attendant that fractured her hip when she slipped and fell at a bowling alley while on a layover.

  • $150,000.00 for a truck driver with an operated low back.

  • $150,000.00 for a factory worker with two fractured legs with surgeries. Offer of $60,000.00 made the day of trial. Offer was rejected and client was awarded total disability benefits for life. Employer appealed decision and case settled.

  • $150,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered from a shoulder tear with surgery.

  • $150,000.00 for a truck driver with a low back surgery.

  • $150,000.00 for a flight attendant with spine surgery.

  • $144,577.50 for a laborer (student at the time) who fell and suffered multiple fractures.

  • $147,242.88 for a plumber with an operated neck and back.

  • $140,000.00 for a construction worker who suffered from a shoulder tear with surgery.

  • $137,000 for a worker with a non-operated herniated disc.

  • $137,872.00 for a factory worker with an operated back (heavily disputed causation).

  • $136,600.00 for an assembly worker with a shoulder injury (heavily disputed causation with an initial offer of $1,000.00).

  • $135,000 for a flight attendant a fractured foot and knee tear with surgery.

  • $135,000.00 for a messenger who suffered a back injury with surgery.

  • $135,000.00 for a bus driver with a severe hand injury.

  • $135,000.00 for a laborer with an operated back.

  • $135,000.00 for a truck driver with an operated shoulder tear.

  • $135,000 for a factory worker with an operated herniated disc.

  • $135,000.00 for a teacher’s assistant who underwent a total knee replacement.

  • $130,000.00 for a union dock worker with a non-operated herniated disc.

  • $130,000.00 for a flight attendant with a non-operated herniated disc.

  • $130,000.00 for an office worker with operated carpal tunnel syndrome.

  • $127,800.00 for a flight attendant with an operated back.

  • $127,500.00 for a flight attendant with an unoperated herniated disc.

  • $125,000.00 for a maintenance man earning $300.00 a week at the time of his injury who had a knee surgery.

  • $125,000.00 for an airline ground crew worker with a non operated disc bulge. Case was initially tried within a few weeks after the accident because the employer was denying an MRI and not paying lost time benefits. Following a successful trial the employer paid benefits for over three years until the case settled.

  • $125,000.00 for a construction worker with an operated back.

  • $125,000.00 for a store worker with an operated back.

  • $125,000.00 for a nurse who suffered from an operated back (heavily disputed causation).

  • $125,000.00 for a worker with an operated spine.

  • $122,500.00 for an injured ramp agent with alleged reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

  • $120,000.00 for a factory worker who suffered from a fractured wrist with multiple surgeries.

  • $120,000.00 for a construction worker with bilateral cubital tunnel syndrome.

  • $118,722.00 for a laborer who suffered from a herniated disc with surgery.

  • $115,000.00 for a waitress who suffered from reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

  • $115,000.000 for a flight attendant with shoulder impingement.

  • $110,000.00 for a janitor with a surgically repaired torn rotator cuff.

  • $106,000.00 for a factory worker with an operated knee.

  • $103,000.00 for a pilot with a torn rotator cuff with surgery.

  • $100,000.00 for a factory worker with bilateral rotator cuff tears with surgery on one shoulder.

  • $100,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered from non-operated herniated disc.

  • $100,000.00 for office worker with non-operated tendonitis.

  • $100,000.00 for a currency exchange worker with a non-operated herniated disc.

  • $100,000.00 for a laborer with a severe hand injury.

  • $650.40 a week for life arbitration award for a pipefitter who suffered from herniated discs without surgery. Projected payout based on the client’s life expectancy is in excess of $1,500,000.00.

  • $547.50 a week for life award for a flight attendant with a back surgery. Client was found to be permanently and totally disabled for life at trial and the decision was upheld on appeal. Projected payout based on client’s life expectancy is in excess of $700,000.00.

 

 

 


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