PERSONAL INJURY
Representative Cases
- Plaintiff sued auto manufacturer when his vehicle caused a multi-party collision as the result of a malfunction of the car’s auto pilot feature.
- Defendant ran a red light causing serious personal injury to the plaintiff. The Plaintiff was driving within the scope of employment at the time of the loss. As a result, the workers’ compensation carrier for the Plaintiff’s employer paid for a substantial amount of the medicals and lost wages. Plaintiff sued the Defendant for available damages and workers' compensation carrier intervened in the case for reimbursement.
- Plaintiff was within the scope of employment as a mover when he fell due to what he claimed to be an unreasonably dangerous condition on the Defendant’s premises. The workers’ compensation carrier for the Plaintiff’s employer intervened in the case for reimbursement of medicals and wage replacement paid to the injured worker.
- Defendant rear-ended Plaintiff’s insured causing substantial property damage and personal injury. Defendant had a lapse in insurance coverage. Plaintiff paid their insured for personal injury through the uninsured motorist bodily injury clause of the policy and filed a subrogation claim against the Defendant.
- Defendant driver ran a red light causing serious bodily injury to Plaintiff. Liability for the loss was not disputed by the Defendant driver, but he claimed that his personal auto insurance should not pay since he was within the scope of employment delivering newspapers on his regular route at the time of the accident. The newspaper’s carrier also denied coverage claiming that all delivery people are independent contractors.