Settlement for a Rear End Accident Involving a Commercial/ Semi Truck – $500,000

Published: 05/12/2024

Our clients, and our client’s parents, were the victims of a rear end accident with a commercial/ semi truck. Their vehicle sustained major damage and was a total loss. Our clients suffered neck injury, back injury and shoulder injury. One of their medical bills were $23,782.36; the others medical bills were $32,505.33. Their parent’s medical bills were $14,675.00 and the last were none as they were all waived.

The defendants’ top offer before we filed a lawsuit was $30,000.00 for one of them, $35,000.00 for the first parent and $60,000.00 for the other parent, still a low ball offer for our clients’ cases. The defendants refused to make an offer for the other client without prior medical records as they were recommended a future shoulder surgery. After months of litigation, we engaged with the defendants’ lawyer for a private mediation, where we were able to settle the case at mediation for our clients for a collective $500,000.00. This $500,000.00 settlement was truly a fantastic result for our clients considering their treatment was relatively limited and the medical bills for each were no greater than $35,000.00.