Attorney Phil Kesler's Legal Cases

Personal injury

$1,100,000 – Our 79-year-old client was T-boned by a pick-up truck hauling a too-large trailer which ran a stop sign.

Jan 01, 2013

OUTCOME: $1,100,000 Settlement

Settled policy limits. Our 79-year-old client was T-boned by a pick-up truck hauling a too-large trailer which ran a stop sign. She sustained multiple traumatic injury to her brain, chest with left pne ... umothorax, respiratory failure requiring intubation, intra-abdominal injury with splenic laceration requiring laparotomy and splenic resection, as well as pelvic injury and hip fracture.

Wrongful death

$6,062,253 17 year old female killed by drunk driver

Jan 01, 2012

OUTCOME: $6,062,253 Verdict

Verdict. 17-year-old female suffered fatal injuries when 44-year-old male defendant, intoxicated, disobeyed red traffic signal and collided with plaintiff broadside. Witness confirmed that plaintiff ha ... d a green light. Previously settled with DRAM Shop defendants for statutory limit. Verdict includes $3,000,000 in punitive damages

Personal injury

$1,550,000 Defendant was having a party at his parents’ farmstead.

Jan 01, 2012

OUTCOME: $1,550,000 Settlement

Settlement. Defendant was having a party at his parents’ farmstead. When the 21-year-old plaintiff arrived, Defendant asked the Plaintiff to join him on a “Rhino” all-terrain vehicle for a ride around ... the property. Defendant made a sharp turn at approximately 40 miles an hour causing Plaintiff’s leg to become pinned under the vehicle. He suffered displaced fracture of the mid shaft of the tibia and fibula on his right leg. The Plaintiff was not aware that there was a seatbelt present in the vehicle when he was offered the ride.Therefore, he was not wearing a seatbelt. The adult driver’s parents were named for negligent entrustment.

Personal injury

$549,500 50-year-old male driver and 58-year-old female passenger were involved in a three-car collision

Jan 01, 2008

OUTCOME: $549,500 Verdict

Verdict. Clients, 50-year-old male driver and 58-year-old female passenger were involved in a three-car collision. The teenaged defendant turned his vehicle from a direct course, leaving the roadway st ... riking the driver’s door of the plaintiff’s vehicle which was stopped at a stop light on a cross street. The plaintiff driver injured his back and right shoulder requiring surgery. The plaintiff passenger injured her neck, both shoulders, left elbow knee and back, requiring rotator cuff surgery to her left shoulder and surgery for tennis elbow to her left elbow.

Motorcycle accident

$6,227,368 – 48 year old man on motorcycle run over by pick up truck.

Jan 01, 2006

OUTCOME: $6,227,368 Verdict

Verdict. The 48-year-old man was riding his motorcycle when run over by a pickup truck and dragged. He sustained a traumatic amputation of his left leg below the knee on the scene, which required revi ... sion to an above the knee amputation later at the hospital. He also sustained multiple fractures to his left (dominant) arm, multiple fractured ribs, a fracture at C5, and developed compartment syndrome requiring fasciotomies on both upper extremities. He developed radial nerve palsy in his left arm and vocal cord damage which continue to make it difficult for him to speak. He spent nearly one month in the hospital and another month in a rehabilitation facility. He underwent nearly twenty surgeries and will need more in the future. He has permanent pain in both arms, his left leg and neck. A loss of consortium claim was asserted on his wife’s behalf.

Car accident

8 Figure Confidential Settlement

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OUTCOME:

Eight figure settlement achieved for a 46 year old female, suffering from a TBI requiring a ventilator. Case resolved 16 months from date of accident.

Car accident

$866,666 Settlement Prior to Trial

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OUTCOME: $866,666

Plaintiff and her unborn child sustained injuries leading to premature delivery.

Phil Kesler's Legal Cases (7)

$1,100,000 – Our 79-year-old client was T-boned by a pick-up truck hauling a too-large trailer which ran a stop sign.

$6,062,253 17 year old female killed by drunk driver

$1,550,000 Defendant was having a party at his parents’ farmstead.

$549,500 50-year-old male driver and 58-year-old female passenger were involved in a three-car collision

$6,227,368 – 48 year old man on motorcycle run over by pick up truck.

8 Figure Confidential Settlement

$866,666 Settlement Prior to Trial