RS v. City of Jasper

Sep 03, 2012

OUTCOME: settled

Client, a school teacher in Walker County, Alabama, was seriously injured while working when her vehicle ran into ditch and struck a cement culvert head-on. She sustained serious personal injuries thro ... ughout her body. After a month long hospitalization, rehab and sedentary limitations for more than four months, we were able to settle her claim against a city in northern Alabama for the municipality cap of $100,000. The crux of the case was that approximately ten days before our client’s accident, another accident occurred in the same stretch of roadway leaving large gashes in the driving area of the road. The city was notified of the damaged roadway but failed to repair the damages prior to our client’s accident. The city only repaired the roadway after our client was seriously injured. The client still has a workers’ compensation claim that we are currently pursuing on her behalf. UPDATE: After she reached maximum medical improvement for all of her bodily injuries, her doctors released her back to work with significant permanent work restrictions. To her credit, not only has she returned to working full-time, but she has made a remarkable recovery considering she sustained fractures to both legs, three fractured ribs, very large cuts to her left knee and right ankle that required hundreds of stitches, abdominal bruising and contusions to her scalp and forehead. She also suffers from headaches and is having trouble mentally coping from this accident. We are very pleased to announce that Bernard recently settled the workers’ compensation claim for $150,000. As part of the settlement, our client will not have to pay back but a small portion of the insurance company medical bills lien that exceeds $750,000. This is a huge savings to the client. The case was filed in Walker County, Alabama.