Huntington Beach, CA
Workers compensation Lawyer at Huntington Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Workers Compensation
OUTCOME: Cash settlement $644,461.00
Client slipped in a freezer while working as a chef. Client sustained back and neck injury. Jackson & Jackson attorneys pursued vocational testing for client which proved he was substantially disabled ... and not likely to be able to return to suitable gainful employment. Case settled on eve of trial for $644,461.00
OUTCOME: $125,000 cash settlement with Future Medical care provided through Medicare system
Ms. Buch was an airline ramp agent for 24 years and had sustained 5 distinct injuries over her long career to her neck and low back and both shoulders. This was a very complex case to appropriately ass ... ign disability to five separate injuries as the law requires. Through careful development of evidence we were able to place the blame for most of the disability on one injury, thereby maximizing Ms. Buch's benefits which would otherwise be diluted with so many injuries.
OUTCOME: $47,000.00 cash settlement for emotinal trauma
Client was subjected to harassment by supervisor for incorrect data entry of legal documents. Client claimed her work had been sabotaged by another logging into her work and making changes. Defendant w ... as reluctant to turn over witness list for depo or meta-data showing who logged into client's computer to make the mistakes. Case settled for nearly the full value of work comp benefits.
OUTCOME: $100,000.00 cash settlement
Mr. Romero was represented by a prior attorney for over two years before Jackson & Jackson took over representation. The insurance company denied the claim based on the statute of limitations because t ... he first attorney did not timely file the required court documents. Attorney Gary Jackson was able to overcome this defense and obtain back benefits for the years the insurance company refused to pay in excess of $70,000.00
OUTCOME: $425,00.00 settlement with lifetime payments
Mr. Terronez, an armored car guard and driver injured his low back when the door of his truck swung open and hit him forcefully. The injury resulted in a low back fusion surgery and need for on going p ... ain management to help him to perform activities of daily living. Mr. Terronez elected to receive life time payments to compensate him as well as life time payments to cover future medical needs that might arise.
OUTCOME: Stipulation to 51% disability for 1985 hip injury
Ms. Wilson was a long term employee for the L.A. Unified School District. When she hired Jackson & Jackson she had already settled her injury claims with future medical open and wanted the firm to help ... her overturn denials of future medical treatment. Not only did Gary Jackson get her medical treatment authorized, but also found that her previously filed hip injury claim from 1985 had never been addressed in any settlement documents and therefore had previously gone uncompensated. Attorney Gary Jackson obtained medical evidence of substantial disability in Ms. Wilson's hip and was successful in getting her hip treatment authorized, lifetime medical for her hip and an additional $34,720.00 (based on 1985 pay rates).
OUTCOME: Cash settlement of $15,600.00
Facts showed less than 5 MPH impact to rear of client's car with less than $200 damage to car. Client incurred over $7,000 in medical treatment with a chiropractor. Insurance company offer prior to our ... representation was zero based on insurance company medical report of Jeffrey Bounds, M.D. who opined that $300 in total medical costs was reasonable. Within 60 days of hiring Jackson & Jackson she was able to get a fair and just settlement.
OUTCOME: 100% permanent disability and life time medical
Mr. Arnold injured his back while repairing gas pumps at gas stations. The stress of being off work and in daily pain also caused emotional trauma which further put stress on his heart. The stress and ... heart issues were initially denied by the insurance company. However after depositions of key doctors we were successful in convincing the insurance company that the stress and heart issues were compensable consequences of the original back injury. The insurance company went bankrupt but we were able to get the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) joined in as a party defendant. Despite medical ratings in the range of 71% permanent disability, we were successful in negotiating with CIGA a 100% permanent disability award and life time medical care to include all reasonable and necessary medical treatment to cure or relieve Mr. Arnold of the effects of his work injury for his spine, emotional trauma and the heart condition.
OUTCOME: settlement based on 82% permanent disability
client suffered complications from a simple laceration to his lower leg when a table he was moving hit him. the wound failed to hear properly resulting in a deep vein thrombosus. settlement based on cl ... ient's doctors with no apportionment to significant prior injury when client his by a car causing significant damage to his knee and lower leg. settlement is based on 82% disability, plus life pension with value of $121,000 and future medical open for lifetime.
OUTCOME: settlement based on 100% permanent disability
client injured low back while changing truck tires in 2005. spinal fusion surgery did not significantly improve symptoms. $575,500 settlement.