Pedestrian on Side Walk in Dalton, GA
Oct 15, 2016OUTCOME: $1,250,000
Driver fell asleep at the wheel and swerved onto the sidewalk where the client was walking. Client survived but sustained serious injuries.
Michael E. Gumprecht's Legal Cases (5)
Atlanta, GA
Wrongful death Lawyer at Atlanta, GA
Practice Areas: Wrongful Death, Personal Injury ... +2 more
Head-On Collision in Jasper, GA
May 01, 2016OUTCOME: $950,000
Liable driver failed to yield when entering the highway. Accident reconstructionists were hired to ensure the insurance company could not argue that our client should have seen the car coming and someh ... ow avoided the collision.
Large Motorcycle Wreck
Jan 01, 2016OUTCOME: $1,300,000
Our client was safely riding at the speed limit when an elderly man suddenly turned his car directly into his path. Unable to avoid the collision, our client was sent flying off his bike and he sustain ... ed serious injuries to his leg. He endured multiple surgeries and sustained permanent injuries resulting in lifelong complications. The family quickly involved our firm so we were able to quickly preserve critical evidence in order to prevent the insurance company from turning this into an extended battle in court. Within three months we forced the disclosure of all policies and obtained 100% of their value.
Cervical Fracture in Commerce, GA
Jun 16, 2015OUTCOME: $1,000,000
In March 2015, our client was sleeping upright and properly restrained as a rear-seat passenger in a vehicle that was en route to a Pennsylvania. After an all night drive from Georgia, in the early mor ... ning hours the tired driver rear-ended another vehicle and lost control of the vehicle our client was riding in. The violent whiplash hyper-extended our client’s neck, resulting in a Type II Hangman’s Fracture to his cervical spine at C2. Emergency surgery was performed in a Pennsylvania hospital, where our client received a posterior open reduction/internal fixation of C2 with occiput to C4, as well as a posterior cervical fusion. Our client’s heroic sister found The Gumprecht Law Firm online and reached out for assistance while her brother was recovering from the emergency surgery in Pennsylvania. Michael Gumprecht immediately got involved to gather and preserve critical evidence from the wreck. The wrecked vehicle belonged to a company for which our client was riding to Pennsylvania as a contractor on a manual labor project. The company had workers compensation coverage for its employees, which was promptly denied to our client due to his contractor status. With no health insurance and a denial of workers compensation coverage, our client had no way to pay for any medical treatment or bills. Upon discharge to Georgia, our client left the hospital recovering from this catastrophic injury with over $200,000 in unpaid medical bills. Michael Gumprecht worked quickly and tirelessly to uncover a hidden $1,000,000 liability policy that covered the vehicle our client was traveling in. It was not initially disclosed by the insurance carrier until it was demanded by Michael. The auto policy excluded coverage for employees, but it was issued by the same insurance company who denied workers compensation coverage to our client. As a result, Michael took the insurance carrier’s workers compensation denial and used it against them. The logic trapped the carrier into a corner: if you are going to deny workers compensation because you deem our client a contractor and not an employee, then this million dollar auto policy covers his injuries because it excludes coverage for employees, but not contractors. In just a few months time, Michael’s argument stuck and coverage was confirmed. Michael promptly sent a 109 page demand letter to the insurance carrier, giving them 30 days to pay the full limits of the $1,000,000 policy or face further entanglement in court. After aggressive negotiations with the insurance carrier’s defense counsel about the true value of our client’s injuries, Michael succeeded and obtained the full limits of the policy for his client: $1,000,000. After settlement, Michael also persuaded the Pennsylvania hospital to reduce their unpaid $200k+ medical bills to less than $40,000 as payment in full, all so that our client would walk away from the traumatic experience with the maximum possible amount of money in his pocket.
Soft Tissue Injures, Drunk 18 Wheeler in Atlanta
Jan 01, 2015OUTCOME: $615,000
Two clients were stopped when they were suddenly sideswiped by a drunk 18-wheeler driver at a very low speed, who subsequently fled the scene. Both clients were cleared at the ER and only treated with ... a chiropractor to the tune of less than $10,000 in medical care. Michael Gumprecht aggressively pursued the driver and his insurance company, uncovering key evidence to use as leverage to threaten a potentially embarrassing trial. The case settled for $615,000 without even filing a lawsuit, over thirty times the chiropractic bill amount.
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