Car Accident - $175,000.00

Our client was removing items from the cargo area of her friends older model SUV when her friend accidentally remotely closed the liftgate from inside her house, causing the liftgate to violently strike our client in the back of the head resulting in a traumatic brain injury. A bodily injury claim was filed with the insurance company that insured the SUV and an underinsured claim was filed with our clients insurance carrier by another attorney. The prior attorney settled the bodily injury claim for the insurance policy limits of $50,000.00 but the underinsured claim was denied and the prior attorney did not want to pursue arbitration for a number of different reasons. We took over the case and fully prepared the underinsured claim for arbitration. After sending a settlement demand package and providing a statement to the underinsured insurance carrier, the claim settled for $175,000.00.