$ 1,000,000.00 recovery by a woman who suffered serious injuries in car accident$ 1,000,000.00 recovery by a 61 year old woman who suffered serious injuries including but not limited to bilateral punctured lungs, rib fractures, pelvis fracture, fractured right femur and bilateral fractured ankles. Our client was a passenger in a car being driven by her husband, who was making a left turn into her employer's parking lot when it was struck by a vehicle going straight. The police investigation indicated that the plaintiff's husband was the cause of the accident. The insurance company who was defending the driver who was traveling straight, claimed that their liability was limited to $100,000.00 based on the long-term lease statute, notwithstanding the fact that they had a $300,000.00 single limit policy. A lawsuit was filed based on the serious injuries sustained by our client and the amount of her medical expenses, which were in excess of $600,000.00. Our claim was also based on the fact that a $300,000.00 single limit policy did not satisfy the long-term lease statute and therefore the lessor of the vehicle (a major automobile manufacturer) could be liable for the full extent of damages awarded by a jury. It was further argued that although our client's husband may have been primarily liable for this accident, the individual driving the other vehicle along with the owner of said vehicle, would be jointly and severally liable for the full amount of future and past economic loss sustained by our client. After extensive litigation, a recovery of $1,000,000.00 was obtained on behalf of our client. As an aside, the client retained a majority of the settlement proceeds due to the fact that our firm negotiated a full waiver of the outstanding medical liens.
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