Personal Injury Settlement Awards

$1,200,000

Young boy received severe head trauma when the ATV four wheeler he was riding as a passenger flipped over.

$35,000

Semi-truck driver pulled out from a stop sign in front of our client resulting in soft tissue injuries requiring 3 months of physical therapy.

$60,000

Working at a car dealership when a serviceman from another dealership backed into him and a customer, causing them to fall to the ground injuring his shoulder.

$140,000

Liability limits and UIM proceeds – t-bone in intersection aggravating back condition requiring back surgery.

$40,000

Slipped at grocery store in produce department, more meniscus in knee.

$62,000

Client was walking a neighbor’s horse that had gotten out of the corral. The horse reared causing her to fall injuring her collar bone and back.

$50,000

Policy limits – They had fallen off their scooter and were just getting back on it when they were hit by a car by a young driver. After the accident he posted pictures of the damage to his vehicle on Facebook.

$650,000

Harobed pulled out of field in front of cargo van. Lifeflited to hospital with multiple contiusions and broken femur.

$25,000

Policy limits – debris from truck fell on roadway hitting oncoming vehicle injuring neck and shoulder.

$25,000

Policy limits – driving to work with co-worker and boyfriend. The co-worker grabbed the steering wheel as a joke, made the driver lose control leaving the roadway and flipping the car.

$50,000

Injured knee when she tripped and fell over a piece of re-bar sticking up out of sidewalk.

$50,000

policy limits – was out of his car on side of road trying to get his truck unstuckwhen another vehicle lost control striking his vehicle, which then struck him.

$100,000

Policy limits – rear-ended requiring neck surgery.

$188,000

The client came to the law firm having received serious burns to his foot after stepping into hot liquid in a Washington factory.

$10,000

A 63 year old gentleman from Walla Walla, suffered an injury to his lower back. His self insured claim was closed without award for permanent partial disability, based upon the nonsensical conclusions of IME examiners, that there were no objective findings to support permanent impairment. Claimant’s attending physician, who’s impartiality is also questionable, suddenly and unexpectedly released him to work his job of injury without restrictions. Calbom and Schwab appealed the closing order and absent having to incur the expense of a further independent evaluation, was able to negotiate a side bar agreement of $10,000.00 with the self insured employer.

$13,000

Rear-end collision causing physical injuries that resolved in six months, but continued psychiatric injury.

$130,000

Stopped to make turn when vehicle behind attempted to pass but moved into path of oncoming truck. Injuries to back and ligaments.

$100,000

Vehicle ran stop sign in front of plaintiff, causing injuries to all three occupants. Policy limits received and divided by plaintiffs.

$160,000

County incorrectly applied de-icer to roadway. Plaintiff hit de-icer and lost control, severely injuring right hand.

$63,000

Vehicle ran stop sign in front of plaintiff, causing injuries to chest and neck.

$100,000

While standing outside plaintiff was hit during scuffle between security and patrol, severely breaking her leg.

$50,000

Car crossed center line on bridge, blamed phantom vehicle. Plaintiff re-injured back.

$37,500

Plaintiff traveling on motorcycle behind another motorcycle on two-lane road. Vehicle passing motorcycles pulled in quickly between the motorcycles, causing the plaintiff to hit his brakes and lose control, resulting in knee surgery.

$31,000

Defendant ran stop sign, hitting plaintiff¹s vehicle and aggravating plaintiff¹s prior back injuries.

$200,000

Two occupants injured in a one car roll over accident.

$145,000

Stopped to make turn when vehicle from opposite direction hit her head-on. Disk herniation.

$85,000

Rear-ended by vehicle and pushed into dump truck heading in opposite direction. Injuries to neck and back.

$300,000

Semi-Truck made a wide turn into oncoming traffic, hitting plaintiff’s vehicle and causing injuries to head, neck and back.

$95,000

Temporary worker at plant was severely burned when pressure built up causing a lid to explode.

$56,000

Hit in head-on by drunk driver, causing fractured leg and broken ribs.

$50,000

Passenger in vehicle that lost control. Broken arm.

$133,000

Trucker stooped to assist at accident on icy roads. Another vehicle going too fast came onto accident scene, hitting vehicle and pushing it into truck driver.

$75,000

One car rollover due to alcohol. Severe laceration to plaintiff’s arm.

$200,000

Hit head-on by drunk driver. Broken right foot, severed ear.

$100,000

Vehicle pulled out in front of plaintiff, causing severe chest injuries and large hematoma on neck.

$53,000

Manufacturing defect of camp trailer step, causing severely broken leg.

$170,000

One car accident on gravel road. Injuries to spine and nerve damage to leg.

$125,000

Anesthesiologist gave incorrect medication resulting in death.

$300,000

Death of nursing home patient due to broken lift.

$36,000

Rear-ended by truck while stopped with turn signal on.

$86,466

Vehicle ran stop sign in front of plaintiff, re-injuring her recent low back surgery.

$40,000

Hit by horse trailer, causing head trauma.

$50,000

Car in front of plaintiff lost control; plaintiff tried to slow down and lost control, hitting semi-tractor and resulting in head trauma and pain in neck. Limited policy limits.

$47,000

Walking to car in parking lot when hit from behind. Fractured foot, broken toes, two bulging discs.

$42,000

Boat operator towed skier too close to other boat, causing the rope to cross over another boat, catching client’s arm and requiring shoulder surgery.

$123,000

Single vehicle accident in fog; plaintiff underwent two shoulder surgeries but returned to better paying job.

$120,000

Small car rear-ended truck, causing it to submarine under the truck, re-injuring the truck driver’s spine.

$100,000

Hit by car in high speed chase from police, injuring his ribs and spine. Limited insurance coverage.

$440,000

Plaintiff rear-ended by drunk driver. Recovery against tavern and driver.

$67,000

Rear-ended causing back/neck/shoulder pain.

$68,250

Plaintiff entering onto freeway when he is hit by a tire that came off of a tractor-trailer headed in the opposite direction. Injuries to neck.

$50,000

Vehicle tires recently rotated by Les Schwab. Tire flew off when plaintiff was going down highway.

$45,000

Hit from behind in dust storm. Injuries to neck and spine.

$42,000

Multi-car accident. Injuries to low back, hips, neck and shoulders.

$207,000

Plaintiff looses balance and leans on handrail that comes loose from the wall, causing him to fall and requiring back surgery.

$75,000

Boat/wave runner, driver is alleged to have hit dock, causing passenger to fall off.

$850,000

Worker fell 40 feet into a pit, sustaining life-threatening injuries. Liability hotly contested.

$250,000

Construction worker fell from roof due to improper harness.

$200,000

Young man hit in crosswalk at night, causing head trauma.

$50,000

Rear-ended causing inner ear dysfunction, neck, shoulder and spinal injuries.

$49,500

Deputy Sheriff ran stop sign, hitting plaintiff’s vehicle and causing injuries to her knee, back, shoulders and neck.

$700,000

Auto accident requiring back surgery.

$1,300,000

Product defect causing amputation to arm.

$700,000

Auto accident requiring back surgery.

$140,000

Fall into county garbage bin, breaking ankle.

$60,000

Stool collapsed, causing shoulder injury.

$39,500

Plaintiff shopping for office chair, sat down on chair which was incorrectly put together. Flipped backwards, hitting his head and shoulders.

$975,000

Trucker struck by a forklift from behind, amputating foot.

$212,029

Allstate Insurance wrongfully evaluates a claim: Soft tissue injury to elderly woman after auto accident. Case went all the way through Supreme Court.

$275,000

Phantom vehicle ran truck off roadway, rolling off embankment.

$550,000

Vehicle backed over young boy, causing head trauma.

$450,000

Auto accident, plaintiff had prior neck and shoulder surgery. Accident caused increased injury to neck and surgery in good shoulder.

$70,000

Minor groomed by sex offender into consenting sexual relationship.

$95,000

Injured when thrown out of back of pickup coming down a mountain road.

$100,000

Sheet metal worker injured arm when he was directed to stand on the job shack, which collapsed.

$200,000

Hit by racer on snow ski team, requiring shoulder surgery.

$110,000

Multiple car accident due to dust storm.

$450,000

Forklift released stone onto stonemason causing him to jerk, injuring his neck/back.

$105,000

Motorcycle lost control due to improperly signed construction area, requiring shoulder surgery.

$225,000

Wrongful death/denial of civil rights. Plaintiff swallowed drugs during an arrest and was placed in a jail cell. Her request for assistance was ignored, resulting in death.

$400,000

Construction worker falls when leaning on handrail on balcony, fracturing face.