The following results are from recent verdicts and settlements obtained by our firm on behalf of clients.

Confidential Settlement

A 12-year-old  boy died of cardiac arrest shortly after collapsing at youth football practice.  The young boy had a rare form of sickle cell disease, and the medical examiner attributed the cause of death to this disease.  The Law Offices of Christopher Ligori & Associates vigorously and aggressively litigated this case to the point where the firm was able to determine that the child’s sickle cell disease had little or nothing to do with his death and that the boy had died of heat stroke.   Team members took depositions in this case in Storrs, Conn.; Oakland,  Calif.; and Baltimore, Md. They then consulted with experts as far away as New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois (Chicago), California (Sonoma Valley) and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).  The legal team was happy to reveal the truth in this case and brought  justice to the family for the death of their child.

A confidentiality agreement requested by the defense prohibits publication of the settlement value.

Confidential Settlement

An 11-year-old boy was at youth football practice when he also collapsed and later died.  The coaches and administrators  stated that the practice had just started ten minutes before the boy collapsed and that they were not at fault for his death.   The defense attributed his death to the boy carrying the sickle cell trait.   After diligently litigating this case and taking over 100 depositions, the team at the Law Offices of Christopher Ligori & Associates was able to establish that the coaches and team administrators were in fact lying about the amount of time the practice had been in progress prior to this young man’s collapse.   As a result of extremely diligent and highly-contested litigation, the legal team was proud to have uncovered the truth and administered justice for this child’s parents.

$5,000,000

A 15-year-old girl crossing Busch Boulevard on her way to Chamberlain High School was struck by a driver of a small pickup truck who ran a red light, hit her, and knocked her approximately 40 feet into the air.  After two years of working intensely on this case which resulted in brain damage and broken bones, Mr. Ligori and his team were able to reach a settlement for $5 mllion, or 500 times the policy limits of $10,000.

Confidential Settlement

A female client on her way home from work was in a collision and suffered a closed head injury.  The defense in this case repeatedly hid the amount of the policy limits and tried to settle this case for a much lower amount.  The Law Offices of Christopher Ligori & Associates diligently litigated the case for two years, discovered the correct policy limits, and resolved this case for the full limit plus additional compensation.

$1,800,000

A driver is traveling in a double turn lane northbound on Florida Avenue in Tampa with the intention of making a lefthand turn 100 yards ahead. A pizza delivery driver pulls out without looking and impacts the driver on the side of his vehicle, destabilizing the car which then flipped over several times, pinning the driver’s arm beneath the vehicle and resulting in a near amputation injury with highly-disputed liability.

Confidential Settlement

A man in his late 80’s died from asphyxiation while in an assisted living facility due to the fact that the sheets were caught on his bed rails.

$1,000,000

The Plaintiff was riding a motorcycle when a car suddenly pulled in front of him. The motorcycle tried to avoid contact with the vehicle and flew over the hood of the car, landed on his back and fractured his T11 and T12 vertebrae requiring surgery. Mr. Ligori was able to reach a judgment in the case of $1 million, including interest, a result Mr. Ligori achieved for his client that was 100 times the policy limit of $10,000.

$1,000,000

The Plaintiff was riding in a privately-chartered bus from her workplace to her parked car. The bus driver became angry when passengers began to complain about his driving and slammed on the brakes in an inappropriate manner. The Plaintiff went flying, hit her face on a steel object inside the bus, and herniated a disc in her neck. She subsequently underwent cervical discectomy and fusion, and developed complex regional pain syndrome in her upper extremities.

$750,000

In this case, the Plaintiff was driving from work when a car crossed the median and impacted her vehicle head-on. The Plaintiff fractured her femur and acetabular and was out of work for approximately four months. Mr. Ligori was able to reach a settlement of $750,000 from the defendant’s insurance company, even though the policy limits for the defendant driver were just $10,000 or a settlement of 75 times the policy limits.

$500,000

The Plaintiff was in a vehicle that was stopped at a red light and was rear-ended by the defendant. As a result, the Plaintiff suffered neck, back, and left knee injuries, and subsequently underwent back surgery.

$350,000

A client who was previously diagnosed with a partial ACL tear was in an auto accident and then suffered a full thickness tear of her ACL, requiring her to have replacement surgery.  This tear was clearly a pre-existing knee condition.

$265,000

A Plaintiff was driving in Pinellas County when a car pulled out from a red light and struck the right front of his vehicle. The Plaintiff was seventeen at the time and injured his knee, and subsequently requiring arthroscopic surgery. The defendant did not have bodily injury coverage, therefore the Plaintiff filed suit against his uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier, GEICO. The jury came back several times regarding the medical bills, and the verdict triggered a proposal for settlement. This meant that the insurance company had to pay the attorney’s fees and costs for the plaintiff. The plaintiff ended up with almost the entire verdict of $265,000.

$285,000

The Plaintiff was driving in Tampa, Fla. when a car pulled in front of him causing an accident. The Plaintiff hurt his left knee and went to the hospital, and the knee injury subsequently required an arthroscopic procedure to repair torn cartilage. Progressive Insurance refused to pay the policy limits. The jury came back with a verdict in excess of the plaintiff’s proposal for settlement requiring the defendant’s carrier to pay the attorney’s fees and costs for the case. Progressive paid more than half a million dollars to resolve this matter when the insurance policy was only $250,000. Thus, Mr. Ligori required the insurance company to pay more than double the policy limits.

$160,000

A client with a history of knee problems suffered a meniscus tear in the right knee and required surgery after an auto accident.

*Additional verdicts and settlements are available upon request.

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