Schneider Injury Law A Record Of Success

In the case above, the hotel settled for its policy limits of $1,000,000 on the day before trial. The hotel had denied liability up to that point, pointing the finger at the construction company against whom we ultimately a $5,500,336 verdict at trial.

Crystal Anderson v. Brandon Wickliffe (Clayton County) Defense settled for six times the policy limits after years of litigation. Client had a prior benign brain tumor and preexisting headaches and cognitive issues. Highest offer had been $7,000. Medical expenses were $24,000.

Williamson v. Abuck (Fulton County) 5-day trial in a 2019 T-bone collision causing a mild traumatic brain injury and spinal injuries. The defense disputed that the wreck had caused our client's injuries. The jury disagreed, finding against the driver and his employer, and awarded damages for medical expenses and past and future pain and suffering. Our claim for attorney’s fees is currently pending.

Montague v. Herrera (Fulton County) 3-day trial in a 2014 rear-end collision that necessitated neck surgery 2 years later. The defense denied fault because there was no police report and disputed that the wreck had caused our client's injuries. The jury disagreed and assigned 100% fault to the defendant driver and awarded damages for medical expenses and past and future pain and suffering.

Wright v. Treadway, et al. (Cobb County) 5-day jury trial in a 2014 dental malpractice case for permanent severe nerve injury (trigeminal neuralgia) after tooth extraction. Brought in as co-counsel one month before trial. Handled voir dire, damages witnesses, charge conference and first close.

Our firm was hired to take this case to trial. After fully preparing for trial, we achieved this settlement during mediation by demonstrating the scope of human loss.

Our firm was hired to litigate this case involving significant head and eye injuries after Allstate Insurance Company rejected a $100,000 pre-suit policy limits demand. Immediately after filing suit, our firm sent a $500,000 offer of settlement to Allstate, which they accepted without doing any discovery in the case.

Our firm was hired to assist with litigation after a $100,000 offer by the insurance company on approximately $15,000 in medical expenses. We worked up the traumatic brain injury, demonstrating our client had suffered a permanent and severe injury despite continuing to work. After defeating the defendant's motion for partial summary judgment on punitive damages, the insurance company agreed to pay $550,000 for our client's pain and suffering - 37x the medical expenses in the case.

Our firm was retained to file suit in this case because of our TBI expertise after the insurance company rejected a $250,000 policy limits pre-suit demand. Within only a few months of filing the case and after the Defendant's deposition, we were able to obtain a $500,000 settlement for our client, on $40,000 in medical expenses, by aggressively pursuing punitive damages in the case for the head-on collision and by demonstrating the severity and permanency of our client's injuries through a medical evaluation and a video of our client.

After the insurance company initially rejected our $100,000 policy limits demand pre-suit, we filed our lawsuit alleging negligence of boat owner/operator for foot and ankle injuries suffered by our client. The insurance company accepted our demand for $400,000 over policy limits after the depositions of the parties and several witnesses were taken, which demonstrated the fault of the boat owner/operator.

Our firm was retained to file suit in this case because of our TBI expertise after the insurance company rejected a policy limits pre-suit demand. We obtained this settlement within a year of filing suit and prior to expert depositions. One challenging fact was that the insurance company was pointing the finger at a second impact that occurred after the defendant's truck struck our client.

Grimes v. Nemeth (Gwinnett County) 4-day trial in a 2020 t-bone collision that necessitated knee surgery a year later. The defense admitted fault but disputed that the wreck had caused our client's injuries. The jury disagreed and awarded damages for medical expenses and past and future pain and suffering.

After a $27,000 offer pre-suit, we were referred the case to litigate. We filed suit in Douglas County and worked the case up through discovery, finding out that the driver who ran the red light and collided with our client was on the phone at the time of the collision. The defense tendered its policy limits without us even sending a demand.

After a $42,000 offer pre-suit, we were referred the case to litigate and try. After a two day trial in Fulton County, the jury returned a verdict in our favor for $240,000 - 2.5x the highest offer from Allstate. Our client had $78,000 in medical expenses from a wrist surgery and physical therapy.

With proof of a PTSD diagnosis, a company settled a claim for its employee groping our client who was delivering a cargo load to the facility. There were rumors this employee had assaulted another woman prior to assaulting our client. We were unable to obtain an arrest warrant for the employee after a full day hearing in Clayton County court. Our client was ecstatic to see justice served and hoped that this would prevent the employee from assaulting anyone else.

Lack of supervision lead to 4 year-old sexually assaulting another 4 year-old.

After obtaining the $5.5M verdict in Max Laguerre's case for his permanent traumatic brain injury, we brought the loss of consortium claim for his spouse who had suffered the loss of their marriage because of the contractor's negligence. After family members testified in depositions about the effect of Mr. Laguerre's injuries on his spouse and their marriage, the defendant accepted our Offer of Settlement.

After filing suit, we obtained a $150,000 settlement for a child with $6,000 in counseling bills after a head-on collision in which her pet bearded dragon died.

After no offers from Kroger, we were hired to assist with litigation. Our appearance at the mediation led to an offer that was more than 4x the medical specials, which was able to resolve the case.

After a complete denial of liability pre-suit, we were referred this case to litigate. After filing the lawsuit and receiving discovery responses showing defendant's driver was at the scene at the time of the wreck, we sent an offer of settlement, which was promptly accepted.

At the conclusion of discovery in the case, with a claim for punitive damages against the company for multiple safety violations of the driver and a treating doctor supporting a permanent debilitating injury, the company’s insurance company paid $110,000 (30x the medical bills) for a torn rotator cuff of our 85 year-old client.

After the deposition of the dog owner proving that he was not holding the dog’s leash and knew about the history of a prior attempted attack by his dog, the homeowner’s insurance company paid its policy limits, which were 33x our client’s medical bills.

In Starr v. Bridges (Fulton County), after a damages hearing, the Court issued a $100,000 verdict against the dog owner, which included $50,000 in punitive damages ($35,000 more than we requested) and attorney's fees and expenses. Our client suffered a puncture bite while trying to rescue her dog from an attack by defendant's pitbull. The pitbull had been known to try to attack neighborhood dogs, and even after the attack on our client, the defendant allowed her dog to get loose and kill another neighborhood dog.

After filing the lawsuit in a disputed liability case with proof of a surgical recommendation, the insurance company tripled their pre-suit offer and paid the policy limits, which were more than double our client’s medical bills.

Wrong-sided surgery necessitating an additional surgery with medical records demonstrating the doctor tried to conceal the mistake.

In Padgett v. Cantrell (Cherokee County), after a 3 day trial, the jury returned a verdict against the Allstate driver for more than double our client’s medical bills and 15x the pre-suit offer of $3,000.

After deposing the at-fault driver and discovering she was under the influence of multiple medications while driving, with the threat of punitive damages looming, the insurance company accepted a demand that was more than 3x our client’s medical bills.

After obtaining a default judgment against the defendant hotel, the hotel paid double the medical bills for a trip and fall on the hotel’s driveway.

During litigation, with the threat of punitive damages against the at-fault driver who had been in multiple other motor vehicle collisions, the insurance company accepted a policy limits demand for double our client’s medical bills.

With a thorough, persuasive demand letter, we obtained a policy limits settlement, which was 1.5x our client’s medical bills.

After receiving multiple notices that the insurance company deemed this wreck "minor" and a $350 offer, we continued to push the insurance company with additional documentation and inform them that we were not afraid of filing this suit and going to trial. We ultimately obtained a policy limits settlement that was almost twice our client’s medical bills.

After a low-ball pre-suit offer, once we filed the lawsuit on behalf of our client whose foot was fractured when run over by the defendant, the insurance company paid nearly 4x our client’s medical bills.

With a thorough, persuasive demand letter, we obtained a pre-suit settlement with an airline who had damaged our client’s wheelchair and delayed repairing/replacing it for 4 months, leaving our client home-bound for that time.