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$1,500,000
Our client was killed in a crash on NC Highway 55 near Mount Olive when a pickup truck attempted to pass her in a no-passing zone at 70 mph while she turned left onto Kelly Springs Road. She was rushed to WakeMed hospital, where she tragically passed away.
The severe collision forced both vehicles into a ditch and overturned her sedan, resulting in fatal injuries and criminal charges against the defendant for misdemeanor death by vehicle. Although insurers denied liability, claiming our client failed to signal, our firm hired an accident reconstructionist to prove that the turn signal was operational and that the defendant’s aftermarket tires and lift kit caused him to travel faster than his speedometer indicated.
Recognizing the family’s dire financial hardship following the loss of their loved one without life insurance, we leveraged these technical findings to demand immediate pre-lawsuit mediation. Our aggressive approach successfully forced the defense to raise its initial $500,000 offer, resulting in a $1,500,000 settlement less than eight months after the crash.
$1,450,000
Our client was seriously injured in an auto accident with a commercial truck, suffering internal injuries and orthopedic injuries. He incurred approximately $250,000 in medical expenses. Our client was represented by another attorney in North Carolina who reached out to us for help after a suit was filed and the matter was set for trial. The defense attorneys re-opened negotiations with us which resulted in a settlement of $1,450,000 the week of trial.
$1,250,000
Our client was killed in an auto accident. His next of kin included 3 adult children. Shortly after the tragic fatal wreck, his children were referred to our firm by an out-of-state attorney. We monitored the misdemeanor death charges filed against the at-fault driver to make sure justice was served in the criminal part of this case. We also hired experts to help prove liability. The at-fault driver only had $30,000 in insurance coverage. We investigated all available insurance coverages and located 4 policies totaling $1,250,000. We were able to conclude the resolution in approximately 7 months following the date of the wreck, which is a very quick resolution in a death case.
$1,040,000
Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers Attorneys Gene Riddle, Darren Dawson, and Alex Riddle represented the three adult children of a client tragically killed in a head-on collision on US 15/501 near Sanford.
An oncoming driver crossed the centerline at 55 mph and struck our client’s vehicle, later claiming to law enforcement that she may have fainted prior to the impact. Our legal team immediately deployed an accident reconstructionist to preserve critical physical evidence and navigate complex insurance issues stemming from our client driving a commercial rental vehicle. Despite initial pushback from the insurance carriers on liability and coverage, our detailed investigation uncovered multiple applicable policies. Through relentless negotiation, we successfully forced every insurer to tender their full policy limits, securing the maximum total available coverage for his surviving children.
$1,000,000
Our client was injured in an auto accident and the defendant driver was charged with a DWI. Our client suffered soft tissues injuries to the neck and back, and incurred approximately $20,000 in medical expenses. We filed suit after receiving lowball offers from the insurance carrier. We hired an accident reconstructionist and thoroughly investigated the accident to preserve the evidence against the defendant driver. We engaged in extensive written discovery and depositions of witnesses and parties. After a long legal process, we settled at mediation for $1,000,000, which included compensation for punitive damages against the impaired driver. We consider this one of our best results of 2024.
$1,000,000
Our client was a resident of Florida who was a passenger in a vehicle with a Massachusetts driver, who was involved in a single vehicle collision in North Carolina. We were associated by Florida counsel in order to file suit in North Carolina, as the collision occurred here. He suffered a back injury which his doctor said was permanent. He incurred over $50,000 in medical expenses and lost 3 months of work. After a hearing in Wayne County Superior Court, we obtained a default judgment in the amount of $1,000,000 plus pre and post-judgement interest and costs.
$2,150,000
We represented a driver who was seriously injured in a side-swipe collision on I-440 with a dump truck. The dump truck driver claimed that our driver left his lane of travel and caused the accident. Our expert accident reconstructionist was able to document gouge marks in the highway, and we obtained body camera footage from an investigating officer that documented two witnesses’ contemporaneous statements stating the truck driver left his lane of travel. The defense also challenged the value of our claim, citing the advanced age of our client and his health conditions, and the fact that he did not have any documented income as he was in retirement. We were able to secure a pre-suit settlement that compensated our client’s adult children and widow without necessitating a jury trial.
$2,150,000
We represented a driver who was seriously injured in a side-swipe collision on I-440 with a dump truck. The dump truck driver claimed that our driver left his lane of travel and caused the accident. Our expert accident reconstructionist was able to document gouge marks in the highway, and we obtained body camera footage from an investigating officer that documented two witnesses’ contemporaneous statements stating the truck driver left his lane of travel. The defense also challenged the value of our claim, citing the advanced age of our client and his health conditions, and the fact that he did not have any documented income as he was in retirement. We were able to secure a pre-suit settlement that compensated our client’s adult children and widow without necessitating a jury trial.
$1,800,000
Our valued client was driving a truck for his employer when a dump truck crossed the center line and hit him head-on. He suffered multiple injuries including the eventual loss of his left leg below the knee. He was successfully fitted with an orthopedic foot and managed very well. Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers personal injury and workers’ comp lawyer Gene Riddle worked out settlements with both the workers’ compensation insurance carrier and the carrier for the defendant third party dump truck.
The workers’ compensation carrier paid for all medical bills which totaled approximately $350,000 and paid indemnity to him until his case was settled. The workers’ compensation carrier then paid an additional $55,000 to our client and waived its lien against the third-party claim in its entirety. The third party paid an advance of $10,000 within a few weeks of the accident, as a result of the efforts of our attorneys. The case was ultimately settled with the dump truck for $1,400,000 in addition to all funds paid by the workers’ compensation carrier.
This was a tragic case involving a life-changing injury, which can never be fully compensated.
$1,800,000
Our valued client was driving a truck for his employer when a dump truck crossed the center line and hit him head-on. He suffered multiple injuries including the eventual loss of his left leg below the knee. He was successfully fitted with an orthopedic foot and managed very well. Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers personal injury and workers’ comp lawyer Gene Riddle worked out settlements with both the workers’ compensation insurance carrier and the carrier for the defendant third party dump truck.
The workers’ compensation carrier paid for all medical bills which totaled approximately $350,000 and paid indemnity to him until his case was settled. The workers’ compensation carrier then paid an additional $55,000 to our client and waived its lien against the third-party claim in its entirety. The third party paid an advance of $10,000 within a few weeks of the accident, as a result of the efforts of our attorneys. The case was ultimately settled with the dump truck for $1,400,000 in addition to all funds paid by the workers’ compensation carrier.
This was a tragic case involving a life-changing injury, which can never be fully compensated.
$1,000,000
An elderly couple returning home from a fishing trip were struck broadside by a large F-250 truck driven by a young man who ran a stop sign. The husband, an 83-year-old retired minister and his 79-year-old wife both perished in this wreck. The young man unfortunately followed the travel directions of a map application which directed him off major highways and to the unfamiliar country road where this wreck occurred. We filed suit as negotiations stalled. The case settled for the limits of the policy at $500,000 to each estate for a combined total recovery of $1,000,000.
$850,000
Our client was riding as a passenger in a truck when he was hit by a work truck that allegedly crossed the center line. He suffered injuries to his back and shoulder which required surgery. The defendant denied that our client’s injuries were caused by the accident, so we filed a lawsuit. After discovery and taking of doctors’ and parties’ deposition, the case settled at mediation for $850,000.
$1,050,000
Plaintiff was a guest passenger on motorcycle when defendant allegedly lost control in an S-turn causing the motorcycle to roll over several times. Plaintiff suffered traumatic brain injury, memory loss, multiple fractures to the right eye, sternum, and back. Claim settled for all potential insurance coverage, prior to suit being filed.
$1,000,000
Our client was riding his motorcycle on a service road in Goldsboro when another driver turned in front of him and hit him. He was thrown 15 feet and the other driver was charged with the accident.
Injuries: fracture of left distal radius, closed right humeral fracture, right shoulder hemiarthroplasty, pelvis fracture, non-displaced posterior left acetabular roof and posterior column fracture and bladder rupture.
Treatment: Multiple surgeries on left arm, rotator cuff surgery.
Settlement: $1,000,000 which were the limits of the insurance policy insuring the at fault party.
$500,000
Our client was riding his motorcycle when an SUV turned left from a side street into client’s path. Our client made evasive maneuvers but the SUV still crashed into our client, causing severe injuries.
Our client suffered a comminuted fracture of the lower leg, a clavicle fracture, and a fractured vertebrae in his neck. After extensive medical care, including surgery, he made a good recovery.
The client’s total medical bills were approximately $95,000. After much investigation into insurance coverage we found one liability policy and two underinsured policies, totaling $500,000.
After passing the case through multiple adjusters and managers, the insurance companies did not offer more than the $250,000. We demanded arbitration and we were able to secure the tender of the full amount of all policies, $500,000.
$300,000
Our client was severely injured when he was t-boned by a pickup truck while pulling onto the highway on his motorcycle. The firm recovered the limits of all available insurance coverage for the client.
$300,000
Our client who was riding a motorcycle tragically lost his life when a vehicle pulled into his path. The facts of the crash were hotly contested and the other driver claimed our rider caused the crash by speeding and driving recklessly. Despite the defendants presenting several defenses to our claim we were able to settle the case during a mediation for the limits of all available insurance coverages, $300,000.
$200,000
The client sustained multiple fractures. Our team identified three separate insurance policies and secured policy limits from each, resulting in a $200,000 recovery for the our client.
$350,000
We were retained by a woman who was seriously injured in a collision with a tractor-trailer. She suffered a spinal fracture and a concussion and incurred about $40,000 in medical bills which were paid by her health insurance. She had another law firm file suit for her and after an unsuccessful process, they referred her to us. Her case was on a trial docket. We hired experts to help us equate damages. We conducted depositions, including with her doctors. We were then able to settle the case prior to trial for $350,000 which was almost twice the previous offer. We believe we were able to leverage such a substantial increase in the insurance company’s offer because we demonstrated that we were willing to take the case to trial.
$125,000
The client was a passenger in a vehicle which collided with a tractor-trailer at the center line of the highway and the client required surgery. The case was settled with contribution from both insurance companies for a total of $125,000.
$1,000,000
An elderly couple returning home from a fishing trip were struck broadside by a large F-250 truck driven by a young man who ran a stop sign. The husband, an 83-year-old retired minister and his 79-year-old wife both perished in this wreck. The young man unfortunately followed the travel directions of a map application which directed him off major highways and to the unfamiliar country road where this wreck occurred. We filed suit as negotiations stalled. The case settled for the limits of the policy at $500,000 to each estate for a combined total recovery of $1,000,000.
$840,000
The deceased was a 16-year old driver who was stuck by a commercial tractor-trailer that allegedly failed to stop at a red light. The initial investigation of the accident was not favorable for the plaintiff and liability was denied. Plaintiff’s counsel hired accident reconstruction consultants Reggie Hines and Darren Marceau. According to the plaintiff’s counsel, the accident reconstruction indicated the defendant ran the red light. Lead attorney Gene Riddle settled the case for $840,000 on June 2006 in Wayne County.
$545,000
Our client died when he was struck by a car while standing in the roadway directing traffic so a dump truck could back into the driveway at a job site. This case had significant liability challenges, as our client had volunteered to help direct traffic and was not acting within the scope of his employment. Although the defendant’s insurance company argued that our client should not have been in the roadway, we were able to successfully argue the Doctrine of Last Clear Chance and recovered the policy limits of $50,000 under the policy. We presented a claim to our client’s underinsured coverage, which was a business policy. After arguing with the insurance company that our client should be covered under the policy for this incident, we recovered $375,000 under the policy. Finally, we presented a claim to the dump truck’s insurance company, arguing that their driver shared some responsibility for this loss by creating the traffic conditions in the roadway that morning that our client was attempting to assist with. We recovered $120,000 from the dump truck’s insurance, bringing the total recovery to $545,000 for our client’s surviving family.
$250,000
However, the client had not yet fully cleared the roadway at the time of the collision. Attorney Molly Schertzinger secured policy limits from both the liability and underinsured motorist coverages, resulting in a $250,000 recovery.
$50,000
Our client and her husband were rear-ended while traveling on the highway. Although our client did not feel seriously injured immediately after the accident, tests later revealed that she had suffered an unknown subdural hematoma from striking her head on the seat back during the accident. Tragically, after a period of declining health, our client died from her injuries. The liability insurer originally attempted to settle both our client and her husband’s claims at the same time but communicated only with the husband. Although the adjuster reached a $15,000 settlement for our client’s injuries with her husband while she was treating in the hospital, our attorneys learned that the husband did not have power of attorney over the client, nor did the adjuster speak with the client at any point while she was alive. After our client died from her injuries, her husband approached our attorneys at Riddle & Riddle to reach a new settlement. After negotiating with the liability insurer, our firm successfully reached a settlement in which the insurer tendered its policy limits of $50,000, exhausting all available coverage.
$100,000
Plaintiff was bitten by a cat on her right ankle while visiting a residence. The cat had not received shots and Plaintiff suffered injuries and complications from the bite. Claim settled for policy limits during the negotiation process.
$65,000
Plaintiff was a homeowner hit by a four-foot roll of carpet thrown from a second-floor window while she was walking below. Plaintiff sustained injuries to her neck and lower back. Suit was filed. Claim settled during process of litigation prior to trial.
$60,000
Adult male client was a patient at a mental health facility in Goldsboro, NC, when he was alleged to be assaulted by three health care technicians employed by the facility. Client suffered a broken nose, broken rib and numerous bruises and abrasions. After Riddle & Riddle, LLP filed a lawsuit and sought judicial intervention to force the facility to disclose all such similar occurrences in the past five years, the facility settled the matter for $60,000.
$60,000
A 14 year old student, defending herself in an altercation with another student, was tased by a Police Officer stationed in the school as a School Resource Officer. The student suffered puncture wounds and was traumatized by the incident. A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court against the Resource Officer and the Police Department. It was alleged that the Resource Officer and Police Department were negligent in allowing the tasering to occur, committed battery, used excessive force, and violated the student’s constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The Officer and the Police Department denied responsibility; however, the case was settled prior to trial.
