At Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers, we fight for maximum compensation. When Justice Counts™, our record speaks for itself.
$786,000
Gene Riddle, a North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer at Riddle & Riddle, secured $786,000 for our valued client, who suffered an admittedly compensable disabling injury to the spinal cord while working in law enforcement. Our client received compensation for all medical treatment, a handicapped-accessible vehicle, necessary housing and equipment, and wage replacement.
After 14 years of compensation, the case settled for $786,000 which included a provision for a Medicare Set Aside fund, future medical treatment, and lifetime annuity payments to the client.
A life care plan obtained by Riddle & Riddle, LLP was essential in settling the claim. We were proud to have helped our client get the justice and compensation he deserved in this complicated case.
$829,000
Our client, a 50-year-old employee of a cellular tower company was struck by a falling tree while in the woods scouting locations for cell towers. He suffered severe head injuries with cognitive deficits, semi-paralysis on the left side of the body, and fractures to his left leg. Following the accident, he hired the workers’ comp attorneys at Riddle & Riddle to assist with pursuing maximum compensation in the case.
We determined there were significant issues regarding suitable handicapped housing and transportation payment for his wife’s assisted living services and appropriate rehabilitation and therapy. An extensive life care plan prepared by Brian Preston was useful in demonstrating the necessity and cost of future medical, house and assisted living services. Gary Albrecht calculated present value of future cost and adjusted for future inflation. Special damages for permanent disability were awarded in installments of $299/week. This resulted in a total payout of $1.7 million.
$1,125,000
Our client suffered the loss of a hand in a tragic industrial accident. After 3 years of battling the workers’ compensation carrier, attorney Gene Riddle settled the case for $1,125,000, along with payment of all past medical bills. The injured victim received her lost wage benefits and payment of medical bills and mileage during the course of her case. The case was settled based upon a lifetime medical plan (Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers paid medical experts to develop this plan), which included prosthetics and her being totally and permanently disabled.
$2,750,000
A 46 year old male was severely injured by a tractor-trailer in a construction zone while working for his employer, a construction company. Defendant driver of tractor trailer ran off the road and struck the employee in the work zone. Our client suffered fractures in his ribs and 2 in his spine but lost his right leg just below the knee. His average weekly wage was approximately $650. The tractor trailer company denied the claim so suit was filed. The workers compensation carrier agreed at mediation to pay $2,000,000 plus all total disability wage losses from the date of the accident and all medical bills. The carrier also waived its lien so no money was reimbursed to his the workers compensation carrier from the settlement with the truck company. After filing suit and some discovery the truck company, at mediation, agreed to pay its limits of $750,000 for a total recovery of $2,750,000.
$1,700,000
Our team represented a laborer in a denied workers compensation claim. He claimed that he had sustained an injury to his leg while on the job. The insurance carrier denied that the injury resulted from a work injury. The carrier claimed that there was no workplace injury, and that his injury, which resulted in amputation, was the result of diabetes. The employee did have pre-existing issues with his feet from his diabetes. The parties engaged in a voluntary pre-trial mediation, and the offer of settlement was $5,000. The defense said they would never pay close to six figures.
The mediation impassed and we tried the case. Following the trial, the defense asked to remediate the claim. We ultimately settled for a combined value of $1,700,000. The settlement involved a lump sum payment, the funding of an annuity, and payment of all outstanding medical bills.
$786,000
Gene Riddle, a North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer at Riddle & Riddle, secured $786,000 for our valued client, who suffered an admittedly compensable disabling injury to the spinal cord while working in law enforcement. Our client received compensation for all medical treatment, a handicapped-accessible vehicle, necessary housing and equipment, and wage replacement.
After 14 years of compensation, the case settled for $786,000 which included a provision for a Medicare Set Aside fund, future medical treatment, and lifetime annuity payments to the client.
A life care plan obtained by Riddle & Riddle, LLP was essential in settling the claim. We were proud to have helped our client get the justice and compensation he deserved in this complicated case.
$829,000
Our client, a 50-year-old employee of a cellular tower company was struck by a falling tree while in the woods scouting locations for cell towers. He suffered severe head injuries with cognitive deficits, semi-paralysis on the left side of the body, and fractures to his left leg. Following the accident, he hired the workers’ comp attorneys at Riddle & Riddle to assist with pursuing maximum compensation in the case.
We determined there were significant issues regarding suitable handicapped housing and transportation payment for his wife’s assisted living services and appropriate rehabilitation and therapy. An extensive life care plan prepared by Brian Preston was useful in demonstrating the necessity and cost of future medical, house and assisted living services. Gary Albrecht calculated present value of future cost and adjusted for future inflation. Special damages for permanent disability were awarded in installments of $299/week. This resulted in a total payout of $1.7 million.
$1,125,000
Our client suffered the loss of a hand in a tragic industrial accident. After 3 years of battling the workers’ compensation carrier, attorney Gene Riddle settled the case for $1,125,000, along with payment of all past medical bills. The injured victim received her lost wage benefits and payment of medical bills and mileage during the course of her case. The case was settled based upon a lifetime medical plan (Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers paid medical experts to develop this plan), which included prosthetics and her being totally and permanently disabled.
$2,750,000
A 46 year old male was severely injured by a tractor-trailer in a construction zone while working for his employer, a construction company. Defendant driver of tractor trailer ran off the road and struck the employee in the work zone. Our client suffered fractures in his ribs and 2 in his spine but lost his right leg just below the knee. His average weekly wage was approximately $650. The tractor trailer company denied the claim so suit was filed. The workers compensation carrier agreed at mediation to pay $2,000,000 plus all total disability wage losses from the date of the accident and all medical bills. The carrier also waived its lien so no money was reimbursed to his the workers compensation carrier from the settlement with the truck company. After filing suit and some discovery the truck company, at mediation, agreed to pay its limits of $750,000 for a total recovery of $2,750,000.
$1,700,000
Our team represented a laborer in a denied workers compensation claim. He claimed that he had sustained an injury to his leg while on the job. The insurance carrier denied that the injury resulted from a work injury. The carrier claimed that there was no workplace injury, and that his injury, which resulted in amputation, was the result of diabetes. The employee did have pre-existing issues with his feet from his diabetes. The parties engaged in a voluntary pre-trial mediation, and the offer of settlement was $5,000. The defense said they would never pay close to six figures.
The mediation impassed and we tried the case. Following the trial, the defense asked to remediate the claim. We ultimately settled for a combined value of $1,700,000. The settlement involved a lump sum payment, the funding of an annuity, and payment of all outstanding medical bills.
