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$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.
$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.
$1,040,000
Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers Attorneys Gene Riddle, Darren Dawson, and Alex Riddle settled a wrongful death claim for the maximum amount of available coverage.
Our client was not married but was survived by three adult children as heirs. He was killed in an auto accident when the defendant crossed the center line and hit him in a head-on collision. Through our investigation of the accident, our attorneys discovered multiple insurance policies which we determined provided coverage. We hired an accident reconstructionist to assist in preserving evidence regarding liability. Once liability was established, we focused on convincing multiple insurance companies to tender their policy limits. As usual, the carriers fought liability and coverage, but through negotiations, we were able to win coverage on all policies and provide his three children with compensation and some form of closure. We recognize that money never replaces the loss of a loved family member.
$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.
$1,500,000
Our client died when a pickup truck tried to pass her sedan and caused a wreck. The defendants denied liability and claimed that our client’s vehicle’s turn signal light did not work or she did not use it to signal a turn. We hired an accident re-constructionist to help us refute allegations that the vehicle’s turn signal was not functioning correctly, and also demonstrated that the defendant vehicle was traveling faster than his speedometer would have indicated because he had utilized after-market tires and a lift kit.
Our client’s family was in dire financial need so we made demand for immediate mediation under the threat of filing a lawsuit. Despite the denial of liability by the insurance company we were able to secure a settlement less than 8 months after the collision. The first offer was only $500,000 but our persistence and our hard work on the accident reconstruction was vital to securing the $1,500,000 settlement for the family who was without any life insurance.
$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.
$9,450,000
Our firm recently settled the second part to a wrongful death case on the eve of trial for an additional $4 million against the last defendant, a road construction company performing pavement marking at the site of the crash.
The case involved the tragic death of a family of four killed when a pavement marking company caused traffic to back up on a North Carolina highway. Two tractor-trailer trucks were unable to stop in time. A tanker truck slammed into the back of the family’s pickup killing them instantly. Our attorneys filed suit and settled the claims against two trucking companies for $5.45 million (the limits of their insurance).
The wrongful death lawyers at Riddle & Riddle fight aggressively for your rights and level the playing field.
The pavement marking company performing work in the construction zone denied any wrongdoing and denied it caused traffic to back up.
The key to successfully resolving these cases and proving liability on the pavement marking company was the extensive investigation and hiring of experts to prove our case. We even subpoenaed data from Google Maps which showed how fast traffic was traveling during the hours before the wreck. This data was vital to prove negligence on the part of the pavement marking company.
One week before trial, Google provided a witness to prove that their data was accurate regarding the backup of traffic which triggered the accident. The case settled the next day for $4 million, bringing the total settlement to $9,450,000.
Experts used: Reggie Hines, Charlie Gray and Daren Marceau
$3,600,000
Rarely do rear-end collisions result in death but recently our attorneys resolved a case where our client was hit from behind and suffered severe injuries which eventually lead to his death. Our client was in a construction zone where the construction company used unsafe and negligent signage and flags to warn of the danger. Our client was hit from behind and suffered a spinal fracture which paralyzed him from the chest down. He remained in hospital/rehab for approximately 9 months before ultimately passing away due to his injuries. We sued the driver of the other vehicle and the construction company. After filing suit, the case was settled at mediation with both defendants for total compensation of $3.6 million for surviving relatives.
$1,500,000
Our client died when a pickup truck tried to pass her sedan and caused a wreck. The defendants denied liability and claimed that our client’s vehicle’s turn signal light did not work or she did not use it to signal a turn. We hired an accident re-constructionist to help us refute allegations that the vehicle’s turn signal was not functioning correctly, and also demonstrated that the defendant vehicle was traveling faster than his speedometer would have indicated because he had utilized after-market tires and a lift kit.
Our client’s family was in dire financial need so we made demand for immediate mediation under the threat of filing a lawsuit. Despite the denial of liability by the insurance company we were able to secure a settlement less than 8 months after the collision. The first offer was only $500,000 but our persistence and our hard work on the accident reconstruction was vital to securing the $1,500,000 settlement for the family who was without any life insurance.
$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.
$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.
$1,040,000
Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers Attorneys Gene Riddle, Darren Dawson, and Alex Riddle settled a wrongful death claim for the maximum amount of available coverage.
Our client was not married but was survived by three adult children as heirs. He was killed in an auto accident when the defendant crossed the center line and hit him in a head-on collision. Through our investigation of the accident, our attorneys discovered multiple insurance policies which we determined provided coverage. We hired an accident reconstructionist to assist in preserving evidence regarding liability. Once liability was established, we focused on convincing multiple insurance companies to tender their policy limits. As usual, the carriers fought liability and coverage, but through negotiations, we were able to win coverage on all policies and provide his three children with compensation and some form of closure. We recognize that money never replaces the loss of a loved family member.
$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.
$1,500,000
Our client died when a pickup truck tried to pass her sedan and caused a wreck. The defendants denied liability and claimed that our client’s vehicle’s turn signal light did not work or she did not use it to signal a turn. We hired an accident re-constructionist to help us refute allegations that the vehicle’s turn signal was not functioning correctly, and also demonstrated that the defendant vehicle was traveling faster than his speedometer would have indicated because he had utilized after-market tires and a lift kit.
Our client’s family was in dire financial need so we made demand for immediate mediation under the threat of filing a lawsuit. Despite the denial of liability by the insurance company we were able to secure a settlement less than 8 months after the collision. The first offer was only $500,000 but our persistence and our hard work on the accident reconstruction was vital to securing the $1,500,000 settlement for the family who was without any life insurance.
$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.
$9,450,000
Our firm recently settled the second part to a wrongful death case on the eve of trial for an additional $4 million against the last defendant, a road construction company performing pavement marking at the site of the crash.
The case involved the tragic death of a family of four killed when a pavement marking company caused traffic to back up on a North Carolina highway. Two tractor-trailer trucks were unable to stop in time. A tanker truck slammed into the back of the family’s pickup killing them instantly. Our attorneys filed suit and settled the claims against two trucking companies for $5.45 million (the limits of their insurance).
The wrongful death lawyers at Riddle & Riddle fight aggressively for your rights and level the playing field.
The pavement marking company performing work in the construction zone denied any wrongdoing and denied it caused traffic to back up.
The key to successfully resolving these cases and proving liability on the pavement marking company was the extensive investigation and hiring of experts to prove our case. We even subpoenaed data from Google Maps which showed how fast traffic was traveling during the hours before the wreck. This data was vital to prove negligence on the part of the pavement marking company.
One week before trial, Google provided a witness to prove that their data was accurate regarding the backup of traffic which triggered the accident. The case settled the next day for $4 million, bringing the total settlement to $9,450,000.
Experts used: Reggie Hines, Charlie Gray and Daren Marceau
$3,600,000
Rarely do rear-end collisions result in death but recently our attorneys resolved a case where our client was hit from behind and suffered severe injuries which eventually lead to his death. Our client was in a construction zone where the construction company used unsafe and negligent signage and flags to warn of the danger. Our client was hit from behind and suffered a spinal fracture which paralyzed him from the chest down. He remained in hospital/rehab for approximately 9 months before ultimately passing away due to his injuries. We sued the driver of the other vehicle and the construction company. After filing suit, the case was settled at mediation with both defendants for total compensation of $3.6 million for surviving relatives.
$1,500,000
Our client died when a pickup truck tried to pass her sedan and caused a wreck. The defendants denied liability and claimed that our client’s vehicle’s turn signal light did not work or she did not use it to signal a turn. We hired an accident re-constructionist to help us refute allegations that the vehicle’s turn signal was not functioning correctly, and also demonstrated that the defendant vehicle was traveling faster than his speedometer would have indicated because he had utilized after-market tires and a lift kit.
Our client’s family was in dire financial need so we made demand for immediate mediation under the threat of filing a lawsuit. Despite the denial of liability by the insurance company we were able to secure a settlement less than 8 months after the collision. The first offer was only $500,000 but our persistence and our hard work on the accident reconstruction was vital to securing the $1,500,000 settlement for the family who was without any life insurance.
