Kelly Law Offices negotiated a $100,000.00 settlement for a 39 year old women who sustained a closed head injury, a right foot drop, and a urinary tract obstruction commonly known as a cauda equinas syndrome in a roll over crash.
The client was a passenger in the vehicle traveling East on 10 Mile Road near it’s intersection with Myer’s Lake Road. The Defendant traveling West was pulling a small trailer that was improperly hitched. As the vehicles approached each other the trailer broke loose, crashed into the vehicle the client was a passenger in, instantly killing the driver and subsequently causing the vehicle to roll over several times.
The Defendant motorist was insured with policy limits of $100,000.00 which were paid by his insurance company. The client was unemployed, but all of her medical bills and rehabilitation expenses were paid by her no-fault carrier. The settlement represented recovery for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.
