PERSONAL INJURY LAW

Our client was a front seat passenger in a car that went off the road when the driver failed to negotiate an approaching curve.  The driver and our client were celebrating the driver's birthday and both had been consuming alcohol.  Our client was transported to a hospital where she underwent surgery for a broken elbow.  Although the surgery was successful, she sustained a partial, permanent impairment which did not prevent her from performing most of her activities.

The insurance company for the driver declined to settle the case because our client knew the driver had been drinking.  After Mr. Roberts wrote a legal brief on the subject and entered into extended settlement discussions, the case settled for $350,000.00.

In another recent case, our client sustained a herniated disc in her back after her vehicle was struck from behind by a careless driver traveling about 35 mph.  Our client's treating doctors were of the opinion that she was a surgical candidate, but left it up to the patient to elect to undergo surgery.  At the time of trial our client had declined to proceed with the surgery.  Although our client could still work and she did not receive any future treatment, we were able to settle the case for $280,000.00.

CRIMINAL LAW

Our firm was successful in obtaining the dismissal of 32 felony charges against an attorney who allegedly was engaged in a construction scheme using false pretenses.  The case involved over 40 contractors who claimed they were defrauded.  As a result of our discovery of defects in the prosecutor's case, the presiding judge dismissed all the charges against our client.