Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company
and the rental car agency that rented a 15-passenger van
to a group of friends going from Los Angeles to Las Vegas
for a birthday party. The fifteen passenger, Ford F350,
van rolled over and seat belts failed. Multiple deaths and
serious injuries.
Auto Accident - $1,425,000
Auto accident caused by dangerous condition left on freeway
by CalTrans (State of California) contractors resulting
in the death of two teenagers.
Auto Accident - $1,154,621
Auto vs. Auto accident with two spinal surgeries. Collected
defendant driver’s policy limit and won the balance at a
under insured motorist binding arbitration with the insurance
company for the injured tow truck driver’s insurance company.
Insurance bad faith case going on against the under insured
motorist insurance company for their refusal to pay the
policy limits without going through the delay and expense
of a binding arbitration.
Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Injured motorcyclist - $3 Million Dollars after his
previous attorney advised that his claim was worth only
$15,000.
On a normal, fully scheduled day, John Bisnar received
an urgent call from a business associate, a local realtor.
The caller frantically explained that her brother-in-law
was in a Sacramento hospital, his doctors had recommended
a complicated, risky surgery, and he was panicking about
what would become of his family and about payment of the
mounting medical expenses. She further explained that her
brother-in-law was desperate to get answers from his attorney
about these issues before consenting to surgery, that his
attorney was not returning calls and his attorney had previously
advised that his case was only worth $15,000, the maximum
amount of insurance of the negligent automobile driver.
Mr. Bisnar immediately spoke to the injured man and quickly
realized that this was not a consultation to have over the
phone. Mr. Bisnar canceled the rest of his day and took
the next flight to Sacrament.
Once Mr. Bisnar arrived at the hospital, the injured man
explained that he was hit by a car while on his motorcycle
in the course of running an errand for his employer. He
said he had hired a nationally known motorcycle accident
attorney and that the attorney advised him that the negligent
driver's insurance limit was $15,000 and that was the total
value of his claim. He went on to explain that his doctors
had advised him that he could lose his leg (it was eventually
saved).
After Mr. Bisnar answered his questions, advised him regarding
his Workers' Compensation benefits and explained that his
attorney probably was right about the $15,000 value of his
claim. The injured man asked to hire Mr. Bisnar, explaining
that he had received more information from Mr. Bisnar about
his circumstances, his rights, his options and the probable
outcome of his case than he had received from his present
attorney after weeks of representation. Mr. Bisnar reluctantly
accepted.
An immediate investigation uncovered that the negligent
driver was a route salesman for a beer distributor and was
probably on the job at the time of the accident (although
the employer initially denied this). When the employer was
advised of the results of the Bisnar investigation, the
insurance company for the employer offered to settle the
claim for a few hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Bisnar did settle the claim with the beer distributor.
The total recovery included $750,000 in up front cash, all
medical expenses paid, Workers' Compensation liens satisfied,
and an income for life (future value of the "income for
life" exceed $2,000,000).
Auto Products Liability case against General Motors for
the roll over and roof crush of a Tahoe resulting in the
death of the driver and a passenger.
Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Auto Product Liability case against General Motors for
the death of an adult daughter killed when the roof of Chevrolet
pickup crushed during a roll over accident in Mexico.
Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Auto Product Liability case against General Motors for
seat belt failure in a Chevrolet pickup resulting in a passenger
being thrown through the front windshield when the truck
went into a ditch. Concussion and facial scaring.
Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Auto Product Liability case against Susiki Motors. Wind
blew over Susiki Samuri killing teenage passenger.
Auto Products Liability - Confidential Settlement
Auto Product Liability case against General Motors for
seat belt failure and against a brake shop for brake failure
in a Chevrolet pickup resulting in a passenger being thrown
through the front windshield when the truck’s brakes failed
and the truck went off the side of a mountain, dirt road.
Neck surgery.
Automobile Accident - $1,000,000.00
In 1988, John Bisnar obtained nearly a million dollars
for a man involved in a traffic accident caused by a driver
with only the minimum in insurance, $15,000.00. Although
the accident was considered minor, Mr. Bisnar contended
that his client developed reflex sympothtic distrophy as
a direct result of the auto accident. The insurance company
was offering $180,000.00 prior to the award. This was the
largest known underinsured motorist award of its time.
Bus/Pedestian Accident and On-the-Job Injury - $825,000+
Bus vs. Pedestrian on-the-job injury. Concussion. Settlement
also included Metro Link pay additional funds to reimburse
workers’ compensation insurance company.
Auto Accident - $750,000
Auto vs. Auto, clients previous attorney recommended settling
for less than $200,000 after a surgery. Uninsured motorist
claim settled for $650,000 with questionable causation and
injuries.
Auto Accident - $520,000
Auto accident where building materials from freeway construction
site hit plaintiff’s car. Freeway construction contractor
denied any liability whatsoever.
Auto Accident - $500,000
Auto vs. Auto accident. Collected total of defendant’s
insurance and then arbitrated client’s uninsured motorist
claim. Her insurance company insisted that she was not entitled
to the full policy limit until moments before starting the
binding arbitration with the threat of an insurance bad
faith case hanging over their heads.
Automobile Accident - $500,000.00
BISNAR & CHASE represented a seriously injured man
whose previous attorney insisted that he settle for under
$40,000.00, present value. Upon BISNAR & CHASE's taking
over the case, the defendants more than quadrupled their
settlement offer. Less than seven months later, as the trial
was beginning, after stunning successes by BISNAR &
CHASE in pretrial motions, the defendants (the State of
California and CalTrans) more than doubled their previous
highest offer and settled for a package in excess of $500,000.00.
Auto Products Liability/Negligence/Auto Accident - Confidential
Settlement
Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company
and the maker of a failed seatbelt, TRW. Negligence case
against U-Haul the renter of the truck that caused the accident
for negligent maintenance and failing to instruct the driver.
Auto vs. Auto negligence case against the driver of the
U-Haul truck. A minor child was paralyzed and eventually
died as a result of a Ford Explorer roll-over and seat belt
failure (false latching). Driver injured due to roof crush.
Road Design Defect - $300,000
Auto Accident - $200,000
Auto vs. Parked Commercial vehicle. Death of daughter passenger
in auto that ran into illegally parked semi-truck. Parents
refused to accept settlement offered during trial which
was Multiple times higher.
Auto Accident - $165,000
Auto Accident Injury - $150,000
Auto Accident - $150,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident - $145,000
Settled for total of multiple auto insurance policies that
we were able to discover and then “stack”.
Auto Accident - $140,000
Settled auto claim on behalf of injured party for the $100,000
policy limit and then collected $40,000 additional for family
member who was traumatized by witnessing injury (Dillon
claim).
Auto/Pedestrian Accident - $137,000
Auto Accident Injury - $125,000
Auto Accident - $109,000
Auto Accident - $108,000
Auto/Truck Accident - $100,000
Auto passing to the left of semi-truck making a left hand
turn. Soft tissue injury to truck driver.
Auto Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto/Pedestrian Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident/On-the-Job Injury - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident Injury - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident - $100,000
$1,200 property damage to plaintiff’s vehicle. Previous
attorney insisted that client settle for the $7,500 being
offered by defense insurance company.
Auto Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
Auto Accident - $100,000 (Policy limit)
$100,000 Auto vs. Auto, policy limit on both third party
and under insured motorist policy
Auto Accident - $93,703 (Exceeds policy limit)
$500 in property damage. Exposed policy limit and insurance
company was forced to pay entire amount, am amount in excess
of the policy limit.
Auto Accident - $75,000
Auto vs. Auto - Major pre-existing injuries
Auto Accident - $75,000
Auto Accident - $70,000
Auto vs. Auto, meniscus surgery
Auto Accident - $56,000
Auto Accident - $65,000
Auto vs. Auto accident. Defendant was uninsured. Made an
uninsured motorist claim against Plaintiffs policy. Her
insurance carrier refused to pay until we won $30,000 at
uninsured motorist arbitration. Due to her insurance companies
“bad fath” we sued them and collect an additional $35,000.
Auto Accident Injury - $50,000 (Policy limit)
Auto/Pedestrian Accident - $25,000
Auto vs. Pedestrian. Policy limit recovery when a child
darted out into a residential street between cars and was
seriously injured.
Auto Accident - $25,000 (Policy limit)
If you or a loved one has been
injured in California as the result of a train accident, please
contact an Orange County Railroad Accident Lawyer at Bisnar
& Chase immediately. Call today for a free consultation.
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