Our client was injured when the medical van she was traveling in rear-ended another vehicle. She was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident. But the driver, who was transporting our client back to her rehab facility after a hospital visit, was speeding and not paying attention to the road.
As a result of the collision, our client sustained serious injuries, including 10 broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, two broken vertebrae, a concussion, and a fractured ankle. She subsequently developed an infection in the ankle incision, which crept up to the knee, resulting in the amputation of her leg. The victim spent several weeks at Mercy Gilbert Hospital recovering from the amputation.
At this time, HWLT placed an immediate request to have the files completed in a timely manner. During mediation, the defendant accused HWLT of not participating in good faith and filed a motion to sanction us, stating that we knew they couldn't settle without the presence of all the parties involved.
The defense argued that our client’s amputation was caused by her knee replacement and not the accident. HWLT provided two experts who stated that the accident was responsible for our client’s amputation.
After these pointless delays were exhausted, the other parties finally filed, and we held a second mediation. We had been in communication with the other plaintiff’s counsel in an effort to work together, but they decided to go off on their own.
After a long and difficult fight, we were able to settle the case for $2 million. Medicare had a lien on our client for almost $105k, but we were able to reduce it to just over $68k.
Our client walked away with no medical bills or balances and a total of $1,227,519.26 in her pocket.