Hurt In An Accident?
There’s more than money at stake.

Caselaw on an issue of first impression in Connecticut, holding that a UM carrier’s policy requirement of reporting a hit and run accident to the police within 24 hours is not authorized by statute or under the corresponding regulations, and acted in this case to bar the broad and standard uninsured benefits intended to benefit the insured and mandated by law. Decision denied the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment.

Settlement of a highly disputed liability motor vehicle collision case immediately after producing 911 recording obtained via FOIA request wherein defendant admitted the sun was in his eyes and he could not see.

Settlement: $550,000

We obtained a settlement at mediation of $550,000 in case where our client, a home health aide, was pushed down stairs by an elderly dementia patient she was caring for. Our client worked for an agency and was hired by the family to care for an elderly woman in her home. One day when the Aide was bringing breakfast upstairs to feed the patient, the patient met the Aide at the top of the stairs and pushed her backwards, causing her to fall down to the bottom of the staircase. As a result of the fall, our client sustained serious back injuries which eventually required discectomy and fusion.

Lost wage and medical benefits were provided by the Workers’ Compensation insurer and were reimbursed pursuant to statute out of the liability settlement.

Settlement: $249,000.00

Cervical Discectomy and Fusion; Headaches

Our client was rear-ended while working. He had immediate neck pain with radiating numbness into his hands and arms and was diagnosed with a herniated disc in the neck. After conservative therapy failed to resolve his symptoms, a discectomy and two level fusion were performed. Medical bills, lost wages and other benefits were paid by the workers’ compensation insurer in excess of $80,000.00. The claimant was eventually rated as having a significant permanent disability. During the course of litigation, settlement was reached for $249,000.00 by Eric A. Polinsky.

Settlement: $365,000.00

16 year old female – Hip and Shoulder Injuries, Arthroscopic Surgery

We represented a 16 year old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle driven by one of her friends. As the car was traveling down a curved mountain road in Newington, Connecticut, the driver, who was traveling too fast on this road, crossed over into the opposite lane of travel, thereby causing a head-on collision with another vehicle. Our client received injuries to her shoulder and hip which required arthroscopic surgery. A law suit was commenced against the driver of the vehicle. Prior to Trial, the case was submitted to Mediation. After a day-long Mediation, settlement was reached for the sum of $365,000.00.