This page will look at the average settlement payout in injury or accident cases involving herniated disc injuries in the cervical region of the spine. Metro Verdicts Monthly’s graph in this month’s issue is median settlements and verdicts in cervical (neck) herniated disc cases in Maryland, Washington, D.C, and Virginia.…
What is the settlement value of a personal injury claim where you have lost your vision in either one eye or both? Metro Verdicts Monthly has a graph that reflects the median verdicts and settlements when the injury victim loses vision in one eye in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.…
On this page, I will look at the average settlement payout value for ankle injuries in accident cases. I think I have a good handle on the settlement value of ankle fracture cases. My law firm has handled many foot and ankle injury cases over the years. My first foot…
On this page, we will look at average verdicts and settlements in breast cancer malpractice cases. Metro Verdicts Monthly’s cover graph is failure to diagnose breast cancer settlements and verdicts in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. By some estimates, between 8% and 12% of cancer cases are initially misdiagnosed. It…
Our lawyers have handled scores of lawsuits where the primary injury was head injuries and headaches. This page is about projecting settlement amounts and jury payouts in head injury and headache lawsuits. Juries Struggle to Place Compensation on Headaches Juries struggle with figuring out how to value personal injury cases…
Arthritis is such a severe injury because it is permanent. Our clients who suffer from arthritis do not get better over time. They get worse. This page looks at the settlement compensation you can generally expect in personal injury claims where arthritis is a significant component of the victim’s injuries.…
Our lawyers have handled scores of car accident and product liability cases where the injury is an amputation or serious injury to the victim’s toe or toes. This page is about the settlement compensation payouts in toe injury and amputation cases and the issues that are presented in these injury…
What are Hip Injury Cases Worth? Metro Verdicts Monthly came out today with a new statistic on the trial and settlement value (they are lumped together) of fractured hip cases. The median settlement values for fractured hip cases are: Maryland: $160,000 District of Columbia: $200,000 Virginia: $115,000As a point of…
Jury Verdict Research looked at plaintiffs’ jury awards to get an idea of the value of different types of business negligence injury. The most frequent injury claim involved disc injuries, which made up 12% of the total cases. Interestingly, emotional distress was the next most frequently reported injury at 10%.…
According to a recent Jury Verdict Research report, plaintiffs on motorcycles receive higher awards for collisions than bicycle plaintiffs. Makes sense. They are driving much faster and frequently roads where speed is more of an issue. Their analysis, based on plaintiffs’ verdicts rendered from October 1999 to October 2006, examines…