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Middlesex Jury awards $200k for Auto Accident

11/5/2014

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The following scenario is quite common:

-Plaintiff is driving, minding her own business. She stops for traffic, when all of a sudden, she is rear ended by another vehicle. She is shaken by the accident, but doesn't go to the emergency room or a doctor right away because maybe it will heal on its own with rest. Her injuries do not heal and she finally makes an appointment with a doctor. Her shoulder and hip hurt a lot. Her doctor orders an MRI and it turns out her shoulder and hip both have a tear. She follows the recommended treatment, but it doesn't help the shoulder. Finally, the only option is shoulder surgery. The woman goes to see an attorney and finds out she has a limitation on lawsuit option selected on her policy. She pursues her claim with the attorney, except the auto insurance carrier, Allstate, will not pay her for her injuries. She sues and has a trial. 

What happens next in this woman's case is not the average case. Her attorney tries the case and the jury finds that her injuries meet that language of the verbal threshold statute and award her money. In 9 out of 10 cases in New Jersey, a jury does not award any money to a plaintiff with a limitation on lawsuit option. However, this case was different because we are talking about a shoulder that needed and had surgery. This changes the ball game. Allstate rolled the nice by delaying paying this woman for her injuries and a jury rewarded the woman with a $200,000 award. The jury said her injury was permanent, which is needed to pierce the limitation on lawsuit option in this case.
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Sarah Smith link
9/11/2018 07:31:15 pm

I hadn't considered a scenario like above could happen to me, but I am probably in this case now. Two months ago, I was in a car accident that really hurt my knee and I haven't been able to get the money I need from my insurance to cover the costs. With how helpful suing and hiring an accident attorney was for this woman, I will look into an accident attorney to get the best settlement that I can.

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Jerry Feige link
12/7/2018 01:47:18 pm

Interesting. I've talked to several New Jersey personal injury lawyers and they all told me that they wouldn't take my case because of the "verbal threshold." I live down in Camden County but this makes me consider asking more lawyers.

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