Law Firm Success Stories
For almost 50 years, Lundy Law has practiced personal injury law in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. We have represented almost every possible type of personal injury case. While we always strive to achieve the maximum amount allowable under the law for each of our clients, some cases stand out and exemplify the caliber of settlements and jury verdicts we have achieved for our clients.
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Soft tissue injury caused continuous headaches and migraines
Resulting in a settlement that was twelve times the recommendation of the trial judge for auto accident victim.
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New York undergraduate assaulted by bouncer of club, sustained ankle fracture among other bodily injuries
Six-figure jury verdict awarded to plaintiff was four times the highest offer made by the defendant.
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Client was hit by a van while negligently running across the street to get to work
Worker’s Comp case settled for six-figures, plus benefits, plus a five-figure settlement from van’s PIP.
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Fire catastrophe left a boy severely burned and took the life of his father
Suit settles against the City of Philadelphia for the maximum allowed.
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Unexplainable tire explosion takes the life of a Lehigh Valley construction worker
A double recovery for the family resulted in more than a million dollars in total settlements.
A Chester County Jury Awards Limited Tort Accident Victim TWELVE Times the Judge’s Recommendation
A limited tort client was involved in an auto accident in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She sustained soft tissue injuries to her neck and back and began to suffer from migraine headaches. She missed some work over the next couple of years due to the headaches, but was able to function. However the migraines continued and at times were so significant that she would have to stop what she was doing and rest.
The migraines required frequent visits to a neurologist and prescription medications. Lundy Law was able to prove to a jury that the migraine headaches were directly related to the injuries suffered as a result of the car accident. While the client suffered headaches before the accident she was now on prescription medication to control the migraines.
The Judge tried to broker a settlement but on the recommendation of Lundy Law the client refused to accept the judge’s suggested settlement amount. At the conclusion of the trial the jury awarded our client twelve times the judge’s recommended settlement amount.
New York Undergraduate Assaulted by a Bouncer at a Bar Receives Large Jury Verdict
A 20-year-old undergraduate who had recently moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sustained a severely fractured ankle requiring the insertion of a plate and screws and other injuries after being beaten by a bouncer in a local bar. The injury prevented our client from working 7 ½ months.
At first, the bar defended the case by stating that the bouncer was not on its payroll and therefore was not an employee. They stated that the bouncer was simply a patron acting on his own. The bar also defended the actions of one of the bartenders by calling four witnesses to testify that it was the plaintiff (our client) who was rowdy and confrontational.
Lundy Law called witnesses that testified that even though the bouncer was not an “official employee” of the bar, he had acted in that capacity many times before. Lundy Law also presented testimony that the attack was unprovoked.
Before and during the trial, the bar attempted to settle the case for a small amount. Our client in consultation with Lundy Law refused the offers. At the end of the week-long trial, the jury returned a verdict that was four times the highest offer to settle ever made by the bar.
Careless Pedestrian Still Collects Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Back Wages, and Insurance Recovery
Our client negligently ran across the street to get to work. He was hit by a van and suffered injuries that prevented him from returning to work. Normally, a person who is negligent cannot collect for injuries suffered in an accident. However, Lundy Law pressed the case for workers’ compensation benefits because under the law negligence is not a defense to paying workers’ compensation benefits. Ordinarily, a person on his way to work is not covered by the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, but there are several exceptions. In this case one of the exceptions applied: if an employee of a temporary agency does not have a fixed place of employment and is traveling to his temporary place of employment he can collect workers’ compensation benefits.
Lundy Law litigated this complex case for over one year. At the time of the accident our client was on his way to work for a company who had a contract with the federal government to stuff mail into mail bags. Under the law, even though the temporary agency our client was working for was not a federal agency, the law required that the temporary company pay our client the federal minimum wage. The increase was an extra six dollars an hour above what the client had actually been paid.
The temporary agency fought paying the increased wages and back wages for the duration that our client had worked. Eventually, the judge in the case made his award of benefits as well as back wages, all based on the higher federal minimum wage. The entire workers’ compensation benefits paid to the client was well over one hundred thousand dollars.
Then Lundy Law tackled the next part of the case—since the worker did not own a vehicle at the time of the accident, he was entitled to personal injury protection from the van that hit him, regardless of fault. The van carried one million dollars of insurance so it paid most of the workers’ benefits during the litigation.
Finally, the PIP carrier paid the client a significant settlement amount.
Fire Catastrophe Left a Man Severely Burned and Took the Life of his Father
In 2003, a cold wave combined with snow falls paralyzed the city of Philadelphia. In the Wynnefield section of the city a water main broke and the water filled a small street making the street virtually impassable. The residents complained to the city and to the Philadelphia Water Department about the running water and the dangerous condition presented by the ice-impacted street. One night a fire broke out on that street and because of the icy conditions the firefighters could not move their equipment down the street to extinguish the blaze.
An elderly man and his son were living in the house that caught on fire. The son, though badly burned, was able to make his way to safety. However, the elderly man was overcome by the smoke and his body was later found at the bottom of the steps unable to make it through the front door.
The family was devastated at the death of their father and the harm to their brother and quickly turned to Lundy Law. We immediately investigated the cause of the blaze and the circumstances surrounding the fact that the fire department was prevented from entering the street by the icy conditions. We promptly filed suit, and in conjunction with experts took testimony and uncovered facts that established clear and substantial evidence that the city was given repeated notices, which were ignored, from the residents about the icy conditions.
After securing videotapes of the icy conditions, the actual fire, and the hampered rescue efforts, it soon became clear that the city and the Philadelphia Water Department were at fault for failing to respond to the residents’ notices. We alleged that their failure resulted in the burns suffered by the son and were the cause of the wrongful death of his father. The city fought back trying to blame an "act of nature," the cold weather, and snow falls as the cause of the personal injuries and wrongful death.
In November of 2006, shortly before a trial was scheduled to commence, the city of Philadelphia agreed to a confidential settlement awarding the burn victim and the family of the deceased father slightly less than the maximum amount allowable under the law.
While no amount of money could ever bring back their father, the family was able to redeem his death and secure the future for his children and grandchildren.
Unexplainable Tire Explosion Takes the Life of a Lehigh Valley Construction Worker
In the Lehigh Valley, continual rain flooded a family-run business. In an effort to help his brother dig out of the mud that had poured in, our client told his wife to go visit their grandchildren while he went to a family friend in the excavation business to borrow a heavy-duty truck to haul away the mud and debris.
When our client arrived to take the truck he noticed that there was a flat tire, and with the help of the owner, attempted to change the tire and wheel. Suddenly, while the owner was in the shop retrieving a tool, for no apparent reason the tire exploded, shattering the wheel and rim. Pieces flew into our client rendering him unconscious.
Despite being airlifted to a hospital and the doctors’ heroic medical efforts, our client did not survive leaving a young widow, two grown children, and grandchildren.
His family, of modest means, was shattered. After being contacted by the victim’s daughter, Lundy Law sprung into action. We immediately met with the family, contacted the state police, obtained medical records, and visited the site of the accident. We even found and hired, at our own expense, a nationally recognized tire expert who we flew in on a private plane to view the remote site of the wrongful death and inspect the truck.
However, without an explanation of the facts surrounding the accident, and the ability to place negligence on the owner of the commercial truck or a defective tire, the insurance companies involved refused to even discuss payment to the aggrieved family. The owner did not see the explosion, and the only person who knew exactly what happened, the victim, was dead. Without the facts to support some theory of negligence no one was willing to accept blame for the wrongful death.
Soon after becoming involved in the case, Lundy Law developed a theory with the opinion of the expert that the method employed by the owner of the truck to "air" the tire was far outside the safety measures that should have been taken, which were well known by owners of such equipment.
Our argument was that the owner was liable merely because he knew or should have known that he was creating a highly dangerous condition by failing to engage the proper safety equipment when he allowed the victim to place himself near the tire that was about to be filled.
After grueling cross examination of the owner and after submission of the expert report, the owner's insurance company relented and tendered the full amount of the owner's insurance policy to the family.
But we were not content with the amount available under the truck owner's policy. The victim carried underinsured car insurance, and we set out to collect under that policy as well. The victim's own insurer argued against paying under his policy on the grounds that this type of accident was not covered by the car policy, and that the victim, a long-time operator of construction equipment, should have known how to safely place air in these types of tires.
The wording in the policy was unclear and ambiguous. Lundy Law argued that the insurance company drafted the policy language, and a plain person, like the victim, would have the expectation of coverage for this type of accident. Finally, we demonstrated that the victim's knowledge of these types of tires and the conditions under which they should be filled was far outside his experience in the construction job he had held most of his adult life.
The victim's insurance company had little choice. Facing insurance bad faith damages for failing to pay its own insured under the policy, it finally offered to tender almost all of the insurance policy proceeds. We advised the family to accept the offer and avoid a lengthy and emotionally grueling trial. Having obtained a settlement from the victim’s own insurance, we were able to double the recovery for the family.
The cases presented above are real cases but presented for illustrative and informative purposes only and should not be used as a promise or guarantee of success. Since each case is different, the handling of each case varies along with the respective results. To learn what can be done about your case, please contact us at 1-866-281-8612 or fill out the Free Consultation box on the right.
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