On November 19, 2009, the personal injury lawyers of Gaddis, Kin, Herd & Craw, P.C. in Colorado Springs, Colorado, won an exceptionally large jury verdict in a motor vehicle accident and injury case. Trial attorney Thomas J. Herd took the case to an El Paso County, Colorado jury.

Our client was involved in a car accident on August 14, 2006. She was driving straight through an intersection in the Rockrimmon area of Colorado Springs when another driver, going the opposite direction, made a left turn in front of her causing a significant collision.

The other driver claimed he was not at fault. He thought our client was going to turn right at the intersection. More that three years later, during the trial, the defense admitted fault. The defense agressively disputed our client’s injuries, damages and losses during the trial.

Our client was 33 years old at the time of this car crash. This motor vehicle collision pushed her right knee into the dashboard. One of the bones in her knee joint had a fracture line. Both her wrists were injured in this motor vehicle accident. The car wreck also caused neck pain and back pain.

Our client required medical care for these injuries over the next 3 years. Her neck pain and back pain improved with medical treatment. By the time the case went to trial, however, she was still having pain and physical limitations from chronic nerve pain in her left hand and wrist. She had to take medications on a daily basis for this pain. Her medical bills amounted to more than $15,000. She had no insurance for her medical expenses. To make matters worse, she could no longer work as a property manager and lost her job.

Before trial the other driver’s insurance company, Farmers Insurance, offered to settle for $100,000. The other driver had $500,000 of liability insurance coverage. We were willing to settle if Farmers would pay the $500,000 of insurance on the other driver. They refused, and trial lawyer Tom Herd took the case to an El Paso County jury.

The jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict of $750,000.00 after a 4 day trial. With interest and court costs the other driver and Farmers Insurance will owe our client more than $995,000.00.

Many personal injury lawyers, would have persuaded their client to accept the $100,000 pre-trial settlement that was offered by the insurance company. We believed our client’s case was worth much more; she trusted us and believed we could win this personal injury trial for her.

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