$495,000 VERDICT

 

Gary Burger tried for Kim Wensler against Kim’s own insurance company who refused to settle the uninsured motorist claim. Kim was riding a motorcycle on a dirt road in rural Missouri when a truck came going the other way. Kim skidded, lost control and went under the truck and was injured. Her injuries were severe and her medical was high. Gary tried this case to a jury in the City of St. Louis and got a $495,000 verdict. I collected a significant amount of that and the family was very happy with the result-I ran into the family at court a couple of months ago and it was great to catch up with them. . Plaintiff was a young girl who was operating a motor bike with her brother in rural Missouri. She was going around a turn when a pickup truck came the other way. She attempted to brake, skidded and struck the front of the vehicle. She suffered some fractured ribs, lacerated spleen injuries to other internal organs. She had to undergo surgery and was left with approximately $60,000.00 in medical bills. The defendant strongly contended that she should not have been driving the motorcycle and caused the accident by her own negligence. However, the jury did not believe this defense and agreed with our position (and the real facts) that the defendant had crossed the center line and had caused the accident. The jury returned a verdict for $500,000.00 apportioning 5% fault on the Plaintiff and 95% on the Defendant resulting in a verdict of $475,000.00.

$625,000 SETTLEMENT

Katie's Open Skull Surgery

 

Gary Burger and Mark Cantor settled a case for Kate McDonald who had head injuries following a motor vehicle accident. As they were leaving the bar the friend immediately had an accident. A challenge in this case was overcoming the fact that Kate and her friend were drinking and her friend drove and Kate gave the keys to her friend. Gary was able to succeed over that obstacle and got a great recovery for Kate. We hired an expert regarding future medical and life care needs, created drawings about her head and brain surgeries, and maximized her damages. She’s using that money wisely and saving it for her future.

 

Cantor and Burger represented a Don Rawsom who was going through an intersection that was not controlled by any stop sign when the defendant driver pulled out in front of him. He actually had to lay down his bike to avoid a more catastrophic accident, but he hurt his shoulder. Shortly before trial, we settled and obtained the maximum recovery for him.

Cantor and Burger represented Tom Dickinson against the State of Missouri and Missouri Department of Transportation where a construction company was doing highway construction and the construction zone was poorly marked and poorly lighted area when he changed lanes. It was dark and there was a increased height in asphalt where new asphalt was being laid. This caused him to wreck his motorcycle and caused the need for shoulder surgery. We were able to get a reasonable settlement in this case as well.

We have many more success stories for our biking clients and ask that you call Cantor & Burger for help at (314) 542-9999.