Results for Our Clients

$275,000 Slip and Fall Injury. My client injured her lower back after slipping and falling on a wet bathroom floor at a restaurant. Despite the restaurant’s claim that it had placed warning signs prior to my client’s fall, we were able to prove that the signs were not in place at the time of the accident. The settlement was reached before a trial date was assigned.

Confidential $175,000 Construction Site Injury. At the request of my client, I have agreed not to use his name. My client sustained a broken toe that did not require surgery. This settlement also involved the waiver of a $75,000 workers compensation lien.

$100,000 for a client in March 2020. After falling several feet from a ladder and injuring his hip, our client hired his first law firm who perhaps didn’t sue all the correct companies. After a few years, he was forced to hire a second law firm. During the several years that the second law firm represented our client, his case was dismissed based on an archaic principle of law, the Dead Man’s Act. That law firm told our client to take a hike and stopped fighting for him. Our law office was moved by his story and decided to fight for him. We filed the appeal, wrote an extensive brief, and argued it in the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court agreed with our position and reinstated the case.

Eyster v Conrad, Fifth District Court of Appeals (January 2020). This case involved the application of an archaic law known as the Dead Man’s Act. In short, the defense was using the law to argue that my injured client could not have his trial. The Jackson County Circuit Court agreed with the defense and threw our case out. We appealed to the Appellate Court and the Appellate Court agreed with our position. The Appellate Court told the Circuit Court it was wrong and told the court to give us our day in court. This appeal made some very significant changes to how the Dead Man’s Act can be applied.