Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Verdicts & Settlements
Some of the personal injury and wrongful death cases in which Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau has represented plaintiffs and which were reportable in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly are listed below. All our cases cannot be reported because some settlement agreements include confidentiality clauses barring us from publicizing any aspect of those cases.
Plaintiff Crushed in Tractor-Trailer Collision - $10 Million Settlement
Black box data plays role in settlement - $650,000 Settlement
Settlement reached for 94-year-old hurt in car wreck - $450,000 Settlement
Estate of Worker who Fell from Truck Alleged Negligence - $1.025 Million and Workers' Compensation Lien of $227,341 Waived by Decedent's Employer
Jury Awards $2.3 Million to Farmer Injured in Auto Wreck
Wrongful Death – Husband, Father of Two - $5 Million Confidential Settlement.
Adding ‘Piercing The Veil' Claim Results In $4.4 Million Recovery In Auto Negligence Suit
‘Piercing Veil’ Increased Settlement in Truck Accident
General Contractor Climbed Bracing On Fiberglass Ladder - Against Warnings - Collapsed - Sub's Employee Suffered Brain Injury - Contrib Issue - $3.5 Million Settlement
Judge Lets Stand $6 Million Wake Wreck Verdict For Brain-Injured Trucker
Trial Judge Lets Stand $6 Million Verdict in Auto Case
Grocery, Cell Phone Records Help Couple Recover $1.02 Million from Impaired SUV Driver
Wrongful Death - Provisional Driver Defendant - Ran Stop Sign - Intersection Wreck - Family Purpose Vehicle - $950,000 Settlement
Student Hurt in School Bus Crash Recovers $2.4 Million
Settlement Reached With N.C. Student on Bus Crash
Tractor-Trailer Drives Off Road, Strikes U-Haul, Car - Wrongful Death of Two Children - Mother's Emotional Distress - $3 Million Settlement
$3.5 Million Settlement on Sixth Day of Trial
Elderly Motorist Struck By Tractor-Trailer
Mecklenburg Truck Break-Down Results in $775,000 Wrongful Death Verdict
Head Injury Plaintiff Gets Million-Plus Jury Verdict After "No Contact" Wreck
Expert Testimony on Speed Subject To Challenge
Tree Trimming Truck Struck Plaintiff’s Car – Alleged Truck Driver Intoxicated – Company Claimed Truck Stolen – Multiple Fractures - $4 Million Settlement
Carpet Cleaner Van Hit Child Pedestrian – Brain Injury - $2.99 Million Settlement
Respondeat Superior - Franchise - No Agency Relationship - Personal Injury - Pedestrian
Truck Struck Child Walking to School – Drive Plead Fifth Amendment – Contrib Defense Struck - $9.5 Million Mediated Settlement
Mother Driving Child to Day Care – Rear-Ended – Struck By Another Car – Mother’s Moderate Closed Head Injury – Child’s Soft Tissue Injuries – Loss of Consortium - $3.5 Million Settlement
Defendant Hit Plaintiff’s Auto – Hit Plaintiff Standing Nearby – Double Amputation - $7.5 Million Mediated Settlement
Rear-End Collision – Shoulder, Neck Injuries – Frozen Posture – Permanent, Total Disability – Larger Verdict After Polling - $3.85 Million Verdict
Jury Poll Backfires, Nets Plaintiff Extra $300,000 in Injury Suit
Jury Awards Wreck Victim $3.8 Million
Police Car Struck Pedestrian Plaintiff - Crossing Against Red Light - Severe Head Injuries - Last Clear Chance Issue - $1.1 Million Mediated Settlement
Wrongful Death – Lumber Truck Crossed Center Line – College Student Killed - $750,000 Mediated Settlement – Memorials to Daughter
Wrongful Death – Mother Killed When Unhitched Trailer Crosses Center Line – $985,000 Settlement
Auto – Wrongful Death – RICO – UDAP – Bad Faith Refusal to Defend
Federal Tort Claim – Pedestrian Run Over By FBI Van – Organic Brain Damage, Personality Disorder - $2.1 Million Award – Largest Federal Tort Claim Award in State
Woman Wins $2.1 Million in Federal Suit
Workplace Injury, Death – Hamlet Settlement – State’s Largest Mass Tort – Woodson Claims – Emotional Distress – Worker’s Compensation – Bankruptcy Complication - $16.1 Million Total Settlement
Hamlet: The Story Behind The Settlement
Wrongful Death – Drunk Driver – Punitive Damages Awarded – UIM Recovery - $421,000 Verdict
Helicopter Crash – Wrongful Death – Emotional Distress - $3 Million Present Value of Structured Settlement
