Mr. C____ was a passenger in his truck, driven by his brother-in-law. A commercial van began to change lanes into the lane occupied by our client's vehicle. Our truck took evasive action to avoid a collision, although there was no contact between vehicles, the driver of our truck lost control and ended up flipping the truck. Mr. C____ was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a catastrophic brain injury. The case against the commercial van settled for $4,250,000.00**.
** A contingent (%) fee charged on the successful recovery resulted in a fee of $1,700,000.00 and $102,000.00 in litigation expenses which were reimbursed by the client out of the gross settlement amount.