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Case Results
Arm & Shoulder Injuries
Personal Injury Cases
- Jury Awards Man Run Over By Tractor Truck $1.6 Million (December 2004)
- $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for Shattered Ankle in Balcony Collapse (March 2002)
- Confidential Settlement (November 2003)
Awarded: $1.7 million
Awarded: $1.5 million
Awarded: Settled for $1.35 Million
Railroad Injury and FELA Cases
- Brooklyn Jury Awards LIRR Trackman $3.75 Million
- D.C. jury awards $3.5 Million to Amtrak Electrician for burn injuries
- Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict
Awarded: $3,750,000
Awarded: $3.5 million
Awarded: $700,000
Other
- Legal Malpractice Claim Settled for a Confidential Amount (2010)
Awarded: Confidential
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- Arm & Shoulder Injury Insurance Claims – Norfolk, Virginia
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- The True Story of the McDonald's Coffee Case
- Jury Awards Man Run Over By Tractor Truck $1.6 Million
- Judge Upholds Jury Verdict Awarding Man $1.5 Million
Case Results
- Arm & Shoulder Injuries
- Personal Injury Cases
- Jury Awards Man Run Over By Tractor Truck $1.6 Million (December 2004)
- $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for Shattered Ankle in Balcony Collapse (March 2002)
- Confidential Settlement (November 2003)
- Richmond Wrongful Death leads to $1.2 Million Settlement (2008)
- U.S. Government Pays Structured Settlement
- Operation on Wrong Disc Leads to Settlement (September 2000)
- Insurance Company Forced to Pay for Inmate’s Injury
- Surgical Error Settlement in NC
- Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Settles for $500,000 (2008)
- Student Recovers for Serious Injuries from Fall From Tree
- Shoplifter Assaulted by Guard Gets Confidential Settlement (2008)
- Electrocution Results in Settlement for Policy Limits-- $1 Million (2007)
- Parking Lot Fall Leads to $210,000 Settlement (2004)
- Slip and Fall Injury Settles for Six Figures (2008)
- Products Liability Case Settles for Confidential Amount (2010)
Awarded: $1.7 million
Awarded: $1.5 million
Awarded: Settled for $1.35 Million
Awarded: $1,200,000
Awarded: $636,369
Awarded: $350,000
Awarded: Settled $200,000
Awarded: $155,000
Awarded: $500,000
Awarded: Confidential
Awarded: Confidential
Awarded: $1,000,000.00
Awarded: $210,000
Awarded: Confidential
Awarded: Confidential
- Railroad Injury and FELA Cases
- Brooklyn Jury Awards LIRR Trackman $3.75 Million
- D.C. jury awards $3.5 Million to Amtrak Electrician for burn injuries
- Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict
- $550,000 Settlement for CSX Conductor in Collision
- Conrail Pays Conductor for Trip and Fall
- $470,000 Verdict in Louisville for CSX Foreman's Back Injury
- $355,000 Verdict to NS Conductor for Chronic Back Strain
- $350,000 to Georgia CSX Employee After Back Surgery
- Amtrak Worker Settles for $270K for Respiratory Injuries
- Jury Awards $246,000 Against Conrail for Lifting Injury
- $225,000 Settlement for Smoke Inhalation
- Fractured Wrist to CSX Worker Leads to $200K Settlement
- Amtrak Warehouse Clerk receives compensation for injury
- $80,000 for Defective Chair Injury (January 2004)
Awarded: $3,750,000
Awarded: $3.5 million
Awarded: $700,000
Awarded: $550,000
Awarded: $472,000
Awarded: $470,000
Awarded: $355,000
Awarded: $350,000
Awarded: $270,000
Awarded: $246,000
Awarded: $225,000
Awarded: $200,000
Awarded: $190,000
Awarded: Settlement for $80,000
- General
- Legal Malpractice Claim Settled for a Confidential Amount (2010)
Awarded: Confidential
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- Common Personal Injury Questions
- When is the best time to hire a lawyer?
- What happens after I hire a law firm?
- How do I know if I even have a case?
- What are the chances I'll have to go to trial?
- How much can I expect to get out of my case?
- What will it cost me?
- Common Railroad Injury Questions
- As a railroad worker, I have heard about the FELA, but exactly what is it?
- If I'm injured on the job, what do I recover?
- What do I have to prove under the FELA in order to be compensated?
- What if I was also at fault for my injury, am I out of luck?
- What happens if this is a re-injury and I settled my claim for the earlier injury a while back, can I still get compensation for the latest injury?
- How much time do I have to file a lawsuit under the FELA, and what happens if I'm too late?
- Do I really need an attorney? The claim agent says the company will be fair, and if I handle my own claim I'll save money doing so.
- How do I find out if my attorney is qualified to handle my case?
- What are your legal fees at The Law Office of Joseph J. Perez for railroad cases?
- Shouldn't I wait a little while before getting an attorney to see if I can work through my injury or see if it will go away?
- Is reporting my injury to the railroad really that important?
- Am I allowed to see my own doctor, and should I tell my doctor how I was injured?
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- Personal Injury Law for Tidewater Virginia and Virginia Beach
- Truck and Tractor Trailer Accidents
- Shipping and Trucking website
- Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
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- Tractor Trailer and Large Truck Accident Causation Study
- Legal Help in Virginia for Burn Survivors
- One Burn Victim's Story
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- Norco Recalls Bicycle Frames Due to Crash Hazard
- Biosite Brand Triage Cardiac Panel
- Respironics, Inc., SmartMonitor 2 Infant Apnea Monitor
- Ross Stores Recalls Folding Patio Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
- Women's Shoes Recalled by Walmart Due to Fall Hazard
- CARS Fleece Clog Children's Shoes
- Toaster Oven/Broilers Recalled by Haier America Due to Burn or Electrical Shock Hazard
- Nautilus Recalls Bowflex(r) Home Gyms Due to Risk of Injury
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Common Personal Injury Questions
- What are the chances I'll have to go to trial?
- How do I know if I even have a case?
- What happens after I hire a law firm?
Common Railroad Injury Questions
- What if I was also at fault for my injury, am I out of luck?
- What do I have to prove under the FELA in order to be compensated?
- If I'm injured on the job, what do I recover?
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