Proof of the Pudding?
By Daniel L. Hightower
It’s no secret that car insurance companies for careless/reckless drivers who cause motor vehicle crashes that injure innocent people want to settle the injury claims as cheaply as possible. That’s their job.
At the Hightower and Hightower Law Firm, we insist that car insurance companies pay full value, based on the facts of the case, to settle our innocent clients’ injury claims . . . or we recommend filing suit against the careless/reckless drivers. Everyone in America has to follow the rules and be held accountable for the injuries and damages their carelessness/recklessness causes to innocent people and their property.
See the results below for the local jury verdicts of three trials that Mr. Hightower and Mr. Guiley tried in the past. And see the three low “final” pre-trial settlement offers the car insurance companies made that Mr. Hightower and his clients rejected and went to trial.
- $135,915.48 VERDICT
Mr. Hightower, assisted by his associate, Mr. Guiley, tried a case before an Alachua County, Florida jury and helped his client, a 28-year-old woman, recover a jury verdict of $135,915.48. Mr. Hightower’s client had been seriously and permanently injured in a side impact collision caused by the carelessness of the driver of a passenger car. The insurance company’s last settlement offer before trial was $76,000.00.
- $520,000.00 VERDICT
Mr. Hightower, assisted by his associate, Mr. Guiley, tried a case before a Marion County, Florida jury and helped his client, a 42-year-old woman, recover a jury verdict of $520,000.00. Mr. Hightower’s client had been seriously and permanently injured in a rear-end collision caused by the carelessness of the driver of a commercial van. The insurance company’s last settlement offer before trial was $58,000.00.
- $751,000.00 VERDICT
Mr. Hightower, assisted by his associate, Mr. Guiley, tried a case before a Marion County, Florida jury and helped his client, a 59-year-old man, recover a jury verdict of $751,000.00. Mr. Hightower’s client had been seriously and permanently injured in a front-end/side impact collision caused by the carelessness of the driver of a passenger car. The insurance company’s last settlement offer before trial was $50,000.00.
One of the most important decisions and recommendations that an injured client’s lawyers must make is whether to recommend that the client accept the insurance company’s highest settlement offer . . . or proceed to trial and let a jury of their peers decide the fair and just sum of money damages that the careless/reckless driver’s insurance company must pay to the innocent, injured client. We take that responsibility to our injured clients very seriously.
Old saying: The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Hightower & Hightower Law Firm
Fighting for Accident Victim Justice Since 1976
