Terrell Hogan - Auto Accidents
Auto Accidents

According to the Florida Traffic Crash Statistics for 2008, there were 243,342 traffic crashes in that year with 199,658 crashes causing injuries. (source: http://www.flhsmv.gov/hsmvdocs/CS2008.pdf)

A person who carelessly operates a vehicle may be required to pay for resulting damages to persons or property. People who operate automobiles must exercise "reasonable care." Failure to use reasonable care is the basis of most lawsuits.

Likewise, an owner of a vehicle may also be liable for the damages to persons or property that the person who they entrusted their vehicle with causes.

Should the liable party not have sufficient insurance to cover these damages, a claim can be made against your Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist ("UM") coverage under your own motor vehicle insurance if you have UM coverage. UM coverage is important coverage to have.

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Verdicts & Settlements

$60,000 Settlement. Rear-end auto accident resulting in injections and a permanent injury to a staff nurse (Mark Calvin).

$35,000 Policy Limits Settlement. Intersectional collision resulting in a sternoclavicular dislocation and impingement to a young student (Mark Calvin).

$150,000 Settlement with a nationally known trucking company. Automobile rear-ended by a tractor-trailer causing non-surgical neurological injuries to a staff nurse (Mark Calvin).

100,000.00 Settlement with a hotel chain. Trip and fall at a hotel causing orthopedic injuries the clients but which evolved into complex regional pain syndrome (Mark Calvin).

$87,500 Settlement. Young pedestrian struck and pinned against a vehicle by a passing car. He sustained multiple lower leg fractures, external fixation, and post surgical infection. A portion of the settlement was structured to augment future dollars to the minor (Mark Calvin).

$60,000 settlement. Hitchhiking passenger in a semi-semi-tractor that ran a red light causing an accident. Passengers to saint sustained soft tissue injuries with injection therapy (Mark Calvin).

$495,000 Combined Settlement with nationally known trucking company. Husband and wife rearended by a commercial vehicle. Husband, who worked as a truck driver, underwent back surgery. Wife sustained soft tissue injuries (Mark Calvin).

$235,000 Settlement. Wrongful Death claim for intoxicated passenger in his own vehicle. His intoxicated driver rear-ended a commercial vehicle which was partially blocking the roadway (Mark Calvin).

$600,000 Settlement. Client injured on the job by a crane operator who dropped building material resulting in a hand crush injury. Client underwent multiple orthopedic and neurological surgeries (Mark Calvin).

$215,000 Settlement. Arthroscopic knee surgery and eventual total knee replacement due to dry wall falling on the client at a construction site. (Mark Calvin and Christopher Burns)

$600,000 Statutory Limits Settlement. Client T-boned by illegal aliens in a rental car causing multiple orthopedic injuries and a mild traumatic brain injury (Mark Calvin).

$42,000 Settlement. 60-year-old retired school teacher was rear-ended aggravating his pre-existing back problem necessitating pain management and injection therapy (Mark Calvin).

$55,000 Settlement. Automobile accident involving a young mother of two causing cubital tunnel syndrome with a recommendation for surgery (Mark Calvin).

$310,000 Settlement with a nationally known trucking company. Mechanic was pinned against his service vehicle when a running semi, occupied by the defendant truck driver, lurched forward causing significant lower leg fractures and surgeries (Mark Calvin).

Policy limits recovery for plaintiff for injuries resulting from rear end auto accident (Alan Pickert)

$100,000 Settlement for injuries resulting from at fault driver T-boning plaintiff’s car (Alan Pickert)

Policy limits recovery for plaintiff who was driving a motorcycle when at fault driver turned in front of motorcycle rider causing a significant accident and injuries (Alan Pickert)

Street-Sweeping Corporation And Road Maintenance Contractor Pay $500,000 For The Death Of A Trucker (Wayne Hogan and Bruce Anderson)

Seven-Figure Settlement. Auto accident. (Tom Duffy)

$120,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery and aggravation of preexisting injuries. (Michael Sharrit)

$1,900,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in significant brain injury. (Ted Pina)

$200,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery in client with preexisting injuries. (Ted Pina)

$375,000.00 Settlement. Negligence of tavern for traffic accident caused by their intoxicated waitress while driving home from work. (Tom Duffy)

$140,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in orthopedic injury and surgery. (Mark Calvin)

$500,000.00 Pre-Suit Settlement with a local governmental agency.  Automobile accident with significant facial fractures and surgery. (Mark Calvin)

$481,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident causing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. (Mark Calvin)

Terrell Hogan successfully negotiated a settlement for a man whose van was struck by a loaded county dump truck. The van was thrown airborne and rolled, causing injuries requiring multiple orthopedic and reconstructive procedures. The firm convinced the county and their excess carrier to pay the full amount of coverage available, $500,000.00.

$125,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Automobile accident resulting in orthopedic injuries. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)

$120,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery and aggravation of preexisting injuries. (Michael Sharrit)

$1,900,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in significant brain injury. (Ted Pina)

$200,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in neck surgery in client with preexisting injuries. (Ted Pina)

$50,000.00 Settlement, policy limits. Automobile accident where injured party suffered a broken femur. (Alan Pickert)

$250,000.00 Settlement. Resulting from an automobile accident (Alan Pickert)

Seven figure Settlement, policy limits. Auto accident case resulting in closed head brain injury and orthopedic injuries. (Mark Calvin, Patty Dodson, Jim Terrell)

Auto accident case resulting in paralysis and amputations. Claims are still pending against roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)

$582,000.00 Verdict. Pedestrian injured by automobile - fractured pelvis and surgeries. (Michael Sharrit)

$225,000.00 Verdict. Pedestrian injured by automobile. (Michael Sharrit)

$750,000.00 Settlement after trial. Automobile accident resulting in low back injury and fusion surgery. (Michael Sharrit)

$160,000.00 Settlement. Automobile accident resulting in head injury. (Michael Sharrit)

$175,000.00 Settlement. Motor vehicle accident resulting in multiple injuries. (Michael Sharrit)

$185,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against rental car company and UM carriers for client struck from behind by driver in rental vehicle resulting in neck fusion surgery. (Michael Sharrit)

$50,000.00 Settlement, full BI policy limits. Motor vehicle accident. (Leslie Goller)

$75,000.00 Settlement. Damages recovered for client who sustained severe injuries when rear-ended while stopped in traffic. (Chris Burns)

$500,000.00 Settlement. Settlement recovery received for individual struck by auto while walking through a parking lot. (Chris Burns)

$275,000.00 Settlement. Auto accident causing injuries requiring surgery. (Tom Duffy)

$35,000.00 Settlement. Recovery of the policy limits for a pedestrian who was hit by a car. (Leslie A. Goller)

$150,000 Settlement: Auto Accident: two settlements of full policy limits for client who incurred neurological, orthopedic and loss of consortium damages. (Leslie A. Goller)

$725,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Motor vehicle crash where victim required hip surgery; against the roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)

Confidential Insurance Settlement: Pedestrian was hit and killed by a motor vehicle. The driver's and victim's insurance companies paid their policy limits. (Chris Burns)

$200,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Mans auto accident case settled at mediation for $200,000. No surgery necessary. He did, however, miss a substantial amount of work as the manager of a food court restaurant. (Chris Burns)

$315,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Man was pushed out of the back of a delivery truck while assisting the driver in unloading a roll of carpet, suffering multiple injuries requiring surgery for his wrist and neck. (Ted Pina)

$125,000 Settlement: Broken down vehicle is hit on the shoulder of the road.(Christopher Burns)

$260,000 Settlement: Motorcycle crash claim against offending driver. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)

$900,000 Settlement: Pedestrian hit by automobile causing orthopedic injuries. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)

Six-Figure Settlement: Auto Accident: Motorist intentionally strikes pedestrian after he tells motorist to quit speeding through his residential neighborhood where children play. (Tom Duffy)

$100,000 Settlement: Auto Accident: passenger fell off truck sustaining head injury. (Leslie A. Goller)

$100,000 Settlement Auto Accident: policy limits from at-fault driver's insurer in auto accident case. (Leslie Goller)

$250,000 Settlement Auto Accident: an auto accident with client losing control after hitting water on the road. Suit was brought against the state DOT and highway construction contractor. (Ted S. Pina co-counsel with another firm)

Confidential Settlement Cyclist Accident: cyclist hit by side view mirror on passing auto. (Chris Burns)

$110,000 Settlement Auto Accident: policy limits recovered from at-fault drivers and clients UM insurers in auto accident case. (Leslie Goller)

$275,000 Recovery Auto Accident: claim for uninsured motorist benefits the victim was a passenger in the auto, which crashed after colliding with a loose sheet of plywood, resulting in a leg fracture. (Chris Burns)

$135,000 Settlement Auto Accident: an auto accident with the plaintiff suffering a rotator cuff tear. (Ted S. Pina)

$200,000 Recovery Personal Injury: woman hit by auto in health club parking lot with back injury. (Chris Burns)

$130,000 Settlement Auto Accident: A teenager was ejected from the back of a pickup truck at low speed, causing shoulder dislocation and surgery.(Chris Burns)

High Seven-Figure Settlement a child was ejected from a vehicle when a tire blew out, resulting in brain injuries and tetraplegia. The manufacturer produced defective tires, and the tire service company should have recognized the impending tire failure. (Chris Burns and Mark Calvin)

$560,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Case resulting in paralysis and amputations. Claims are still pending.

$725,000 Settlement Auto Accident: Motor vehicle crash where victim required hip surgery; against the roadway construction contractor. (Jim Terrell and Patty Dodson)

Confidential Insurance Settlement: Pedestrian was hit and killed by a motor vehicle. The driver's and victim's insurance companies paid their policy limits. (Chris Burns)

$315,000 Recovery Personal Injury: Man was pushed out of the back of a delivery truck while assisting the driver in unloading a roll of carpet, suffering multiple injuries requiring surgery for his wrist and neck. (Ted Pina)

$900,000 Settlement: Pedestrian hit by automobile causing orthopedic injuries. (Christopher Burns and Timothy Ellis)