Results

Our client was a passenger in a ride share vehicle that was rear ended by another vehicle while stopped at a stop sign. She immediately began experiencing pain and had to be transported to the hospital by ambulance. Following months of physical therapy and lost time from work, the insurance company offered a small amount to settle her claim, not even enough to cover her medical bills. The reason they cited for the low offer was, “There was little to no property damage to the vehicle she was in, thus she must have been overstating her injury.” Instead of haggling with the insurance company we immediately filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County, Maryland. At trial, the judge awarded our client almost 4 times what the insurance company had offered her prior to our firm filing a lawsuit. This case was an important win because insurance companies often attempt to correlate the injury that a person has sustained with the property damage that their vehicle has sustained. However, there is no direct correlation between injury to a person and injury to a vehicle.