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Results
A selection of recent recoveries — $14,480,000 across the twelve cases below. Behind each number is the same method: evidence secured early, medicine documented thoroughly, and a file the insurer knows we're willing to try.
Read this first: Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and recoveries depend on the specific facts, injuries, insurance coverage, and law that apply. Settlement amounts shown are gross amounts before legal fees, case expenses, and liens. Sterling Justice Law is a fictional firm created as a design demonstration — these results are illustrative examples, not real cases.
$2,400,000
Truck collision Settled 2025
A 46-year-old school custodian suffered a fractured pelvis and shoulder surgery after a distribution-company truck struck his sedan. The carrier blamed a 'sudden brake failure' — our download of the truck's event-data recorder showed no braking at all.
Settled two weeks before trial.
$2,100,000
Surgical error Settled 2025
A retained sponge caused months of infection and two corrective surgeries for a 58-year-old bookkeeper. The count sheet said 'correct' — the imaging said otherwise.
Structured settlement funding lifetime follow-up care.
$1,850,000
Construction fall Settled 2026
A 34-year-old ironworker fell fourteen feet when an uninspected plank snapped. Labor Law §240 strict liability against the owner and GC — recovered alongside his workers'-comp claim, with the comp lien negotiated down.
$1,600,000
Delayed diagnosis Settled 2024
A radiologist flagged a suspicious nodule; the report was filed without follow-up for nineteen months. Our nurse-attorney team traced every unread notification in the chart.
$1,200,000
Rideshare passenger Settled 2024
A 29-year-old graduate student suffered a herniated disc requiring fusion surgery. Three insurers each pointed at the others — we brought claims against all three layers of coverage.
$1,050,000
Forklift injury Settled 2023
A stock picker's foot was crushed by a forklift whose backup alarm had been unplugged for weeks. Third-party claim against the staffing agency's host site — beyond his comp benefits.
$975,000
Stairwell fall Settled 2024
A home health aide fractured her ankle in two places on a staircase tenants had complained about for a year. HPD violation history proved the landlord knew.
$890,000
Rear-end collision Settled 2023
Two herniated discs and radiating nerve pain for a 51-year-old MTA employee. The insurer's first offer was $19,000 — 'soft tissue only.' Independent imaging said otherwise.
Final settlement was 46× the first offer.
$760,000
Sidewalk defect Settled 2023
A retired teacher shattered her wrist on a sidewalk that had been reported twice. The owner argued the City was responsible — the notice-of-claim was filed protectively within 90 days while we proved otherwise.
$685,000
Intersection collision Settled 2022
Both drivers claimed the light. A canvass of nearby businesses found camera footage on the fourth try — the other driver entered the intersection 1.8 seconds after his light turned red.
$540,000
Ceiling collapse Settled 2022
A tenant suffered a concussion and cervical injuries when a waterlogged ceiling came down. Repair requests in the building portal — timestamped and ignored — made notice undeniable.
$430,000
Pedestrian struck Settled 2021
A 63-year-old crossing with the signal suffered a fractured hip. The van company's 'independent contractor' defense failed once we obtained the routing-app records.
Honest numbers
Every results page you'll ever see — including this one — shows gross settlement amounts. Out of that figure come the contingency fee, the case expenses the firm advanced, and any liens (health insurance, workers' comp, Medicaid/Medicare) that must be repaid. We put that math in writing before you sign anything, and we negotiate the liens down as hard as we negotiate the settlement up.
Want to understand how case values are estimated in the first place? Try our settlement calculator — it shows the multiplier method with every assumption visible.
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