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PROOF WE’VE BEEN THERE, WON THAT.
Hire the lawyers who lawyers hire.® Other lawyers refer their clients to us. They know our reputation for getting top dollar in tough cases. Other professionals hire us, too, like the physician whose bosses’ negligence missed detecting breast cancer on her mammogram. We won for her, too.
Our lawyers have obtained many other seven-figure recoveries for clients — a $4.5 million settlement for a client brain damaged in a head-on vehicle collision that was collected from an insurance company going out of business; a $2.5 million verdict for wrongful death caused by a car-truck accident; a $2.5 million verdict for medical malpractice that injured a child; and a $1.1 million settlement for our client who developed a rare nerve disorder from a car accident.
We’ve also gotten confidential settlements for a mom fired from her teaching job because she was pregnant; a chef whose employer discriminated against him due to his speech disability; an insurance adjuster whose company fired her for being impaired by ADD; an elderly couple whose health was damaged by their homeowners insurer’s bad faith; numerous policyholders victimized by their insurers’ misconduct… and many more.
Machado v. Rodriguez
$9.4 Million Verdict
Seiden Law won a $9.4 million jury verdict for a young motorcyclist whose lawyers hired us to help their badly injured client. Dylan Machado sustained brain damage when a car’s driver negligently cut in front of Dylan’s motorcycle. The driver’s insurance defense lawyers alleged that Dylan was not wearing a helmet.
Our lawyers found an eyewitness who saw Dylan wearing the helmet when his head hit the ground. We also presented medical and bio-mechanical expert testimony to establish that Dylan’s brain trauma from the crash was inevitable, even when a helmet was properly worn.
Bell v. Dieli, State Farm
$2.7 Million Verdict
Seiden Law obtained a $2.7 million jury verdict for a client whose car was rear-ended in a parking lot. Our client initially sustained a neck sprain. Six months later, she suffered a debilitating stroke that left her in a wheelchair. We successfully linked the neck sprain to her stroke.
Even though the people who rear-ended our client only had $50,000 in insurance, we discovered that State Farm had a secret program that allowed recovery from State Farm, regardless of insurance limits. As a result, we collected the entire $2,700,000 verdict from the insurance company a month after the jury’s decision. We then arranged for a special needs trust to protect Valda Bell’s funds, empowering her to purchase a specially-outfitted house for the handicapped and receive quality care and assistance.
Portillo v. Guerrero
$2.9 Million Settlement
This case resulted in a $2.9 million settlement arising from a drowsy driver’s negligence that caused our client to undergo surgery to replace damaged neck discs. The negligent driver had worked an all-nighter before the accident. Seiden Law retained a Harvard University expert who was the consultant for NASA and the Space Shuttle regarding sleep deprivation and its kinship to alcohol intoxication. Then we presented the compelling evidence to the presiding judge that a drowsy driver is just as impaired as a drunk driver. As a result, Seiden Law obtained the first Court Order in Florida granting the right to pursue punitive (punishment) damages against the driver, his company and their bosses for punitive (punishment) damages.
Sadler v. Standard Fire Ins. Co.
$756,000 Verdict
Maria Sadler’s car was hit by an uninsured motorist, causing her neck pain. A year later, she developed multiple sclerosis. Seiden Law successfully presented solid medical evidence at trial that our client’s multiple sclerosis was undiagnosed before the accident but was aggravated by the accident to become symptomatic. The jury agreed, awarding Maria a $756,700 verdict against her uninsured motorist insurer. Even though our client only purchased $100,000 in uninsured motorist coverage, we still collected the entire $756,700 for her by again suing her insurer, this time for bad faith. They paid as soon as we filed the bad faith lawsuit.
Lucky? Nope, this is what we do for our clients. Another case: we collected a $920,000 insurance bad faith lawsuit settlement for a client when the available uninsured motorist coverage was only $10,000. We do it. Again and again. And we can do it for you.
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Ruiz
Supreme Court Victory
In the landmark Florida Supreme Court case of Allstate Ins. Co. v. Ruiz, 899 So.2d 1121 (Fla. 2005), our representation changed Florida’s legal landscape for all victims of insurance company bad faith and resulted in a confidential settlement for our clients. The Allstate v. Ruiz precedent forced insurance companies to permit inspection of their previously hidden claim files. Seiden Law’s success in advocating this important change in Florida law allowed our clients – as well as all injured claimants and policyholders — invaluable access to crucial evidence to prosecute an insurance bad faith lawsuit.
We took on Joaquin & Paulina Ruiz’ case when no one else would. Many of our clients’ settlements are confidential which means we can’t tell you how much money we got for them. But confidentiality allows our clients to obtain top money by giving the insurance companies protection from letting others know how much money was paid.
Dahut V. Geico General Ins. Co.
$150,000 Settlement
Harvey Dahut’s lawyers dropped him as their client when Harvey refused his insurer’s $13,500 offer to settle a rear-end car accident lawsuit. After hiring Seiden Law, the insurer paid Harvey $150,000. Same Harvey, same insurer, different lawyers (us). Make the same choice that pays off bigger for you, too.
AND MORE…
Many car accidents cause injuries that damage spinal discs. Seiden Law routinely obtains settlements between $500,000 to $1,000,000 for these cases, even if our clients are injured by uninsured motorists. When the insurance company unreasonably delays payment in bad faith, Seiden Law obtains more than the policy limits for our clients and seeks changes in the law, if we have to.
Know that we always go the extra mile to get the results our clients deserve, sparing no expense. And if it’s a tough case, we’ve Been There, Won That ®, too.
