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Verdict Construction Zone Accident
Following a summary jury trial in federal court, the jury returned a verdict of $15,000,000 in total damages and 40% comparative fault for a seriously injured man we represented who was injured while riding through a roadwork construction zone and blamed for his own injuries. The verdict was reduced to $9,000,000 because of Ohio’s comparative fault laws and the case settled confidentially the morning following the trial.
$12,600,000
Truck Accident
In August 2021, a 30-year-old truck driver had pulled over to the side of Interstate 275 near Cincinnati after two tires on his trailer were punctured. While he was outside his truck, a drunk driver, who had no license and no insurance, lost control of her car and hit the truck driver, killing him instantly. We sued the drunk driver, but she never responded or appeared in court. A default judgment was granted by the court, and a trial was held on damages. After hearing testimony about the young man who had died and the depths of sorrow and grief that his shocking death has caused the family, the court returned a judgment of $12,627,307.00.
$12,000,000
Wrongful Death
$7,900,000
Jury Verdict for Brain Injury
After this case was turned down by a well-known and accredited law firm for seeming “unwinnable,” we took the case on to represent an eighteen-year-old who suffered a lifelong brain injury. We turned the case around from the client receiving no offers from defendants to a $7.9 Million Jury Verdict at trial.
$7,500,000
Dog Bite Bench Verdict
After a little girl was mauled by two pit bulls and had to undergo dozens of facial reconstruction surgeries, we represented her mother in a lawsuit against the dogs’ owner. The offense was so heinous that the overseeing Judge quickly awarded $7.5 million to the girl and her mother.
$7,000,000
Settlement Delivery Truck Accident
A man was seriously injured when a teenage delivery driver was not paying attention to the road and struck our client as he was removing luggage from the trunk of his vehicle after he pulled over to the side of the road. By engaging accident reconstruction experts, a lighting expert, and a nationally recognized lifecare planner we were able to show the full extent of our client’s brain injury and future impairment. The insurance company tendered its full policy limit of $7,000,000
$7,000,000
Settlement Tractor Trailer Accident
A man was seriously injured after his vehicle was violently struck by a tractor trailer. By vigorously investigating the case and working with experts, we proved the liability of the truck driver and extent of our client’s injuries.
$6,900,000
Jury Verdict Against OB/GYN
In this five day trial, we represented a woman who was negligently told to stop taking her blood thinners by her doctor who then evaded her calls and did not tell her when to restart. As a result, she had a massive embolic stroke, leaving her unable to walk, unable to talk, and incontinent.
$6,000,000
Settlement Truck Driver At-Fault for Wrongful Death of Local Veteran
We represented a local family whose son, an army veteran, was killed by a drunk driver that was driving a work vehicle. The drunk driver’s employer had a six-million-dollar insurance policy that covered both the company and the driver. The insurance company initially offered to pay only one million dollars. Once our firm entered the case and filed suit, however, the insurance company paid the six-million-dollar policy.
$6,000,000
Policy-Limit Motorcycle Crash
$5,990,000
Policy-Limit Transportation Wrongful Death
$5,750,000
Dram Shop Case
$5,400,000
Jury Verdict in Northern Kentucky Federal Court
Young RN went for a light chemical peel prior to having her wedding soon to be photos taken. Compound pharmacist who would compound the acid for this surgeon attended a Texas seminar where he was told to mix acid weight to weight not volume to volume. The advice caused the acid to be highly potent and caused 3rd degree burns all over her entire face. Had to wear a full-face pressure mask 24/7/365. Very small offer prior to trial. Patient had more than two years of treatment and was thankfully able to overcome and have a wonderful life.
$5,000,000
Settlement Truck Driver At-Fault for Wrongful Death
A family lost a loving husband and father when a truck driver acted carelessly and needlessly endangered the lives of all Ohio drivers. The insurance company that insured the truck explored numerous avenues to escape its responsibility to pay the full value of the case. After several depositions, a video that included testimony from our client’s grieving wife and children, several expert reports, and a surveillance video that was uncovered showing the true facts surrounding the crash, the case was settled for $5,000,000.
$4,000,000
Confidential Settlement
$3,500,000
Settlement Truck Accident
A commercial vehicle failed to yield in traffic and rear-ended our client. Our client suffered extensive injuries and significant emotional trauma. A settlement was reached with the commercial entity’s insurance company for $3.5 million.
$3,000,000
Settlement Landscape Truck
A young boy was killed after a landscape truck ran him over in the street. The insurance company claimed the child “darted out” in front of the driver. We established the company failed to follow commercial trucking safety regulations and reconstructed the crash which prompted a settlement for the full policy limits of $3 million.
$3,000,000
Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse
$3,000,000
Verdict Slip And Fall
Our client suffered a broken knee cap resulting in surgery after falling on a knocked down wet floor sign laying flat on a multi-colored floor inside of a Casino. Surveillance video confirmed that a casino employee walked by the sign, without picking it up, eleven seconds before our client fell. It was the Casino’s position that the fall was solely our client’s fault. A Hamilton County jury disagreed finding that the sign was not open and obvious under the circumstances, that the Casino was 100% at fault and delivered a verdict of $3 million.
$3,000,000
Judgment Assault Victim
On behalf of woman physically assaulted at bar when bouncers failed to properly search violent patron.
$3,000,000
Settlement Brain Injury
The victim sustained a hypoxic brain injury resulting from a near drowning.
$2,800,000
Settlement Semi Truck Crash
A young man was driving with his father in a small car on a local highway. A tractor-trailer driver made a lane change without checking his fender mirror. Fender mirrors on tractor trailers reveal blind spots that door mirrors will not show. Truck drivers must always look in both a door mirror and a fender mirror before each lane change. The crash killed the young man’s father. The semi-truck company tried to blame the young man for his own father’s death. Following depositions and a mediation, the case settled for $2.8 million.
$2,750,000
Settlement Child Injured During Sporting Event
A young child’s life was changed forever after a head injury at a sporting event. Facing an uphill battle because of numerous laws that restricted the chance of recovery, the case was resolved through a mediation that resulted in a $2,750,000 settlement that will be structured and guaranteed throughout our client’s life.
$2,500,000
Settlement Disputed Liability Truck Wreck
A truck driver was horrifically injured when he was struck by a tractor trailer after he had moved his disabled truck to the shoulder of the road. Liability was disputed by the driver who struck our client, but video surveillance revealed that our client was not at fault and we soon settled with insurance for $2.5 million.
$2,100,000
Settlement Nursing Home Error
A loving mother and wife was in a nursing home when she suffered a life altering injury as a result of a nursing home employee’s failure to properly secure her in a transport vehicle. She passed away several months later at a local hospital due to other complications. Three insurance companies and policies agreed to pay their maximum policy limits on the case which totaled $2,100,000.
$2,100,000
Settlement Drowning Death
A seven-year-old boy drowned at a members only organization pool as a result of poor staffing and inattentive lifeguards. The case settled for $2.1 million dollars.
$2,100,000
Settlement Brain Injury
The victim was in a car crash resulting in a frontal lobe brain injury.
$2,000,000
Settlement Truck Accident
A woman suffered a serious brain injury when a tractor-trailer struck her vehicle. Worried that liability would be disputed, her family retained us the day of the crash. As a result of being hired promptly, we were able to secure video of the crash, obtain multiple witnesses’ statements, map the crash scene, download the electronic data from our client’s vehicle, and inspect the tractor-trailer almost immediately. By acting quickly, we were able to show the insurance company that the truck driver was solely at fault. 140 days after being retained, we secured a $2 million policy limits settlement for our client.
$2,000,000
Settlement Truck Wreck
A father of three was violently killed when a steel coil that had not been properly secured to a tractor trailer came off the trailer and crushed the father’s vehicle. Liability was clear and we settled this case for $2 million.
$2,000,000
Settlement for Wrongful Death
A hotel and spa failed to maintain and improperly advertised their premises were handicap friendly and safe for all guests. The property was in fact dangerous and created an unreasonable risk to business invitees. When this led to the death of an invitee, we filed suit and settled for $2 Million.
$2,000,000
Unsafe Pedestrian Ramp on Premises
$1,800,000
Bus Crash
$1,600,000
Settlement Dilaudid Overdose Mistake By Hospital
A middle aged married woman was being monitored in the post anesthesia recovery unit (PACU) following a surgery when the staff improperly doubled the ordered dose of Dilaudid. Her physicians ordered 0.5 mg of the powerful opioid medication but the nurses administered 1.0 mg on three separate occasions. The PACU then failed to properly monitor her oxygen levels over several hours. Oxygen levels dropped from 100% to 85% and oxygen saturation was 73% with a blood pressure of 66/48 causing permanent brain damage. The case settled after a lawsuit was filed and depositions were taken for $1.6 million.
$1,500,000
Verdict For Malpractice of Neurosurgeon
No offer before verdict which was in 2020. Defendant doctor poorly performed spine surgery resulting in limited mobility and ongoing pain. Five-day trial.
$1,500,000
Partial Settlement for Product Liability
$1,400,000
Motor Vehicle Crash with Head Injury
$1,250,000
Settlement Truck Accident
A young girl was injured in a car wreck after the driver of that vehicle pulled out in front of a truck that was driving without its trailer, also called “bobtailing.” We settled this case for $1.25 million.
$1,250,000
Settlement Two-vehicle Collision
A young girl, who was a passenger in a vehicle, sustained a severe brain injury in a two-vehicle collision. The case settled for policy limits of $1.25 million.
$1,250,000
Car Crash Settlement
We settled a car crash case for $1.25 million when our client was significantly injured after another driver failed to adhere to basic traffic laws.
$1,250,000
Policy-Limit Truck Crash
$1,250,000
Brain Injury Settlement
$1,100,000
Settlement Moderate Brain Injury
A young woman suffered a moderate brain injury while riding as a passenger in a car being operated by an impaired driver. We collected policy limits from the at-fault driver, two underinsured motorists’ carriers and the policy limits from the bar that overserved the at-fault driver.
$1,028,000
Jury Verdict Car Crash
Our client suffered a shoulder tear that required multiple surgeries after a car crash. When the insurance carrier disputed liability and damages, we took the case to trial. At trial our client was given a $1.028 Million verdict in their favor.
$1,000,000
Settlement Truck Driver At-Fault for Motorcycle Crash
We represented a young woman that was riding her motorcycle from one job to another when she was struck from behind by a tractor trailer that fled the scene. We aggressively investigated the case, tracked down the at-fault company, and uncovered the one-million-dollar insurance policy that covered both the company and the driver. We secured the full million-dollar policy for the client.
$1,000,000
Settlement Truck Driver At-Fault for Wrongful Death
A woman was driving to her birthday dinner when a tractor trailer failed to stop at a stop sign and violently struck her car. The truck driver and insurance company disputed liability, but when we discovered the truck’s speedometer frozen at 40 mph from the moment of impact, the insurance company paid out the full insurance policy.
$1,000,000
Settlement Tractor Trailer Accident
A woman was driving when a tractor trailer crossed the median line on the road and crashed into her vehicle head-on. She suffered significant facial lacerations and injuries as a result of the crash. Liability was clear and we settled the case for $1 million.
$1,000,000
Settlement Tractor Trailer Accident
A woman was killed after a tractor trailer failed to stop at a stop sign. Liability was disputed as the trucking company argued that the truck driver did in fact stop and that our client’s wife was driving 20 miles over the speed limit at the time of the crash.
$1,000,000
Settlement Dental Malpractice
Our client was tragically killed as a result of an error made by a technician at a dentist office. The case settled for $1,000,000.
$1,000,000
Settlement Pain Pill Overdose
A forty-year-old husband and father of three died of an opioid overdose after his doctor prescribed him pain medication for over fourteen years. The defendants blamed the man and his wife for his own death and also claimed he died of a heart attack rather than acute overdose. The case settled for $1 million before trial.
$1,000,000
Jury Verdict After Zero Offer For Surgical Error
A woman went to a GI institute in Northern Kentucky for a routine colonoscopy. In her pre-procedure preparation, she suffered an IV extravasation at the hands of a nurse who was pushing D50. The extravasation caused lifelong pain, numbness and reduced use of her hand. Despite years of litigation, the defense made no settlement offer before the jury trial. Lindsay Lawrence and Charlie Rittgers did not present any economic loss at trial. In 2023 a Kenton County Kentucky jury returned a verdict of $1 million which was exclusively a non-economic verdict.
$1,000,000
Settlement Motorcycle Crash
A young man lost his leg below the knee when a pick-up truck pulled into his lane of travel. Our client was accused of driving without a headlamp on his motorcycle which could have caused or contributed to the crash. Charlie M. Rittgers searched a nearby soy bean field with a treasure hunting expert he hired who brought a metal detector. They found the headlamp and settled the case for the insurance policy limits of $1 million shortly thereafter.
$1,000,000
Settlement Brain Injury
A man was injured while on the job at a store. After the injury, he and his wife consulted with two law firms. One refused to accept his case and the other was unable to get a settlement offer and dismissed his case. We got involved and settled the case for $1 million.
$1,000,000
Settlement Dog Bite
A woman was seriously injured when a dog bit her at a local business. We recovered the entire $1 million policy limit.
$1,000,000
Settlement for Dram Shop Liability
After a group of underage individuals were served alcohol at a restaurant without being asked for identification and the restaurant continued to provide alcohol when the minors were visibly intoxicated, the restaurant assumed liability and settled for $1 million after traumatic brain injuries resulted.
$1,000,000
Settlement Dram Shop
A young woman was injured after a local bar served a minor driver who left the bar and caused a car crash injuring more than five people. We were the only lawyers who pursued the bar and recovered the entire $1 million policy limit.
$1,000,000
Settlement Cranial Nerve Damage
A woman suffered cranial nerve damage after being bitten in the face by a dog. We successfully proved that our client suffered a brain injury as opposed to just a facial laceration and successfully recovered the $1 million policy limits.
$1,000,000
Policy-Limit Commercial Vehicle Crash
Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death
Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima has successfully orchestrated multiple multimillion-dollar wrongful death settlements under confidentiality agreements but the confidentiality agreements prohibit us from disclosing the details of the case.
Confidential Settlement Truck Crash Wrongful Death
A thirty-eight-year-old mother was killed when a semi-truck carrying steel for AK Steel failed to yield at an intersection in Middletown. The truck driver was cited for Failure to Yield and Vehicular Manslaughter. The case settled confidentially without a trial.