Our Results: Personal Injury Case Examples

Recovering Millions of Dollars for the Injured: See Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss’s Personal Injury Settlement Examples

We have a wide range of personal injury case examples to demonstrate our decades of experience here at Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss, Philadelphia personal injury attorneys. See some personal injury case results below:

  • Recovered $2,200,000.00 after a truck driver was hit by a forklift while he was unloading his truck.
  • Recovered $1,000,000.00 after a driver of a van lost control, causing the passenger to be ejected and sustain multiple traumatic injuries.
  • Recovered $800,000 after a tractor-trailer hit the rear of a van, causing multiple fractures and a degloving injury.
  • Recovered $750,000 due to an employee falling off a ladder when a hot water tank exploded, causing severe burns and elbow reconstruction.
  • Recovered $450,000 after a pedestrian fell and broke her ankle on a defective stairway.
  • Recovered $390,000 after a guest fell on a deck, injuring their leg with surgery and scarring.
  • Recovered $165,000.00 and $110,000.00 for two passengers in a rideshare vehicle accident who were rear-ended after the driver missed an exit and slammed on the brakes.
  • Recovered $180,000.00 after a pedestrian slipped and fell on a snow and ice-covered SEPTA train platform, requiring surgery for a torn labrum.

At Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss, our personal injury case settlement examples are not achievements for the numbers, but for what they represent: real people getting compensated for their injuries.

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Our Guiding Principle Exists in All Personal Injury Case Examples

Every personal injury case has its own set of distinctive facts and injuries. In some cases, the injuries are not severe; others can be catastrophic. Regardless of the type of accident you are involved in and the injuries you have suffered, our guiding principle remains to “treat clients like family.” Each case is handled with the same care, where we do everything possible to get the best result for our clients.

Applying this philosophy, Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss has secured millions in settlements for people who have been injured in accidents over the last five decades. No case is more important than another.

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The Specifics of Each Personal Injury Case and Results

At Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss, when valuing a case, there are several factors we consider to achieve the best results for our clients. These factors allow us to determine what the client’s damages are and how much value their case has. The factors we consider are:

  1. Pain and suffering
    • The severity of the injury, which includes the duration and nature of medical treatment
    • Whether the injuries are temporary or permanent;
    • The extent to which the injuries affect our client’s ability to perform basic activities of daily living and any other activities which they have participated in;
    • The duration and extent of the physical pain and mental anguish experienced in the past and that will be experienced in the future;
    • The health and physical condition prior to the injuries
  2. Embarrassment and humiliation
  3. Loss of ability to enjoy the pleasure of life
  4. Disfigurement – what is the nature of the disfigurement and the consequences thereof on our clients?
  5. Mental or emotional injury
  6. Past, present, and future medical expenses
  7. Loss of earnings, future loss of earnings, and lost earning capacity
  8. Loss of consortium – based on a marital relationship, these include loss of support, comfort, assistance, loss of association and companionship, and loss of the ability to engage in relations
  9. Property damage
  10. Out-of-pocket expenses
  11. In the event of death – wrongful death and survival actions

Contact Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss If You’ve Suffered a Personal Injury

If you’ve been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, contact the personal injury attorneys at Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss in Philadelphia so you can be “treated like family” and fully compensated for your injuries. These personal injury case examples are just a small sample of our results. We’ll fight for you so you get the settlement you deserve.

About Derek Liss, Esq.

Derek Liss

Derek Liss, Esq., is a partner at Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss, specializing in personal injury law.

Derek earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The George Washington University in 1991 and his Juris Doctor from Widener School of Law in 1994. He joined Segal, Berk, Gaines & Liss immediately after law school and brings 30 years of legal experience to his clients.

A member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, he practices throughout the greater Philadelphia region and is admitted to practice in the courts of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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