Personal Injury Settlement Amounts Examples

2018

Mr. Stavley represented a Clackamas County woman who was hiking in a park when an off-leash dog ran into her, causing her to fall and dislocate her elbow. The owners of the dog denied liability and argued that the woman fell due to her own negligence. Prior to hiring Mr. Stavley, the woman attempted to negotiate a settlement using a different personal injury lawyer. The insurance company for the dog owner would not go above $80,000. She then hired Mr. Stavley. He filed a personal injury lawsuit against the dog's owners and began preparing for trial. A month before trial, the insurance company relented and Chad negotiated a personal injury settlement for $325,000.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a woman who was bitten in the face by her neighbor's Pit Bull in rural eastern Oregon. The woman had another Portland lawyer before hiring Mr. Stavley. That lawyer fired the woman as a client after the dog owner's insurance company denied liability. Mr. Stavley filed a lawsuit against the dog owner and within three months the dog owner's insurance company offered their policy limits - $300,000

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a man who was hit head-on by an inattentive driver. The man suffered multiple facial fractures. The at-fault driver had $100,000 policy limits. The victim had $100,000 in underinsured motorist coverage. The at-fault driver had some assets, so Mr. Stavley demanded that he contribute $100,000 in additional money. The at-fault driver threatened bankruptcy but eventually added the additional $100,000 making the total recovery $300,000.

2022

Mr. Stavley represented a young girl bitten in the face by a dog while with family at an outdoor restaurant. The dog owner was aware that her dog had anxiety and a history of aggression. The settlement was for the dog owner's insurance policy limits.

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a man who was hit by a drunk driver. The man suffered a torn meniscus and ACL to a previously reconstructed knee. The insurance company initially offered to settle the personal injury claim for $35,743 before litigation.

2023

Mr. Stavley represented a woman bitten in the face by a friend's dog. The woman suffered a bite wound and scarring.

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a young girl who was bitten in the face by a Portland woman’s Pit Bull. The dog’s owner initially denied liability. The personal injury case settled shortly before trial.

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland man who was struck from behind on I-205 and suffered a concussion and a rotator cuff tear requiring surgery. Like many personal injury cases, the defendant had minimal insurance policy limits and no assets. Chad settled for the at-fault driver's policy limits and arbitrated the underinsured motorist claim to increase the recovery to an amount well above an average personal injury settlement for similar cases.

2023

Mr. Stavley represented a local doctor who was hit by an uninsured driver while out for a jog. The doctor suffered a wrist fracture which required surgery.

2016

Mr. Stavley represented a man involved in a Salem, Oregon traffic crash where his car was forced off the road into a tree. The man initially had no complaints of pain, but eventually had neck pain and headaches. He underwent a cervical disc fusion and suffered post-concussive symptoms. The at-fault driver offered her $50,000 policy limits. Mr. Stavley then brought a lawsuit for underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage. His insurance carrier argued that much of the injuries were unrelated to the car crash. Mr. Stavley recovered an additional $215,000 settlement against the UIM carrier.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland woman who was bitten by a pit-bull that had previously bitten a man several years before. The woman's medical expenses only amounted to $1,700. Mr. Stavley filed a lawsuit and within months the dog owner's insurance company offered $250,000.

2017

Mr. Stavley represented a man who was driving his car when a tree fell, crashing through the car. The man suffered a fractured acromion (shoulder), a torn labrum and scalp lacerations. Mr. Stavley pursued the personal injury claim against the owner of the tree and resolved the case with her insurance company.