Personal Injury Settlement Amounts Examples

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a Hood River woman who was a passenger in her friend’s car when the friend drove off the road causing a crash. The woman suffered several facial fractures and a concussion.

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland woman who was hit head-on by an uninsured drunk driver. The woman suffered a fractured sternum which healed without surgery. The arbitration award exceeded policy limits.

2010

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland man who was hit by another car that spun out on I-84 causing a crash. Mr. Stavley’s client suffered soft tissue injuries and disputed nerve injury to his lower leg. Mr. Stavley recovered $100,000 policy limits against the at-fault driver and an additional $64,000 in Underinsured Motorist (UIM) benefits from the client’s own insurance company.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a man who was hit by a driver that ran a red light near downtown Portland. The man injured a disc in his lower back but opted not to have surgery. Mr. Stavley settled with the at-fault carrier for their policy limits - $25,000. Mr. Stavley's client had underinsured motorist coverage with GEICO. GEICO refused to pay policy limits, so Mr. Stavley arbitrated the case getting an award that exceeded GEICO's limits.

2015

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland man hit by a car as he walked along the street in the Mountain Park area. He aggravated a pre-existing knee injury requiring knee replacement surgery.

2014

Mr. Stavley represented a Clackamas County motorcyclist who was hit by a car in a parking lot. The crash caused a cervical disc herniation in the motorcyclist’s neck. There was a dispute as to whether surgery was necessary.

2022

Mr. Stavley represented a young Beaverton man involved in a crash when another driver coming in the opposite direction attempted to take an unsignaled left turn across traffic. Our client suffered a list franc injury to his foot but did not require surgery. The settlement was for the policy limits of both the at-fault driver and our client's UIM policy.

2022

Mr. Stavley represented a Vancouver man in a disputed liability car crash case. Both drivers claimed that the other ran the stop sign. There were no witnesses. The client suffered a lacerated spleen. The settlement was for the limits of the at-fault driver's insurance policy and the limits of the client's UIM policy.

2018

Mr. Stavley represented a woman who was hit broadside on a Washington County road by a driver who ran a red light. The woman was nine months pregnant. She broke her wrist and several fingers. Also, her placenta separated requiring her doctors to induce labor. Mr. Stavley settled the case against the at-fault driver for his policy limits - $100,000 and then against the woman's own insurance carrier for the limits of her underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage - $50,000.

2021

Mr. Stavley represented a young Portland woman who suffered a concussion and torn shoulder labrum after being rear-ended in a car crash. The woman initially had another personal injury lawyer who was unable to resolve the case.

2013

Mr. Stavley represented an automobile passenger who was hurt when an inattentive driver pulled out in front of the car she was in, causing a crash. The driver’s insurance company pointed to a long medical history involving the client’s neck and back. Nonetheless, on the eve of trial, Mr. Stavley was able to negotiate a settlement of $150,000.

2018

Mr. Stavley represented a man whose car was hit forcing him off the road into a divider. The man suffered a compression fracture of his fourth thoracic vertebra and a partial tear of his bicep tendon. Neither injury required surgery or hospitalization. Chad was able to resolve the case against the at-fault driver for his policy limits, $50,000. Then he brought an action against the client's own insurance company, Farmers, for underinsured motorist coverage. Farmers argued that the bicep tendon tear was not related to the crash. They made no offers to resolve the case. Chad Stavley arbitrated the case in April 2018 and got $147,284.08 which meant that the client received his full policy limits on top of the at-fault driver's policy limits.