Our client was driving when another driver, traveling at 118 miles per hour, violently collided with his vehicle. The force of the impact pushed our client's car off the road, causing it to flip and strike a tree. Our client was catastrophically injured. He was transported by fire rescue to a trauma center in Broward County, where he spent sixteen days hospitalized fighting through some of the most serious injuries a car accident can produce.The injuries included bilateral pulmonary contusions, a pneumothorax, pleural effusions requiring a chest tube to drain fluid from the lungs, pelvic fractures, rib fractures, and a manubrial fracture. Our client experienced acute respiratory failure during his hospitalization and was discharged with a long road of specialist follow-up, ongoing breathing difficulties, and permanent consequences to his chest and pulmonary function.Mausner Group filed suit and pursued both the at-fault driver and the umbrella carrier. The case resolved through settlement for $1,150,000.
Liability in this case was not in dispute. An event data recorder retrieved from the at-fault vehicle confirmed the driver was traveling 118 miles per hour immediately before impact and 114 miles per hour at the moment of collision. That evidence made the negligence case straightforward. The fight was about damages -- documenting the full and permanent scope of what our client endured and what he would continue to face.Mausner Group pursued both the primary bodily injury carrier and the umbrella carrier simultaneously, maximizing the available coverage. We built the damages case around the hospitalization records, specialist evaluations, and long-term impact on our client's pulmonary function and quality of life. The combination of irrefutable liability and severe, well-documented injuries produced a result well above the primary policy limits.
