Settlements & Verdicts

We handle a small number of cases and work toward getting the maximum results. Here are a few of our recent results. EJ Leizerman & Associates is dedicated to helping trucking accident victims and co-counsel understand trucking law and precedent.  

Case results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each case. Case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case. Some names of people and companies have been modified to preserve confidentiality.

Pittsburgh area brain injury
Practice Area: Trucking Accident
Date: September 2011
Outcome: $2.4 million settlement 

Caudill v. Lautrec et al.
Practice Area: Personal Injury 
Date: June 2011
Outcome: Settlement of $4.4 million

Battaglia v. Norfolk Southern Railroad 
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Date: June 2011
Outcome: Verdict of $2.6 million, upheld by U.S. Supreme Court in June 2011, paid over $3 million with interest.

Estate of Cxxxx v. XYZ Trucking Company
Practice Area: Trucking Accident
Date: Dec 13, 2010
Outcome: Settlement of $1.425 million
Description: Truck went left of center and resulted in fatal crash. No economic damage claimed. Settlement for non-economic (human loss).

Anthony H. v. ABC Trucking Company
Practice Area: Trucking Accident
Date: Apr 12, 2010
Outcome: Settlement of $2.425 million
Description: Tractor-trailer went left of center, resulting in fractured leg.

Stebbins et al. v. E.S. Wagner
Practice Area: Trucking Accident
Date: Mar 08, 2010
Outcome: Plaintiff verdict - $6.1 million
Description: Construction company did not close access road leading to construction, leading to leg fractures and a death when a truck entered a lane that led to nowhere.

Multiple Estates v. Commercial Vehicle
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Outcome: Settlement of $3.3 million
Description: Corporate car went left of center, resulting in death of several family members.

Jane Doe v. XYZ corporation
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Outcome: Settlement of $5.4 million
Description: Confidential settlement.

Lauffer v. Selridge
Practice Area: Trucking Accident
Outcome: Settlement for $2.5 million
Description: Man backed over by a truck.