CLIENT VICTORIES

Client was a cyclist in San Francisco who was clipped by a car and thrown off of her bike in a hit and run incident. She suffered severe injuries to her ankle. While the offending driver was never located, Mr. Wimert was able to recover client’s policy limits under the uninsured driver provision of her policy of auto insurance.

Client was a pedestrian crossing in a downtown San Francisco crosswalk who suffered a degloving injury when a truck driver drove over her foot. The matter was resolved prior to the commencement of litigation and involved recoveries against both the at-fault driver and under client’s underinsured motorist coverage.

Client was a pedestrian who was struck in a crosswalk while walking home, suffering serious injuries to her knee and ankle. The matter was resolved prior to the commencement of litigation.

Ms. Cannon was returning home on her evening commute when she slipped and fell on dangerously rain-slickened tile at the Pittsburg/Baypoint BART Station, suffering serious injuries to her knees and wrists. Over the course of several years of litigation, Heinrich Law established that BART had prior knowledge of the condition which rendered the subject tile dangerous during rain storms. Despite this knowledge, BART had taken no efforts to correct or mitigate the problem. This matter was resolved at a court-ordered settlement conference just weeks before trial.

Frank Garces, a highly educated 32 year old man, sustained a head injury as a result of being t-boned at a relatively high rate of speed by a negligent driver who ran a stop sign on Page Mill Road. While Mr. Garces was able to continue working without interruption, he was plagued by headaches, slowed processing speed, cognitive deficits, and difficulties sleeping for more than a year following the incident. The negligent driver’s insurance company, Allstate, agreed to settle the case for their insured’s policy limits of $250,000 after the case was set for trial.

Client was struck by a drunk driver while stopped in her vehicle at a red light. The drunk driver fled the scene but was later apprehended. It turned out that the drunk driver had stolen his aunt’s car. The drunk driver was an excluded driver under his aunt’s insurance policy with Geico. As a result, Geico denied the claim. Client had an uninsured / underinsured motorist policy with State Farm with limits of $250,000. This policy applied because of Geico’s denial of coverage. Client sustained serious injuries including a broken leg that required surgery. State Farm honored client’s uninsured motorist policy limits demand for $250,000. The claim settled without having to file a lawsuit or proceed to binding arbitration.