Personal Injury and Employment Law

Stamford, Connecticut Attorneys

Favorable Verdicts and Settlements Obtained by Our Attorneys in Stamford, Connecticut

One of the best ways to see the overall success of any firm is to study the verdicts and settlements obtained in cases. In choosing representation, whether you have been a victim of an accident, traumatic brain injury, or other personal injury, or if you have been a victim of employment discrimination or have a concern about an employment contract, review the results achieved by the personal injury or employment lawyer you are considering to represent you. Contact us to schedule a consultation on your legal matter.

Our lawyers:

Stewart Casper

One example:

• Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury in Car Collision: Stewart Casper, in another traumatic brain injury matter, was able to negotiate a $6.695 million settlement for a 45-year-old woman, her husband, and her two teenage boys for a moderate brain injury she sustained when her car was T-boned in Middlebury, Connecticut by a repair van. The van was owned by an appliance repair company whose driver failed to stop for a red light. The woman sustained bilateral subdural hyrgomas, a brain contusion with hemorrhaging, and loss of consciousness. Her injuries necessitated surgery to relieve the pressure building on her brain. As a result of her traumatic brain injuries, she experienced numerous cognitive deficits: retrograde and anterograde amnesia, deficits in attention, memory, executive function, verbal and written expression and comprehension. She required extensive hospitalization and rehabilitation. Because the driver negligently ran a stoplight, our traumatic brain attorneys were able to settle for more, as punitive damages would likely have been assessed in court.

Victoria de Toledo

One example:

• Whistleblower and Retaliation, Municipal Liability- Verdict of $860,000. Victoria de Toledo obtained a verdict of $860,000 for her client who had protested age discrimination in the Town of Weston police department. The Chief of Police retaliated against Officer McInnis after he protested age discrimination. The Chief subjected the officer to unwarranted internal affairs investigation and excessive discipline. The jury verdict was subsequently reduced by the judge but in post trial proceedings, the judge awarded attorney fees and costs in addition to the verdict.

Jeremy C. Virgil

One example:

• Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury $2.475 Million Jury Verdict: In the dark of night, 72 year old Nancy Bayard, while a guest in her daughter's Southport home, had to use the bathroom. Unfortunately there was no light that would work to illuminate a darkened hallway where the bathroom was located next to a darkened old fashioned stairway. Nancy missed the bathroom door and fell down the stairs sustaining a subdural hematoma, an extensive contusion of the left temporal lobe of her brain, a subarachnoid hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhages and an uncal herniation in her brain. She also suffered a fracture of her clavicle, a compound fracture of her wrist, six rib fractures and several other injuries. Homeowners' insurance made it possible to pursue compensation even though the injuries were sustained in her daughter's home. A ten-dollar night light would have averted the tragedy that left an independent and active woman requiring round the clock supervision.

  However, because the fall was unwitnessed, it was up to Stewart Casper and Jeremy Virgil, lawyers with extensive experience in traumatic brain injury cases, to demonstrate to a jury that there was no other plausible explanation for their client's fall. Evidence was marshaled demonstrating just that. Unfortunately, two insurance companies were more interested in saving money than they were in seeing a fair result, thus necessitating a two and one-half week trial. The lawyers from Casper & de Toledo presented testimony from a neuroradiologist, the neurosurgeon who performed two craniotomies, a physiatrist, a neuropsychologist, a certified life care planner, a human factors expert and a professional photographer and used numerous demonstrative aides to convince the jury of the merits of Ms. Bayard's claim. Case details.

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