$1,000,000.00 and Above (*):

$1,475,000.00 Confidential cash settlement prior to trial – Zhang vs. XYZ and Lovelace. Plaintiff was killed while riding a bicycle. Driver of other vehicle was not ticketed.

$1,425,000.00 Confidential cash settlement prior to trial – Cheng and Zheng vs. XYZ, LLC. Robbery at apartment complex resulting in one death and one injury.

$100,000.00 and Above (*):

$350,000.00    Confidential cash settlement prior to trial – Qiu vs. XYZ Management, LLC. Plaintiff was delivering food to an apartment complex when she was robbed and shot, resulting in injuries. Plaintiff knew it was a dangerous area and did not stop her car engine, anticipating escape at first sense of danger.

$230,000.00    Worker’s Compensation settlement – Duan vs. XYZ Transportation, Inc. and Liberty Mutual. 47 year old male employee sustained injuries to lower back and leg while uploading goods to a truck.

$200,000.00    Cash settlement - Li vs. Menefield.  Plaintiff was a 38 year old man who was injured by an uninsured motorist who was also drunk, who was driving a relative’s car without permission and who had no assets.  Plaintiff suffered multiple injuries. Case settled for the full stacked policy amounts of Plaintiff’s two UM policies.

$145,000.00    Cash settlement – Lin vs. Culture Center of TECO. Plaintiff tripped on a folded up table on the floor after a banquet and fell, injuring her shoulder.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement - Chou v. Holiday Inn Chongqing (China).  Plaintiff was a guest at Holiday Inn in Chongqing, China and was injured while taking a taxi.  The taxi driver, not an employee of the hotel, picked up Plaintiff from the hotel. The hotel’s insurer, People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC) refused to pay anything.  Hotel’s parent company’s insurer agreed to pay $100,000.00 (US Dollars) plus one year’s free stay, all past and future medical bills for the surgeries.  Plaintiff had a broken leg, among other injuries. (China)

$181,000.00    Cash settlement - Chow v. Bivins and XYZ Charters.  Plaintiff was a 56 year old woman who suffered closed head injury and multiple fractures. $32,361.00 in medical bills.

$107,000.00    Cash settlement prior to trial - Wu v. Protective Ins. Co. and Transus, Inc., Plaintiff struck the side of a tractor-trailer that was attempting to make a left turn in front of him at an intersection. Plaintiff suffered multiple bruises, soft tissue neck injuries with cervical disc herniation and a compression fracture of the C3 vertebrae. Defendant contended that plaintiff could have avoided the collision if he had been paying attention.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement - Zhu and Lam vs. Lee. Plaintiffs (a 40 year old male and a 30 year old male) were struck by a DUI driver. Combined medical bills of two Plaintiffs less than $8,000 (almost exclusively chiropractic treatment for neck pain and back pain). Insurance company tendered full policy limits.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement prior to trial – Chow vs. Kellett. 42 year old male Plaintiff hit by first time DUI driver. Plaintiff had neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, headache and contusion. $9,800.00 in medical bills.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement prior to trial – Fung vs. Manning. 39 year old male Plaintiff hit by first time DUI driver, $5,900 in medical bills. Plaintiff had contusion to knee and arm, neck pain, back pain. Insurance company tendered full policy limits.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement – Li vs. Jiang. Plaintiff was passenger in car driven by relative. Relative’s fault. Plaintiff sustained multiple fractures. $22,000.00 in medical bills. Insurance company tendered full policy limits.

$100,000.00    Cash settlement – Tsou vs. Studivant. Plaintiff suffered possible L1 compression fracture and other injuries. $28,300.00 medical bills. Insurance company tendered all liability and UIM policy limits.

$148,000.00    Cash settlement – Shih, et. al. vs. Burdette. Plaintiff tried to avoid a car turning left in front of her car. Plaintiff’s car went off the roadway to the right, hit a road sign and a tree. No contact. Plaintiff’s three elderly passengers were also injured, including a 70 year old gentleman who recovered the liability insurance limits of $100,000.00 for post-traumatic bilateral 4th nerve palsies, Closed Head Injury (CHI), double vision and other injuries. (South Carolina)

$200,000.00    Chen vs. United Food Service, Inc. and AIG Claims Services, Inc. Worker’s compensation claim. Employee was robbed and beaten into unconsciousness while delivering food to restaurants in Savannah. 3 fractured fingers.

$101,000.00    Zhang vs. Heng Feng Food Service, Inc. and Commerce & Industry Ins c/o Chartis Ins. Workers compensation claim. Employee fell while unloading goods to deliver to Chinese restaurants in Missouri.  Employee broke his right arm. (Missouri)

$120,000.00    Li vs. Kirkland Food Distributors, Inc. Workers compensation case. Passenger in delivery truck. Truck overturned and skidded sideways for over 100 meters. Cervical strain, dizziness, decreased memory, etc.

$120,000.00    Ramirez vs. Sergio R. Gomez Contracting and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. Workers compensation case. Employee injured his right hand at work.

$125,000.00    Zhang vs. Yin Dang dba Rosewood Construction and AIG Claim Services, Inc.  Worker’s compensation case. Employee fell from a ladder while removing a metal frame from a building wall. Injured wrists, right hip, and lost his right eyesight.

Cases Nationwide (*):

$35,000.00      Cash settlement – Chu vs. Kroger. Kroger Pharmacy gave the wrong medicine to 87 year old female Plaintiff.  Plaintiff got too weak as a result, fell at home and had to be sent to a hospital a few days later. (Tennessee)

$65,000.00      Cash settlement – Song vs. John Doe. Plaintiff drove his own tractor-trailer on an icy road in New Mexico.  His tractor-trailer overturned while he attempted to avoid striking an unknown vehicle making a U-turn by crossing the median from the opposite direction. Traffic from the opposite direction had come to a stop due to ice on road and an earlier accident. No collision or contact. Total available UM coverage is $75,000.00.  Case settled after state trooper investigating the accident in the opposite direction indicated he did not see any John Doe vehicle crossing the median. (New Mexico)

$50,000.00      Cash settlement – Huang vs. Pike, et. al.. Plaintiff was passenger in a car rear ended by a DUI driver. Recovered all available insurance. (Nevada)

$50,000.00      Cash settlement - Liu vs. Cao. Plaintiff was passenger in employer’s (restaurant owner) car. Had broken leg. Accident was the fault of Plaintiff’s boss. Insurance company tendered all policy limits. (Florida)

$8,000.00        Cash settlement - Wen v. Dryer.  Plaintiff was a 39 year old woman who was struck by an automobile while walking in a crosswalk.  Plaintiff had a bruise on her thigh and had $1,839.49 medical bills.  (Alabama)

$4,000.00        Cash settlement – Lu vs. Donohue. Minor impact, property damage $600.00, chiropractor bills $840.00 (6 visits). (Delaware)

$15,000.00      Cash settlement - Gao vs. Brown. Automobile accident. Plaintiff sustained possible sternum fracture and chest pain. $4,389 in medical bills (of which $3,480 were chiropractic bills). (Mississippi)

$50,000.00      Cash settlement – Ke vs. Khalifa. High school student hit by another student’s car while crossing street to school.  Obtained all available liability and UM policy limits. (North Carolina)

$11,245.00      Cash settlement – Li vs. Doe. Plaintiff drove on I-75 on wet road, lost control and hit guardrail. Plaintiff was trying to avoid another vehicle. No physical contact. $3,075.00 medical bills (including $2,505.00 chiropractic bills for 14 visits) Settlements included PIP payments under Kentucky law. (Kentucky)

$37,000.00      Cash settlement prior to trial – Dong vs. Baker. Plaintiff struck a left-turning vehicle and went to a ditch.  Plaintiff and his passenger nephew both had soft tissue injuries. (Ohio)

$10,000.00      Cash settlement prior to trial – Li vs. Patterson. Plaintiff was crossing street (not from a crosswalk) at night time and was struck by an employee of GEICO.  Plaintiff was wearing dark clothes and was cited for contributing to the accident. (Virginia)

$27,000.00      Cash settlement – Li and Chen vs. Hanrahan. Plaintiffs were walking on a sidewalk when a vehicle lost control and struck them, together with one other more seriously injured pedestrian and one other driver.  Recovered full apportioned limits of insurance. (Wisconsin)

Other Notable Cases (*)

$31,500.00      Cash settlement - Vega vs. XYZ Supermarket. Plaintiff was a 50 year old man who slipped and fell on a snowy day in a supermarket bathroom and broke a wrist.  Defendant contended that Plaintiff fell because of the snow he trapped under his boots.  Actual medical bills - $3,033.50. (slip and fall)

$98,400.00      Cash settlement – Lin vs. Dacosta. 7 year old child got off school bus and was struck by a vehicle driven by a parent who was picking up her child at the bus stop. (school bus)

$65,000.00      Cash settlement prior to trial – Zhang vs. Hilliard. Dog bite injuries. Total medical bills less than $6,500.00. (dog bite)

$18,500.00      Cash settlement – Xu vs. Nosse. Car accident. Plaintiff had neck pain and back pain. $1,400.00 in medical bills (mostly chiropractic bills).

$12,300.00      Cash settlement – Lin vs. Tabor. Car accident. Plaintiff had neck pain and back pain. $1,255 medical bills (5 chiropractic visits and one medical doctor follow up). $608.00 in repair damage to Plaintiff’s vehicle. (minimum vehicle damage)

$50,000.00      Cash settlement - Lu v. Kato.  Plaintiff was a 42 year old man who was injured in an automobile accident.  Plaintiff had $15,400.00 medical bills, most of which were for testing and treatment of duodenal ulcer and gastric ulcer which the Defendant maintained was not the result of the accident. (claim of non-related medical condition)

$10,000.00      Cash settlement – Hernandez vs. Collier. Plaintiff was struck by a vehicle driven by a FBI agent.  Plaintiff suffered soft tissue injuries, went to ER, followed by 15 chiropractic visits. $4,200.00 medical bills (majority chiropractic bills). (Federal Tort Claims Act)

$82,000.00      Cash settlement - Smith v. Killen, et al.  Plaintiff sustained a rib fracture, a knee fracture and a bruised lung in an automobile accident, and incurred $13,000.00 in medical expenses.  Accident happened in rural Georgia. (rural Georgia venue)

$20,000.00      Cash settlement prior to trial - Wei v. RTM, Inc.  Plaintiff was a 41 year old man who bit into a ball bearing that was in an Arby’s sandwich and cracked four teeth and caused sensitivity to several other teeth.  Plaintiff had dental bills in the amount of $2,877.00. (foreign object in food)

$4,876.22        Cash settlement prior to trial – Huang vs. Alefe. Suit to recover $376.22 in rental expenses and claim insurer’s bad faith refusal to settle claim.  Defendant’s insurance company paid rental expenses plus $4,500.00 in attorney’s fees. (suit for reimbursement of rental expenses and bad faith penalty)

$12,000.00      Cash settlement – Yao vs. Baker. Plaintiff suffered chest wall contusion and neck pain. 5 visits to 2 medical doctors, $879.00 in medical bills. (minimum treatment)

$50,000.00      Cash settlement – He vs. Craig. Plaintiff did not seek treatment until 3 months after car accident, when he began to experience sharp headache.  MRI revealed subdural hematoma about 3 month old, thus corresponding to the date of accident. Insurance company tendered full policy limits. (delayed treatment)

$8,000.00        Cash settlement – Lui vs. Moody. Plaintiff’s vehicle was rear ended by Defendant’s vehicle, resulting in $0.00 physical damage. Somehow, Plaintiff developed numbness in her left face that progressed to her left arm and leg.  Doctors attributed the numbness to a brain concussion and placed Plaintiff under hospital observation for a day. Plaintiff also had dizziness, headache and vertigo, difficulty with memory and thinking (attributed to cerebral contusion with possible mild cerebral edema), all resolved after 4 follow up visits. (no vehicle damage)

*--- not a complete list - including co-counseled cases