$4.3 Million Settlement Reached in Liquor Liability Case.
Cherry Fieger, Cherry PC settled a liquor liability case for $4.3 million on behalf of a 46-year-old woman in DiPietro v. DiPietro and Dilworthtown Inn and Blue Pear Bistro. Plaintiff Joanne DiPietro was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, defendant Joel DiPietro. Mr. DiPietro had consumed numerous martinis and beer at both defendant's restaurants and bars, Dilworthtown Inn and Blue Pear Bistro. Evidence revealed that he was visibly intoxicated at both the Dilworthtown Inn and Blue Pear Bistro. After leaving the Blue Pear Bistro, he struck a tree and Mrs. DiPietro is now a quadriplegic. Mr. DiPietro's blood alcohol was more than twice the legal limit. Mrs. DiPietro was 44 with two children, a 4-year-old and a 13-year-old. At the time of the collision, the couple had been separated. Subsequently, Mr. DiPietro was sentenced to jail for the collision and now a divorce action and custody battle is pending. Mrs. DiPietro will never be able to work again or care for herself or her children. A portion of the settlement will be given to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. continues its plight to protect the roadways from drunk drivers.
$375,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
For a client who worked as a food service director at a nursing home. He suffered a fall which resulted in the following injuries: C4-5 herniated disc with right cervical radiculopathy, right shoulder impingement syndrome, right rotator cuff tendonopathy, right ulnar neuropathy at the elbow status post ulnar nerve transposition, bilateral knee strain and sprain with internal derangement, medial meniscus tear status post left knee arthroscopy and herniated L5-S I disc with radiculopathy. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. filed review petitions forcing the insurance carrier to recognize all these injuries and then resolved the case for $375,000.00.
$325,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a 25-year-old man who worked as a machine operator. He suffered the traumatic above the elbow amputation of his left elbow when his left arm was caught in a stone crushing machine. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. resolved the client's workers' compensation case for $325,000.00. The client's third party case against the machine's manufacture settled for several million dollars.
$233,025.44 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client worked as a new car delivery driver. He suffered multiple back injuries over the course of his ten year employment. The Claimant's final back injury disabled him from performing his pre-injury job duties. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. defeated the insurance carrier's attempt to terminate the Claimant's benefits and resolved the case for $233,025.44.
$200,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a union heavy equipment operator. She sustained a traumatic right knee injury caused by repeatedly banging her knee against the cab of the highway grader that she drove. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. defeated the insurance carrier's attempts to terminate the Claimant's benefits and resolved the case for $200,000.00.
$195,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client is a 62-year-old union carpenter. He sustained neck and back injuries on a fall at a construction site. The client's claim for workers' compensation benefits was denied on the grounds that the client suffered from pre-existing arthritis in his neck and back. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. filed a claim petition for the client and established that prior to the work injury the client's alleged arthritis was completely asymptomatic. The case resolved for $195,000.00.
$163,750.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a 62-year-old tractor-trailer driver who injured his knees and lower back in a fall from his truck. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. negotiated a $163,750.00 resolution of the workers' compensation claim.
$150,000.00 Union Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a union carpenter. He fell off a scaffold and injured his neck and back. The insurance carrier filed a petition seeking to terminate the client's benefits. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. resolved the case for $150,000.00.
$150,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a hospital nurse. She sustained a lifting injury at work which required back surgery. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. litigated the insurance carrier's attempts to stop the client's medical treatment and resolved the case for $150,000.00.
$130,000.00 Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The client was a university secretary who sustained a serious head injury when a filing cabinet fell over onto her head. Cherry Fieger & Cherry P.C. litigated the case, established a traumatic brain injury with cognitive deficits and resolved the case for $130,000.00.
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