What We Do For Our Personal Injury Clients

Sometimes the success of a personal injury claim is difficult to measure. At the Law Office of Mark B. Morse, LLC, we try to maximize results for our clients so that they achieve the full value of their claim. I refer to a recent case as an example of this.

In the case in point, the client suffered from many chronic medical issues before she got into a car accident. She was considered disabled by social security as a result of these medical conditions long before she got into the car accident. We claimed the car accident aggravated these chronic medical conditions, and that she should be fairly compensated as a result.

The insurance company said none of her injuries were related to the car accident. The insurance company contended that even the medical treatment that came after the car accident was a continuation of her earlier medical condition. Medical bills before and after the car accident were in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Following the car accident medical treatment and costs of medical services accelerated, but otherwise continued at the same frequency and rate. The medical bills were paid by government sponsored medical programs, and by the client’s own automobile insurance.

Prior to litigation, the insurance company offered the sum of $5,000 as a full settlement of the claims. The offer was rejected and a lawsuit was filed. The case was heard in a non-binding arbitration. The arbitrator awarded $25,000 to the client. At the client’s behest, we rejected that award. We agreed to a second non-trial resolution to present our case to another arbitrator. This time, with interest, the amount awarded to client was over $116,000. The resolution was binding but our legal work did not stop there.

We now had to resolve reimbursement for the medical payments made by the governmental sources and by the client’s insurance company. One source wanted over $45,000 to be repaid. We contested that amount. Based on our objections and arguments, the source reduced the amount due to just under $11,000.

Another government sponsored plan wanted re-payment of close to $5000. We contested that amount and got the Plan to reduce its claim to under $400. The client’s insurance company wanted repayment of $5000. We got that claim reduced to $3000. All these reductions went to the direct benefit of the client. We added an additional $40,000 + to the client’s net. This went directly to the client.

In this one case, as a result of the client’s persistence, and our hard work and diligence, we were able to maximize our client’s financial outcome from an initial offer of $5000 to more than $116,000, and was able to increase the client’s net by an additional $40,000 by reducing amounts to be repaid.

At the Law Office of Mark B. Morse, LLC we have learned that the first stop is not necessarily the last stop when it involves maximizing the value of our client’s claims. If you are injured by the fault of another, let us go to work for you, and help you achieve a speedy and successful resolution of your claims.