Chris Finney – Finney Injury Law
$2.25M Settlement on $8,700 Offer: Animating Cervical Disc Replacement
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Chris Finney negotiated a $2.25M settlement for the victim of a highway rear-end collision that caused severe disc herniations with annular tears throughout the victim’s cervical spine. The injury would require a C4-C6 disc replacement, but the defense refused to accept blame for the causation of the injury.
Challenge
One of the biggest challenges in personal injury cases involving herniated discs is that symptoms may not immediately appear for days, weeks, or even months after the spine was injured. The opposition will try to capitalize on this timeframe of delayed symptoms by downplaying the severity of your client’s injury or assigning blame for the injury elsewhere.
The Plaintiff was not immediately taken to the Emergency Room by ambulance, but his boss instructed him to report to the ER shortly after he arrived at work. When he later followed up with his primary care doctor, he was suffering neck pains and an MRI revealed severe disc herniations at the C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels, which would require a disc replacement surgery.
The Defense disputed causation for the injury right away and built their case around the claim that the Plaintiff suffered the injury as a result of his job. The Defense also attempted to downplay the full extent of the injury. The Plaintiff was originally offered $3,500, which was later raised to $8,700, but Mr. Finney understood his client deserved more compensation for his injury and the surgery he would need as a direct result.
Animation showing cervical disc replacement.
Approach
We worked with Mr. Finney to build an animation that would demonstrate the C4-C6 disc replacement surgery, show the limited flexibility and extension the disc replacement would allow his client, and prove that this surgery was exactly what the Plaintiff required as a result of the collision. The animation also concluded with 10 seconds of intraoperative video taken of the injury to ground the animation with real-world evidence.
3D Rendering of herniated disc highlighted in the MRI.
Result
After presenting the animation during a deposition, Mr. Finney was able to make the Defense understand the severity of his client’s injury, which prompted insurance adjusters to significantly reconsider their offer of $8,700. Mr. Finney was able to settle the case for the policy limit of $2.25M - more than 250 times the Defense’s previous offer.
3D Rendering showing the completed disc replacement surgery.
“Just wanted to let you know we settled this for the policy limit of $2.25M. The original offer was $3,500 and the highest we got was $8,700 before we blew it open with the animation at the depos. Really appreciate it. The animation with the intraoperative video was phenomenal.”
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