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Verdicts and Settlements

For more than 50 years, Anderson Trial Lawyers has been advocating for eastern Connecticut residents in personal injury and wrongful death claims. The following is a partial list of verdicts and settlements we have won on behalf of our clients.

Disclaimer: Past results are no indication or guarantee as to the value or results likely to be obtained in any present or future claims.

Products Liability

• Confidential settlement of a complex products liability case where the plaintiff suffered severe burns and disfigurement due to a borane-based chemical explosion in an industrial setting
• Confidential settlement against Toyota
• $2 million settlement in a products liability case against the foreign manufacturer and distributor of a contaminated over-the-counter sleep aid. A 57-year-old gentleman, a former Boston Marathon runner, became wheelchair dependent following the use of this product.

Premises Liability

• $1.8 million jury verdict (resulting in a $2.5 million settlement) for a veterinarian who fractured his right ankle in three places after slipping and falling on ice located near the entrance of a local motel
• $375,000 settlement from a slip and fall incident which occurred within the common parking/driveway area of an apartment complex due to the accumulation of snow and ice
• $325,000 settlement for a 27-year-old woman injured when her apartment door fell on her head as she was leaving her apartment
• $237,500 settlement for a slip and fall incident on government property that resulted in injuries to the plaintiff’s lower back and right upper extremity
• $75,000 settlement in a claim against the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority on behalf of a 40-year-old woman injured when the front door of a slot machine fell open onto her knee

Industrial Accidents

• Confidential settlements in multiple personal injury and emotional distress claims resulting from the explosion of natural gas in an industrial settlement

Construction Site Accidents

• $1 million settlement for a construction worker who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit in the head by a metal stud that fell from the second floor of a building
• $300,000 settlement for a construction worker who suffered a torn rotator cuff when he slipped and fell on a local school building project.
• $133,000 settlement for a construction worker who suffered a shoulder dislocation and rotator cuff tear when a chimney collapsed and fell on him.

Workers’ Compensation Claims

• $750,000 settlement for a contractor injured on a job site when an unsupported roof truss fell onto him
• $282,000 settlement for a 63-year-old man who suffered a back injury due to a work-related slip and fall on ice
• $249,000 settlement for a 59-year-old woman with neck and back injuries due to a work-related slip and fall on cleaning solution
• $185,000 settlement for a 44-year-old man with neck and shoulder injuries due to a work-related fall
• $162,000 settlement for a 55-year-old man with neck, shoulder, lower back, and hip injuries due to a work-related slip and fall
• $300,000 settlement for a 43-year old woman who suffered a knee injury at work which turned into complex regional pain syndrome.
• $258,000 settlement for a 55-year old man who suffered a finger amputation at work which turned into complex regional pain syndrome rendering him unable to work.
• $275,000 settlement for a 35-year old woman who suffered a back injury
  at work requiring multiple surgeries.
• $180,000 settlement for a 44-year old man who suffered elbow, knee and back injuries in a fall from a ladder. Employer contested the case claiming he was an independent contractor and back injury was pre-existing.

Wrongful Death Claims

• $250,000 settlement for the estate of a woman who died after allegedly jumping from her boyfriend’s moving vehicle