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Tom Holder represented a truck driver who severely injured his left hip, kneecap and foot when involved in a head on collision that was caused by another driver. Tom Holder was able to settle this case for $200,000. In addition, Mr. Holder worked with the lawyer representing the client in the personal injury case and was able to both help maximize that recovery and work to reduce the amount of money that the workers' compensation insurance carrier was able to recover for subrogation.
- Our client became a paraplegic as a result of a construction accident. Jim Long managed his case for 6 years and negotiated a settlement for $500,000 together with a medical annuity of approximately $250,000.
- Our client sustained serious injuries to his elbows. Jim Long had to go to several hearings over a period of years in order to successfully have the insurer pay for treatment for our client's left and right shoulders, pay for a morphine pump, health care services rendered by his wife, lawn care expenses, and to have the claim designated as catastrophic.
- Our client suffered an injury to his head which the insurance company thought was minor. He had to move back home out of state. Jim Long found a helpful and sympathetic psychologist in the client's hometown and traveled several times to take depositions. Jim Long went to court to have the client's benefits restarted but several years later went to court again in order to keep them from being stopped. Jim Long had the claim designated as catastrophic and settled the case for $100,000 after the client received benefits for 10 years.
- Our client was over 65 years old when we sought to make her case catastrophic. The insurance company maintained that because she was receiving old age social security benefits she could not have a catastrophic case. Jim Long successfully argued all the way to the Georgia Court of Appeals that indeed she did have a catastrophic case.
- Our client had both a neck and back injury. The insurer accepted the back injury but not the neck injury. Tom Holder went to court and had the insurer pay for the neck surgery. The claim was settled for $245,000.
- Our client developed a condition over a period of time that left him unable to use his arms. The insurer maintained that this was not related to his work. Jim Long settled the case for $300,000.
- Our client was sexually assaulted in the course of her employment. She was devastated and barely able to function. The extensive psychological treatment she received during the course of her claim allowed her to go to school to get a degree in nursing. Jim Long settled her case for $225,000. She is now functioning well as a nurse professional.
- Our client was a police officer who was shot and paralyzed from the waist down. The primary issue involved housing. After numerous hearings on that issue, Tom Holder settled the case for $650,000
- Our client injured her foot while working. The employer argued that she was not injured on the job and that this was related to an injury that was sustained while on vacation. An additional issue was whether or not her husband could be designated as her attendant care provider. After two years of litigation, Tom Holder was successful on both issues. The insurer then stalled on the payment of attendant care benefits to our client's husband and Tom Holder had to get assessed fees five times to get him the money to which he was entitled. That case eventually settled for $260,000.
- Our client was hit by 7200 volts of electricity. He worked for a year then had a heart attack which was deemed related to the electrical shock. The first thing Tom Holder did was get his weekly benefit rate increased as the insurer used the wrong earnings amount. We also got psychological benefits for the client. The insurer then tried to fight the defibrillator replacement even though they paid for the first one. This was litigated and Tom Holder successfully got the medical treatment, plus the employer/insurer had to pay our attorney's fees. Additionally, Tom Holder was able to get our client's wife designated as his attendant care provider. As a result, the insurer had to make a $130,000 lump sum payment. His wife received $357 in addition to our client's weekly benefits for six years. The case eventually settled for $400,000 plus a $250,000 Medicare Set Aside Fund to help pay for future medical costs.
- Our client's husband was found deceased in his truck at his job site. It was determined that he had suffered a fatal heart attack. The insurer was unwilling to agree that his work involving long hours had caused the heart attack and his death. Heart attack cases are very difficult to prove. Jim Long located a cardiologist who stated that it was reasonable to assume that the long hours had caused the heart attack. Jim Long settled the case for $170,000.
- Tom Holder represented the widow and two year old child of a man from Mexico who was killed when a wall collapsed on him while he was working. The widow and child were not receiving their dependency benefits because the insurance company kept sending the checks in the name of the dead man to his address. The family was not receiving the money it needed to survive. Tom Holder got the situation resolved, including getting the insurance company to pay a 15% penalty for late payment of benefits. Once the situation was stabilized, the case was settled for $180,000 which will be of tremendous assistance to both the widow and child.
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Our client was employed for several years cleaning in a large convention facility. The repetitive motion of cleaning and walking caused her to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands and tarsal tunnel syndrome in both feet. Jim Long succeeded in convincing the insurer to accept the claim for all four extremities. When our client was not able to return to work and the insurer refused to accept the case as catastrophic, Jim Long took the issue to a hearing and, before the judge could rule, the insurer decided to accept the case as catastrophic.
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Tom Holder represented the widow and dependent step-child of a man who died on the job. He was holding a big punch that was attached to a crane. The punch was used to dig holes in the ground in which utility pipes are placed. Unfortunately, the crane, which was operated by his supervisor, was placed directly under electrical wires. The cable of the crane touched the electrical wires. The electricity ran down the arm of the crane into the punch that our client was holding, killing him. There were two issues. The first arose because the deceased failed his drug test. However, a toxicologist testified that the amount of drugs found in his system was consistent with his having smoked marijuana 36 hours prior to the accident, which is what the widow testified. Additionally, the doctor said that this would not have affected his ability to work properly. Also, his supervisor, who had worked with the deceased for 15 years, testified that our client was working properly on the date of his death and did not do anything to cause the accident. The second issue was whether or not the widow's daughter from a prior marriage was a dependent step-child. After testimony, it was agreed that she was. The case settled for $175,000, with $135,000 going to the widow and $40,000 going to the step-child. We are glad that we could help this family in its time of need.
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Jim Long represented a welder who suffered back and neck injuries. The case settled for $210,000.
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