Results
$9.75 Million
Wrongful Death and Personal Injury
Settlement for the wrongful death of our client’s husband and for injuries to three passengers riding in the same car at the time of the crash. A construction company employee, driving a company truck. Our attorneys uncovered evidence that the employee was driving under the influence of drugs at the time of the fatal crash.
$2 Million
Personal Injury
Crash Caused By Police High-Speed Car Chase on Highway 1, Big Sur – Monterey Sheriff’s deputy negligently engaged in a high-speed chase of a vehicle at speeds well in excess of 100 mph along the notoriously treacherous two-lane highway in the Big Sur region. The deputy chased a vehicle because the driver was suspected of committing minor crimes involving stealing items from unoccupied, parked cars. Our client was driving home from work when his vehicle was struck by the car fleeing from the Sheriff’s deputy as it attempted to pass a slower vehicle on a blind curve.
$1.8 Million
Business Law
$1.8 million settlement in a San Jose federal court case involving patent infringement
$1.5 Million
Catastrophic Injuries
$1.5 Million for a young girl that suffered neurological injuries due to exposure to heavy metal contaminated soil.
$1 Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
Settlement for a pedestrian who was severely injured when he was hit by a dump truck
$950,000
Business Law
$950,000 binding arbitration award for a Monterey client in trademark infringement and breach of contract case
$800,000
Business Law
$800,000 award in a fraud for a client from the Central Coast
$500,000
Insurance Policy Limit
Pedestrian vs. Pickup Truck – Our client was a pedestrian struck by a car while crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury that causes her to suffer from repeated seizures.
$250,000 (insurance policy limit)
Car Accidents
Settlement for a Salinas, California resident who was severely injured in a rear-end automobile accident during the evening commute on Highway 68. The client suffered neck and back injuries requiring spinal discectomy and fusion surgery.
$250,000 (insurance policy limit)
Car Accidents
In side-impact car accident on Highway 101 in Salinas. The Allen Law Firm’s client was severely injured by a negligent driver who attempted to merge onto the highway at a high rate of speed during a rain storm.
$250,000
Insurance Policy Limit
Bicyclist Injured By Woman Exiting Parked Car, Pacific Grove – Our client was riding his bike when a woman opened the door of her parked car directly into the path of his bicycle. The collision caused our client to suffer a severely broken right hand and a concussion.
$250,000
Insurance Policy Limit
Client Injured by Driver Who Ran Red Light – Early one morning, our firm’s client was driving her family sedan to drop her son off at elementary school. As our client started to turn into the school parking lot, man driving a pickup truck ran the red light and smashed into the side of our client’s car, causing multiple fractures to our client’s hand, foot and ankle. Our client underwent several surgeries involving implantation of plates and screws to re-align the broken bones, followed by extensive therapy to re-gain the use of her limbs. The careless driver of the pickup truck had only $15,000 of liability insurance, but our firm was able to obtain $250,000 for our client through a combination of the pickup driver’s insurance and our client’s own under-insured motorist policy.
$250,000
Insurance Policy Limits
Rear-End Crash On Hwy 68 – Our client suffered a herniated disc in her neck and required neurosurgery to remove the disc and fuse the vertebrae.
$250,000
Insurance Policy Limit
Car Crash on Highway 101 in Salinas – settlement for client injured in a two-car crash in Salinas, California. Our client suffered herniated disc injuries in her neck and underwent surgery involving replacement of the injured disc and fusion of the vertebrae in her neck.
$200,000
Bicycle Accidents
$200,000 settlement for woman knocked off her bicycle by a tow truck driver, suffering a significant hip injury
$175,000
Car Accidents
Settlement for a Prunedale resident that suffered knee and low back injuries in a high speed car crash in North Monterey County.
$175,000
Bicycle Accidents
Bicyclist struck by a car at an intersection, Monterey – Our client suffered a broken leg when he was hit by a car as he rode through an intersection in downtown Monterey.
$175,000
Car Accidents
Impact Crash in San Juan Bautista – Our client suffered shoulder and back injuries.
$150,000
Car Accidents
$150,000 for Salinas resident who suffered severe whiplash injuries in car crash on Highway 68
$150,000
Business Law
$150,000 settlement for a Monterey client who was wrongfully terminated by employer in Salinas
$150,000
Car Accidents
Rear-End Crash On Highway 68 Monterey – Our client suffered injuries to the facet joints in her neck when the car she was driving was rear-ended. Our client’s injuries required repeated rounds of treatment involving electrical “ablation” of the nerves surrounding the injured facet joints.
$125,000
Car Accidents
Motorcyclist Injured by Car Making Illegal U-Turn – Our client, motorcycle rider, was severely injured when a driver made an illegal U-turn directly into the motorcycle’s path of travel. Although our client’s injuries were very extensive, we were able to settle the claim for $125,000, which was the full amount of the driver’s insurance policy.
$100,000
Pedestrian Accidents
$100,000 (Insurance Policy Limit) for a Monterey woman injured by a pickup truck as she walked across a street in a marked crosswalk, suffering head, neck and back injuries.
$100,000
Dog Bites
$100,000 for Marina woman injured in a dog attack
$100,000
Car Accidents
$100,000 award for a Santa Cruz client injured in a Highway 1 car accident
$100,000
Personal Injury
$100,000 settlement for an Oakland client who suffered an eye injury
$100,000 (uninsured motorist – policy limits)
Car Accidents
For a young woman from Salinas whose car was totaled when an uninsured driver ran a red light on North Salinas city streets. The Allen Law Firm’s client sustained whiplash injuries to the facet joints in the upper part of her neck.
$100,000
Policy Limit
Rear-End Car Car Crash, Seaside, Ca – The defendant failed to stop in time at a red light and drove her large SUV into the back of our client’s car, causing our client to suffer severe neck injury with pain and numbness affecting the use of her right arm. The doctor diagnosed our client with bulging discs at two levels in her upper spine and recommended surgery.
$100,000
Insurance Policy Limit
Uninsured Motorist Claim, Side-Impact Crash in Salinas – Our client suffered injury to the joints in her neck, requiring multiple rounds of pain management treatments involving the use of electrodes to deaden the nerve endings responsible for her neck pain.
$100,000
Policy Limit
Two Car Crash, Watsonville – Our client suffered a severe neck injury requiring neurosurgery and a lengthy rehabilitation process.
$95,000
Car Accidents
$95,000 for Pacific Grove man hurt in a side-impact car crash
$65,000
Bicycle Accidents
Bicyclist injured by a truck, Santa Cruz – Our client suffered a broken ankle when he was knocked off his bicycle by a truck passed within inches as he rode his bicycle to work.
$50,000
Car Accidents
$50,000 (policy limit) Uninsured Motorist settlement for a woman who suffered chest and back injuries in a high-speed collision on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz caused by a drunk driver.
Amount Confidential
Bicycle Accidents
Settlement for a Santa Cruz man who was hit by a passing motorist as the man rode his bicycle to work on a Santa Cruz city street, suffering serious head and lower leg injuries.