Our client planned a relaxing weekend with her sister at a Tennessee lake house. She had a recent hip replacement surgery, so after a day on the lake, the sisters had to ascend a large hill to get back to the house. The homeowner ran a track from the lake to the house and had a makeshift cart on the track being pulled by a cable. The sisters rode up the hill until the halfway point when the cart stopped. After a few minutes, they were instructed to return to the cart by other members of the party. At that point, the cable failed, and the sisters plunged to the bottom and sustained devastating injuries. Our client was life-flighted to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, fractured ankle, and other injuries. She required multiple surgeries and a later stay in a rehab facility, not to mention a significant income loss.
We brought in local counsel to file a lawsuit, but our claim against the homeowner was still met with resistance. The insurer argued our client was negligent and that the client’s brother-in-law and daughter shared legal responsibility for running the controls at the top of the hill. We were able to overcome these obstacles by stressing that the ultimate liability rested on the homeowner for failing to properly maintain the makeshift rail cart and pulley. We ultimately prevailed upon the insurer to pay its full liability and umbrella coverage to settle all claims.

Our client was a retired man who was on a golfing trip with friends in North Carolina. He was putting on the green when his playing partner mistakenly ran him over with his golf cart. The partner panicked and backed over him a second time. When this occurred, our client was sucked under the golf cart which caused both of his kneecaps to be fractured. The result was multiple surgeries and 10 days in the hospital. Further, our client was never able to play golf again and could only walk with a walker.
The first attorney was discharged, and we were retained 6 months before the North Carolina statute of limitations. We added value by ordering the medical records and having our medical paralegal do a record review. The orthopedic surgeon who performed on our client was not willing to help, so our office found another doctor who examined the client and wrote a report. We found the insurance of the defendant. After issues of determining liability, our firm partnered with co-counsel in North Carolina. A lawsuit was filed, discovery was exchanged, and all depositions were taken. A month before the trial was to take place, we obtained a settlement for our client.

Our client was in Montana on a hunting trip with his friends when the driver of their vehicle sped around a curve, causing the vehicle to fall off the mountain in which they were traveling on. Our client and his friends fell approximately 200 feet down, and their vehicle flipped several times. The Montana State Highway Patrol responded and issued a citation to the driver. Our client was taken by life flight and hospitalized for several days. It was found that our client had suffered many injuries including a burst fracture to his vertebra, radiculopathy, concussion, and post-traumatic stress disorder. After being cleared to travel, our client returned to Ohio for his treatment. Our client was in a cage-like back brace for an extended period of time and required several rounds of physical therapy. As a result of this accident, the client was unable to work for several months.
We were contacted by our client to assist in his legal recovery action. Attorney Mike Bruno and his pre-litigation team got to work in assisting the client with getting the compensation he was entitled to. This case settled pre-suit after our client accepted a total offer of $470,000.

Our client used a rideshare app to get home from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The driver of the car stopped at a stop sign but did not look both ways before crossing. As the car crossed into the intersection, a semi-truck smashed into the vehicle. Our client was taken to Toledo Hospital by Monroe County Ambulance. He had multiple injuries including two pelvic fractures, two disk fractures, whiplash, and a concussion. We filed a lawsuit, did proper discovery and depositions, and obtained four medical reports from treating doctors. This case was settled at a private mediation.

Our client reached out to Charles Boyk Law Offices regarding the accident. Our firm worked diligently with our client to help him receive the compensation he deserves. Our client accepted a $350,000 confidential settlement from the rideshare company.

Our client was driving from his college when a car ran through a red light and struck his car on the passenger side. He managed to get out of the car. While he was calling 911, he had a stroke and fell onto his left shoulder. EMS took him to Miami Valley Hospital. The stroke caused a brain bleed on the right side of his brain that rendered it fully disabled. The driver was uninsured. We found medical journal articles linking trauma causing a stroke. We provided these to the treating neurologist. The neurologist wrote a report citing our medical literature. This resulted in the uninsured motorist carrier offering us the policy limits.

He reached out to Charles Boyk Law Offices regarding the auto accident, looking for assistance with his case. Our team was able to help him during treatment, help with his property damage, and help negotiate a settlement offer. Our client accepted an offer of $306,248.75 from the insurance company to help compensate him for his losses.

Our client was traveling southbound on North Holland-Sylvania Road and was just a few blocks away from her home when she was involved in a serious car accident. As our client was approaching the intersection with Bancroft Street, traffic was heavy, and the light ahead had turned red. Our client properly slowed down, however, the driver behind her did not. The driver behind our client failed to notice traffic ahead of her coming to a stop and was traveling approximately 40-50 miles per hour, even though the speed limit was only 35 mph. This driver collided with the rear end of our client’s car with so much force that our client’s vehicle was propelled forward into the vehicle in front of her. Upon impact our client was flung forward into her steering wheel. As a result of the accident our client suffered a whiplash injury and a severely fractured nose. Due to the severity of the fracture, our client underwent surgery to repair her nose. Several months later as the injury healed, she began having difficulty breathing through her nose and was required to undergo surgery again. Following this second surgery she continued to experience obstructed breathing, ear pain, sinus pressure, and migraines. Additionally, the surgery had left her nose significantly deformed. Due to these continued problems, our client was forced to undergo a third surgery and she may require additional surgical intervention in the future.

We were contacted by our client to assist her in her legal recovery from the accident. When settlement negotiations were unsuccessful, Charles Boyk and his litigation team filed a lawsuit against the at-fault driver. After undertaking discovery and depositions, the case went to mediation where we were successful in recovering $300,000 for our client.

This case was referred to us by another attorney. Once our office started on the case and prior to litigation, Attorney Mike Bruno and his pre-litigation team were able to secure the policy limits for the husband in addition to his wife’s $15,000 settlement.

In July 2022 our client was outside of her home in Perrysburg, Ohio, when this incident occurred. Our client had been walking in the area between her home and her neighbor’s home. At the same time, her neighbor was attempting to put his dog out on a lead. The dog noticed our client walking and managed to slip free from his owner’s control. The dog ran after our client and latched onto her ankle and calf. Eventually the dog’s owner was able to regain control of the dog and stop it from further attacking our client. As a result of this attack, our client sustained several serve lacerations, tears, and puncture wounds to her calf and ankle. Additionally, the dog severed part of our client’s Achille’s tendon and the wound in that area was so deep that her Achille’s tendon was visible. One of the wounds then became infected and required our client to need a wound vac. Our client also was required to have multiple surgeries to repair the injury to her ankle. Following the attack our client required counseling as she began to have significant anxiety regarding dogs.

When our client contacted us, we knew it was our job to assist our client, who had suffered a great deal, the compensation she deserved for this awful incident. Charles Boyk and his pre-litigation team immediately got to work on the case. Once our client was done treating, we presented a demand for settlement to the dog owner’s insurance company and through negotiations were successful in obtaining a $235,000 settlement for our client.

Our client was making a left-hand turn onto Dorr Street when another driver blew through a red light, causing a head-on collision between the two vehicles. Our client suffered life altering injuries as a result of the accident. Some of these injuries included a fractured hip and a dislocated leg. He underwent a six-hour surgery that required hardware, and he was hospitalized for two weeks following the incident. The client required constant care, and he had to learn to walk again. Even after extensive inpatient rehabilitation treatment, physical therapy, and pain management sessions, our client is still experiencing the devasting effects of his injuries.
This accident changed our client’s life, so when he contacted our office for assistance, we knew getting him the compensation he deserved was a top priority. We filed a lawsuit against both the at-fault party and our client’s insurance company under his underinsured policy. The at-fault party only carried state minimum coverage, so we were forced to pursue the limits on the underinsured coverage. A few months before trial, our office was able to acquire the policy limits for our client.

This accident occurred in 2020 when our client was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling through a four-way intersection in Henry County, Ohio. At the same time, a semi-truck approached this intersection, stopped at the posted stop sign, but then continued into the intersection when our client’s vehicle had the right-of-way. The semi-truck driver’s failure to yield resulted in our client’s vehicle to collide head-on with the front passenger sign of the semi-truck. The Henry County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene and cited the at-fault party for failure to yield the right-of-way. Our client was transported from the scene via ambulance to a nearby hospital for her injuries. She had complaints of chest, pelvic, face, left ankle pain, and the paramedics described an “obvious deformity to her left ankle.” Our client was diagnosed with an extensive list of injuries including complex regional pain syndrome (CPRS), fracture of her left foot, post-traumatic migraine headaches, mild traumatic brain injury, insomnia, as well as other significant injuries. Our client has sought treatment for several years, and her doctors have noted that the client’s CPRS will continue to cause her difficulty with daily activities. CPRS can last a lifetime and will require consistent follow up treatment even if the client is someday able to go into remission.
The client contacted our office to help guide her through her legal recovery action. After taking depositions and an unsuccessful mediation, Attorney Charles Boyk and his litigation team were ultimately able to secure a $225,000 settlement for our client prior to the case proceeding to trial.