Case Results

In 2012, our client was working as an assembler at a manufacturing plant in Forest, Ohio, when she sustained serious physical injuries. On the day of this accident, she was working to take apart a fixture on a press operating machine when she felt something pop in her right shoulder. Following this incident our client believed she had just pulled a muscle, but her neck, arm, and shoulder all began to swell and turn purple. This prompted our client to seek medical treatment. Upon following up with a doctor, our client was diagnosed with two torn tendons in her shoulder, two ruptured discs, and neck sprain. Due to the extent of her injury, our client was required to undergo a surgical procedure to repair the injury to her shoulder. As a result of the accident our client was unable to work for a significant period of time which put a financial strain on her as not only did she not have an income, but she also incurred a substantial amount of medical bills that she would not have had otherwise.

We were contacted by our client shortly after the accident to assist her in her recovery. We pursued a workers’ compensation claim for her and ultimately settled that claim for obtain a satisfactory amount.

***Individual results may vary based on the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and other factors. This result is not necessarily representative of the results obtained by all clients.***

In July 2019, our 79-year-old client sustained several injuries when she was involved in an automobile accident. As our client was traveling southbound on Byrne Road in Toledo, Ohio, the defendant driver was attempting to turn left onto the intersecting road when she pulled out in front of our client causing a collision. Our client was transported from the scene of the accident by ambulance for treatment of her injuries. At the hospital, our client was diagnosed with a fractured sternum, as well as contusions to her chest and nose. Our client remained in the hospital for the next three days. Upon discharge, our client was admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility to continue recuperating.

Shortly after the accident occurred, our client’s daughter contacted our firm to assist them in our client’s recovery. We were able to completely avoid the need for our client to ever set foot into a courtroom as we were able to obtain a satisfactory settlement for our client. The settlement we were able to secure for her will go a long way to ensure that she is able to receive the necessary medical treatments and living needs she now requires.

***Individual results may vary based on the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and other factors. This result is not necessarily representative of the results obtained by all clients.***

In June 2014, our client was riding in her father’s truck traveling eastbound on Mermill Road in Portage, Ohio, when they were involved in a motor vehicle accident. The defendant driver failed to stop at a posted stop sign, causing a collision with the family’s truck. Our client was taken by ambulance to Wood County Hospital to treat her injuries. The defendant was issued a citation and found to be at fault for causing the accident.

At the hospital, doctors determined that our client had suffered trauma to her abdomen, a fractured clavicle, and several contusions. She was transferred to Toledo Children’s Hospital, where she underwent a surgical repair of her bowel and treatment for her other injuries. Our client then remained in the hospital for four days to continue healing. As a result of the accident and her injuries, our client suffered from severe continued pain, immobility, and weakness.

We were contacted shortly after this horrific accident to assist our client in her recovery. We were able to completely avoid the need for litigation as we were able to obtain a satisfactory settlement for our client. The settlement we were able to recover on our client’s behalf will go a long way to account for her pain and suffering.

***Individual results may vary based on the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and other factors. This result is not necessarily representative of the results obtained by all clients.***

Our client was 30 years old, driving for her job with a railroad company, when she stopped for traffic in a busy part of town. An uninsured man who was driving behind her failed to stop in time and struck our client, causing a significant impact. Our client immediately went to the emergency room with neck pain. She underwent physical therapy and chiropractic treatment for months without experiencing significant improvement in her pain, and she continued to experience discomfort related to a popping in her neck even a year after the collision occurred. Unfortunately for our client, in addition to the ongoing pain she suffered after being struck by an uninsured driver, she was also off work for approximately a year and a half because with her occupation, the physicians could not release her to work until her condition had substantially improved.

Because our client was struck by an uninsured driver, we got to work right away to pursue a claim with her own uninsured motorist coverage under her personal auto insurance policy. Initially, the insurance company denied coverage. It claimed that because she was on the job at the time of the collision, itdid not have to cover her for her injuries. By researching the issue thoroughly and presenting arguments in favor of our client, we were able to persuade the insurance company that its initial assessment was wrong. It agreed to cover our client and offered the policy limits of $100,000.00 to settle her uninsured motorist claim.

Unfortunately, the hurdles to a good result did not stop after the policy limits offer. Our client’s employer claimed that it was entitled to a huge portion of her settlement that would have essentially left her with nothing. When attempts to negotiate with the employer went nowhere, we filed a lawsuit on our client’s behalf naming the uninsured driver, our client’s uninsured motorist carrier, and the entities that were claiming they were entitled to compensation out of her settlement. By forcing the issue by suing the parties claiming subrogation rights, digging deep into Ohio law, and strongly advocating on our client’s behalf, we were eventually able to negotiate a settlement that put our client in a substantially better position than she would have been if no one had been willing to take on the subrogation battle.

When our client slowed for traffic as she was driving along U.S. 224 in Hancock County, Ohio, the defendant driver who was traveling behind our client was unable to stop and struck the rear of our client’s vehicle. Immediately following the accident, our client was transported to a nearby hospital to assess her injuries. After an investigation, the defendant was found to be at-fault for causing the accident and was cited for failing to maintain assured clear distance and speeding.

At the hospital, our client told doctors that she was experiencing neck and back pain and after a series of tests, she was diagnosed with acute myofascial strain, lumbar strain, and a contusion to the lumbar area. Our client was treated for her injuries and discharged from the hospital with the instructions to follow up with her primary care provider. At the follow up, our client’s physician instructed her to begin physical therapy to assist her recovery. Our client began physical therapy, but the treatment did not bring her relief and she continued to experience significant pain in her back. Due to the lack of progress, her physical therapist ordered an MRI, which revealed that our client was suffering from two levels of ruptured discs in her back. It was her doctor’s belief that these injuries were a direct result of the accident. It was then recommended that she undergo surgical intervention to treat the injuries and she subsequently underwent a microdiscectomy and a spinal fusion.

We were contacted by our client shortly after the accident to assist her in her recovery. Due to a successful negotiation, we obtained a satisfactory settlement for our client and avoided the need for her to go through a stressful trial.

***Individual results may vary based on the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and other factors. This result is not necessarily representative of the results obtained by all clients.***

Our client was 36-years-old with a history of prior shoulder problems when he was rear-ended by a negligent driver in downtown Toledo, Ohio. After giving our client his insurance information, the other driver left the scene before police could be called. Our client went directly to the emergency room for treatment and then followed up by reporting the incident to police.

Although wearing his seatbelt at the time of the rear-end collision, our client was violently jolted in his seat as a result of the impact from the other vehicle. Immediately after the crash, he suffered a headache, shoulder pain, neck pain, and lower back pain. He was diagnosed with numerous conditions at the emergency room, including reflex sympathetic dystrophy of his left arm and shoulder. Our client had to undergo aggressive physical therapy and later aquatic therapy, but these failed to provide him with relief. An MRI eventually revealed swelling over our client’s humeral head and in other areas around his shoulder. Having found not relief from therapy, our client followed up at the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he was finally diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury. He continued to treat with a pain management doctor due to ongoing excruciating pain that significantly limited his ability to carry on normal daily activities. Through pain management injections, our client was able to find some relief. Unfortunately, the type of injections performed posed additional significant health risks such that our client eventually chose to live with constant pain rather than risk injury to his carotid artery.

Our client was a physically fit, active middle-aged man at the time of this rear-end car crash. After the collision, he experienced serious limitations in all physical activities including his ability to play with grandchildren. No longer able to perform his prior job, he depended on his wife for financial support. On some days, he was in so much pain that he was completely unable to use his left arm.

The at-fault driver’s had insurance, but the policy limits for his auto liability coverage were the state minimum of $25,000 per person. Luckily, our client had uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage under his own auto policy with a different insurance company. By pursuing a claim against our client’s own insurer in addition to the claim against the person who rear-ended him, we were able to secure an additional $65,000 for our client, bringing his total settlement to $90,000. Although our client will continue to live with pain, we were able to fight hard against all potential parties to maximize his recovery in this situation.

In 2018, our client was traveling northbound on State Route 51 in Ottawa County, Ohio and had come to a proper stop at a posted stop sign when the defendant driver failed to notice our client, or the stop sign, and rear-ended our client’s vehicle. Our client was taken from the scene by emergency medical services to a nearby hospital to treat her injuries. The defendant was found to be at-fault and was cited for failing to maintain assured clear distance.

Upon her arrival at the hospital, our client reported that she had hit her head and remembered waking up at the scene of the accident, suggesting she suffered from loss of consciousness at the time of the accident. Our client was diagnosed with severe neck and back strain, a chest contusion, and multiple herniated disks.

After the accident, our client experienced severe continued back pain, numbness in her feet, and weakness in her legs. These symptoms caused our client several limitations and made standing, walking, and bending over very difficult. She attempted several noninvasive treatment methods, without success. When they failed to provide her any relief, she underwent a surgical procedure to remove the herniated disks in her back.

On behalf of our client, we filed a lawsuit in the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court against the defendant, but trial was successfully avoided as we were able to obtain a satisfactory settlement for our client. The settlement we were able to recover on our client’s will go a long way to account for the pain and suffering she endured.

***Individual results may vary based on the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and other factors. This result is not necessarily representative of the results obtained by all clients.***

Our client, a young woman, was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling on County Road E in York Township, just outside of Wauseon, Ohio. At the same time a dump truck being driven by an employee who was in the course and scope of his employment, failed to stop at the intersection’s posted stop sign, causing our client’s vehicle to smash into the side of the truck. Emergency Medical crews were called to scene where they immediately observed our client’s deformed left leg indicating a compound fracture. Due to the significant injuries, our client was sedated at the scene of the accident. She was then life flighted for emergency medical treatment to a local trauma hospital.

At the hospital it was determined that our client had fractured her femur, right ankle and had broken her neck. She required emergency consultations with an orthopedic surgeon and neurologist. She was kept in the hospital for a total of eight days and underwent three separate surgical procedures to repair her fractures.

Following discharge from the hospital, our client was transferred to a skilled nursing facility where she received personal care assistance and underwent rigorous physical therapy to strengthen and assist in healing her complex fractures. She stayed in the skilled nursing facility for a total of three weeks. Unfortunately, our client continued to experience increased pain in her left hip, left knee, and right ankle.  She was forced to undergo two more surgeries to remove the hardware that was previously implanted and underwent additional physical therapy.

Since the accident our client suffered from anxiety and depression. She had difficulty finding the motivation to continue her active treatment schedule. She experienced anxiety attacks while riding in vehicles, nightmares regarding motor vehicle accidents, and unprovoked crying spells. As a result, she sought counseling and was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Before the accident our client was a hard-working, active young woman with great things ahead of her. However, due to the collision she lost more than a year of her life being homebound and unable to ambulate without the assistance of a wheelchair or crutches. She was placed under permanent weight bearing restrictions of 25 lbs. which left her unable to carry her young child. The effects of the collision left her permanently disabled leading to substantial impairment on her life and ability to work.

Days after the collision the Charles Boyk Law Office was contacted to assist our client with the aftermath of the truck accident. On behalf of our client, Boyk Law filed a lawsuit, in the Northern District of Ohio Federal Court, against the dump truck driver’s estate and the dump truck driver’s employer. After initial discovery and fact-gathering, Boyk Law submitted a lengthy demand packet to opposing counsel which lead to a quick resolution and large settlement for our client.

41-year-old Michigan man turns left out of a private drive onto Monroe Street in Toledo in 2017. The other driver turns left onto Monroe Street without yielding resulting in the accident. Police cite no one. Our client has resulting neck surgery.

We were able to obtain the policy limits without filing a lawsuit because of our extensive investigation discovered a witness the police were unable to find.

Michigan resident gets rear-ended in an Ohio accident in 2018, and suffers a serious concussion. We were able to get all his bills paid under his Michigan insurance policy, and collects the policy limits against the other driver without having to file a lawsuit or pay back any of the medical bills.