Settlements & Verdicts
 It is a cruel fact of life that innocent people suffer fatal or debilitating injuries through no fault of their own. This happens through automobile accidents, the negligence of medical providers, dangerous products and a variety of other ways.
When this occurs, MBC uses the full strength of the law to find justice and help you receive the compensation you and your family deserve. We remove the burden of dealing with insurance companies, medical providers and others who are responsible for your injuries.
We know how to determine the cause of your injury and pursue all the parties that can be held legally accountable. We are extremely effective in negotiating with insurance companies and winning the largest settlement possible. If a trial is necessary, we are passionate about defending your rights and use the latest trial technology, techniques and teamwork to win
your case.
Examples of our successes include:
Auto Collision
- $3 million settlement - death of an adult male and severe brain and orthopedic injuries to small child
- $2.7 million settlement - 27-year old client was paralyzed in truck vs. motorcycle collision
- $1.2 million verdict - young woman suffered brain injuries in auto accident
- $750,000 settlement - teenage boy was killed due to negligence of driver of the car in which he was a passenger
Wrongful Death
- $1.5 million settlement – death of an adult child who was killed by a KC Metro bus driver, settlement lead to changes in Metro driver safety policy
- $1.9 million settlement - death of male head of family, killed by a drunk driver who had been overserved by a local bar
- $1.1 million verdict - client's son was killed by sheriff's deputy; son was unarmed
- $975,000 settlement - client's daughter was killed by a drunk driver; MBC won against the bar that overserved the driver
- $542,800 settlement - paid to widow of man killed at a logging site when a tree fell on him because the logging crew did not completely clear the site
Highway Design
- $4.6 million settlement - client severely injured when the car he rode in lost control on black ice covering an on-ramp
- $3.5 million settlement – husband and former nuclear engineer suffered a permanent, severe brain injury after hitting an unmarked hazard on a County-recommended bike route
- $500,000 settlement with State of WA. Head injuries to husband and father following a collision when his car slid on untreated black ice
- $3.1 million verdict - largest award in WA state history at the time; client lost both legs and one arm in accident due to unmarked curve and dangerous placement of power pole
- $2 million settlement - woman rendered paraplegic after motorcycle/vehicle collision in a poorly signed road construction site
- $1.1 million settlement - single father was killed in accident due to poor maintenance of bridge surface
- $1.1 million verdict - mother and three children were killed in auto accident due to improper de-icing of roadway
Workplace Injury
- $4.1 million verdict - client became paraplegic as a result of construction site fall at McChord Air Force Base
- $3.6 million settlement - worker became quadriplegic due to unsafe operation of a crane by another worker
- $800,000 settlement - roof repairman was severely injured as a result of failure to enforce and follow safety regulations on the jobsite when he slipped off a roof
- $680,000 - cable lineman was electrocuted due to power company negligence
- $500,000 - client was nearly cut in half when a cable snapped and hit him due to negligence of others at the site
Medical Negligence
- $1.2 million settlement - client was seriously injured when surgeon failed to control operative drill during spinal surgery
- $1 million settlement - newborn baby suffered life-long injuries because hospital staff delayed pregnant mother's admission to hospital
- $875,000 settlement - client suffered a brain injury due to a fall from a failed transport in a nursing home, ultimately causing his death
- $850,000 settlement - baby suffered shoulder injury when midwife used unsafe methods during delivery
Product Liability
- $8.9 million verdict - passenger in Ford vehicle, which rolled over and flimsy roof supports crushed causing roof to collapse forcefully onto his head, breaking his neck.
- $3 million settlement - baby was permanently disabled when faulty lamp shorted, causing electrical injury
- $1.9 million verdict - client's neck was broken and he was left quadriplegic when nine-pound screw in a crane loosened and fell 60 feet onto his head
- $1.1 million settlement - small child suffered severe burns from defective home lighter
Government Liability
- $2.75 million settlement - at age 12, client lost his family in auto accident caused by unsupervised parolee
- $2.1 million settlement - death of husband and father at the hands of a reckless driver, with government agencies who released the driver early from jail, where she should have been on the date she killed the man
- $1.9 million settlement - client's teenage daughter was killed by sex offender who was improperly supervised while on parole
- $2.2 million settlement - death of husband and father in a brutal beating at the hands of a man who would have been in jail at the time had DOC properly supervised him
- $1.4 million settlement - client was severely injured and her mother killed in auto accident caused by drug-dependent parolee who was not adequately supervised
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