Negligence – Injuries alleged: Closed head injury, hemiplegia (partial left sided paralysis)
Name of Case: Preshlock v King
Court/Case no: Wayne County Circuit Court, #96-618809 NI
Name of Judge: Michael J. Callahan
Jury Demand: Yes
Amount of Settlement: $1.15 million
Date: June 11, 1997
Attorney for Plaintiff: James M. Giffels
Attorney for Defendant: Withheld
Name of expert: Dr. Adrian Edwards (economist)
Insurance carrier: AAA-Auto Club Insurance
Highest offer: $1.15 million
Other useful information: This was an automobile accident occurring on I-94 in Kalamazoo County. Plaintiff was comatose for approximately 11 days and eventually placed upon disability retirement by the United States Air Force as a result of the cognitive defects from the closed head injury. Case mediated for $1.15 million and eventually settled for that amount.
~Published in Lawyers Weekly on October 27, 1997