Personal Injury Law

$20 Million settlement for Brain Injury Victim in Truck Accident

By LaBovick Law

The family of a toddler who suffered a severe brain injury in a freak traffic accident will get $20 million in a personal injury lawsuit.  The personal injury setlement will cover a lifetime of care for a 4½-year-old Appleton girl who functions at the level of a 2-year-old after she was struck in the head by a pipe that came loose from the truck accident that involved the mother's van and the truck. 
 

The $20 million settlement for the brain injuy victim's parents is the largest civil settlement in Outagamie County court history.  Although the crash was minor, the little girl suffered permanent injuries, including brain injury, blindness and traumatic epilepsy, when a pipe rack on the truck owned by a New London well-drilling company failed and scattered several pipes, including one that hit her in the head.

The pipes let loose because of a defect in the manufacturing of the truck's rack, said attorney Daniel Rottier of Madison, who handled the case for the Appleton family. The lawsuit contends the pipe rack was missing a front stop and that straps alone could not hold the pipes.
 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Statistics

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States.  Each year, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. 

National TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Estimates
Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a TBI annually.1 Of them:

• 52,000 people die as a result of TBI
• 275,000 people are hospitalized as a result of TBI
• 1.365 million people, nearly 80%, are treated and released from an emergency department
   

Click on the following link to read more on the Lawsuit over 2008 crash that permanently injured Appleton toddler will end in $20 million settlement - Post Crescent News

Full post as published by LaBovick Injury Law Blog on November 04, 2010 (boomark / email).