Car accidents happen far too often. It has only gotten worse with distracted driving due to cell phone use. Sometimes even the most minor car accidents can cause major injuries. Studies have shown that if you are in a vehicle traveling 30 mph, your body is actually moving at more than 40 feet per second. Serious injuries that often result from car and motorcycle accidents include:
Burns
Broken bones
Concussions
Whiplash
Brain injuries
Spinal cord injuries
If you sustained injuries in a car accident, you already have enough to worry about in terms of getting your life and health on track. If you hire Attorney Mike Bowser, you can rest assured knowing that you have an experienced trial lawyer on your side. The opposing insurance company has attorneys who have done this countless times. Don’t sell yourself short by choosing a junior attorney who doesn’t have the experience necessary to handle these cases.
Over the past 25 years, Attorney Mike Bowser has handled over a thousand cases. It is his responsibility to protect the rights of individuals and families who have been wronged. He takes this responsibility very seriously.
If you or a loved one were injured in an automobile accident, please contact us today. We have handled these cases in the past and will fight for your rights. We will not settle until we have secured the best outcome for you.
At Bowser Law we have a free consultation in which we will guide you and tell you if you have a case. There are no fees until we win.
Here are some case results from clients who we represented in their injury cases:
$1.5M Wrongful Death Claim $1,500,000.00
Injury
Sixty-five (65) year old client was struck and killed by a drunk driver who was also texting immediately prior to the collision.
Challenge
At the time of his death, the Decedent was retired and morbidly obese, with numerous serious health conditions. Therefore, the Decedent’s monetary loss and life expectancy were in contest and were major factors in assessing the value of the Decedent’s life. Toxicologist expert retained to determine true number of alcoholic drinks consumed by Defendant based on Blood Alcohol Content. Expertise of Drunk Driving Defense to successfully serve personal injury client.
Result
After a pre-litigation mediation, the Estate claim settled for $1,500,000.00. No prior offers.
Injured in Rear End Car Collision $695,000.00
Injury
Healthy, active, 21 year old injured in rear end car collision. Client sustains back and neck injuries resulting in permanent nerve damage (occipital neuralgia) and recurrent debilitating headache. Client forced into honorable medical discharge from Army National Guard Unit, left with 6% whole person permanent impairment.
Challenge
Client settles initial personal injury claim against responsible driver for policy limits of $20,000 but his own insurance carrier will not make offer to compensate him under UNDERINSURED provisions of his own policy, carrier refuses to submit claim to arbitration and forces client to file suit to recover any portion of his own insurance policy.
Result
Jury trial proceeds in Hillsborough Superior Court, Nashua, NH (December 2009). Insurance carrier makes first offer of $40,000 at jury selection, increase offer to $60,000 at trial. Client rejects low offers well below his original demand, which is within the available remaining policy limits of $230,000. Jury returns verdict against insurance carrier of $695,000.
Lost Wages Due To Car Accident $215,000.00
Injury
Broken arm (humorous bone), torn rotator cuff
Challenge
Married father of two recently back to work following long period of unemployment. Driving home from work, sitting in traffic, he is struck from behind at high speed, resulting in broken humorous bone and torn rotator cuff. Due to personal injury, surgeries and recovery time, client unable to return to work and newly acquired job is lost.
Result
Rather than waiting for medical end-point to be reached before beginning settlement negotiations suit is filed immediately. Litigation proceeds quickly through discovery process to identify all available insurance coverage and the status of the defendant driver and his employer/corporation. Pre-trial personal injury settlement reached early to put client and his family back on track financially. $215,000.00
DWI SUICIDE MISSION CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENT $135,000.00
Injury
Head injury, TMJ with lasting effects, shoulder injury leading to surgery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Challenge
Proving impairment and intent of defendant and causation of plaintiff’s injuries.
Result
$135,000 settlement reached after mediation.
Roll Over Accident $120,000.00
Injury
Fractured back. 17 year old passenger in roll over crash in New Hampshire during road race between two cars.
Challenge
Bus company blames man for standing in aisle on near empty bus, denies inattentive driving caused violent lurching stop resulting in personal injury.
Result
Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, MA. Settled at trial. $120,000
All Terrain Vehicle Crash $110,000.00
Injury
Premises Liability: 17 year old allowed to test drive all terrain go-cart vehicle in parking lot of retail establishment. Young driver flips vehicle in parking lot when he encounters accumulation of sand at high speed. Crush injury and burn to left arm and hand results in permanent scarring.
Challenge
Defense denies premises liability and asserts seventeen (17) year old should have known risks of driving vehicle. Retailer provided no instruction or warning prior to test drive. Available safety harness was covered with packaging plastic wrap and not engaged during test drive and crash.
Result
Settled prior to trial at mediation for $110,000.00
Negligence Claim – Automobile Accident $97,500.00
Injury
Automobile accident caused a bone spur on Client’s Achilles tendon, which required two surgeries, assistive walking devices and countless therapy sessions.
Challenge
Client stopped at an intersection stop sign. Client alleges that Defendant ran the stop sign, travelling at a high rate of speed, hit a third vehicle and then hit Client’s vehicle. Defendant denied all liability.
Result
Settled for $97,500.00, after Plaintiff’s Counsel (Bowser Law) conducted the Defendant’s deposition.
DWI / PEDESTRIAN CLAIM $85,000.00
Injury
The clients were two (2) of four (4) pedestrians that were struck by a drunk driver. Victim #1 suffered permanent scarring on her foot and eyebrow, various contusions, soft tissue damage to her back and great emotional distress. Victim #2 suffered shoulder strain, sprained foot and great emotional distress.
Challenge
The Defendant contested the nature, extent, severity, duration, and proximate cause of the Plaintiffs’ injuries and damages. Proceeded to trial after low ball offers (less than half what was awarded at trial).
Result
After a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiffs in the amount of $85,000.00, breaking down as $50,000.00 for Victim #1 and $35,000.00 for Victim #2, plus interest and costs.
Pedestrian Claim $62,500.00
Injury
Client, a pedestrian, struck by motor vehicle, resulting in a partial MCL tear and exacerbated pre-existing Osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease, bursitis, and Osgood-Schlatters disease.
Challenge
Client was struck by a motor vehicle while walking through a parking lot. Defendant alleges sun glare prevented her from seeing Client. Client’s total specials, including medical bills and lost wages, total $15,600.00.
Result
Client settled with Defendant’s auto insurance company for the full policy limits of $20,000, soon after litigation commenced. Client settled under his underinsured policy $42,500.00. Total settlement: $62,500.00.
Negligence Claim – Automobile Accident $60,000.00
Injury
Rear-end automobile accident causes soft-tissue back injury.
Challenge
Plaintiff alleges that she was rear-ended by Defendant, while at a complete stop at an intersection. Defendant claims Plaintiff stopped abruptly, causing him to hit Plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff’s medical bills totaled $14,600.
Result
Initial offer from insurance company, pre-litigation was $6,000.00 and after suit was filed, $12,500.00. Settled for $60,000.00, after Plaintiff’s Counsel (Bowser Law) conducted the Defendant’s deposition.
Pedestrian Struck By Car $60,000.00
Injury
Derangement of left knee, arthroscopic surgery. Middle aged woman in New Hampshire struck by car while crossing Ashworth Avenue in Hampton Beach.
Challenge
Insurance company for driver won’t offer more than $20,000 to settle. Claim client crossed outside available crosswalk and ran in front of moving traffic. Suit filed. Counsel obtains aerial photos and witness statements that support fact that driver had amble time to see client and avoid the collision.
Result
Rockingham Superior Court, Brentwood, NH. Personal injury case settled shortly before scheduled jury. $60,000
Negligence Claim – Automobile Accident $35,000.00
Injury
Subjective complaints of arm pain, numbness and tingling. No significant diagnostic testing to identify objective injuries.
Challenge
Client stopped at red light. Defendant, two cars behind Client, rear-ended middle car, which then hit Client’s car. No injuries to passengers in middle car, no injury to Defendant. Client also involved in subsequent motor vehicle accident, two months later, when she slid on ice and hit a telephone poll, hitting her head on the steering wheel. Defendant challenges client’s subjective injuries and alleges that the her injuries resulted from the second accident. Client’s total medical bills, from first accident until the second accident, total $5,000.
Result
Settled for $35,000.00, after Plaintiff’s Counsel (Bowser Law) conducted a medical expert deposition.
Bicycle Accident in New Hampshire $30,000.00
Injury
Client struck by vehicle while riding bicycle on New Hampshire roadway sustaining wrist fracture requiring surgery.
Challenge
Minimal insurance coverage on Massachusetts vehicle totals $20,000.
Result
Bodily Injury Insurance coverage on Massachusetts vehicle increased under New Hampshire financial responsibility law to New Hampshire required minimums of $25,000 and underinsured coverage of cyclist’s own automobile policy invoked to obtain total recovery of $30,000
Two Car Collision in Lowell, MA $25,000.00
Injury
Left shoulder and neck strain/sprain sustained by 40 year old Laborer following two car collision at notoriously dangerous Intersection in Lowell, MA.
Challenge
Insurance company for other driver accepts only 50% responsibility for the collision and makes first and last drop dead offer of $2500 to settle. Suit filed, photographs of scene used by counsel to prove defendant’s view obstructed and She entered intersection blindly.
Result
Lawrence District Court, MA. Settled for policy limits just prior to personal injury trial. $25,000
At Bowser Law, we will not settle until we have secured the best outcome for you.
If you or a loved one has been injured by a drunk driver you must been extremely upset. I extend my heartfelt sympathies to you and your family. We also share in your frustration and anger. It’s one thing to be injured in an accident, but it’s another thing to be injured because of a reckless and irresponsible decision. That driver needs to be taught a lesson and you need justice for you and your family.
At Bowser Law, we have represented many people who were injured in DUI accidents. These clients hired us because they wanted to the best result possible and knew we were the attorneys who could secure that for them. We are one of the few firms that has secured a $1.5M settlement for a DUI accident. We have the experience, resources, and scientific knowledge needed to represent your case.
Right now the best thing you can do is pick up the phone and call (888) 526-9737. We offer a free consultation in which we will guide you as to what you need to do to strengthen your case and how we can work together to get you the justice you deserve. The insurance companies will be bringing their top lawyers to this fight. Don’t lose out because you chose a weak attorney. Call Bowser Law today.
Here are some case results from clients who we represented in their DUI accident cases:
1.5MM WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM
$1,500,000.00
Injury
Sixty-five (65) year old client was struck and killed by a drunk driver who was also texting immediately prior to the collision.
Challenge
At the time of his death, the Decedent was retired and morbidly obese, with numerous serious health conditions. Therefore, the Decedent’s monetary loss and life expectancy were in contest and were major factors in assessing the value of the Decedent’s life. Toxicologist expert retained to determine true number of alcoholic drinks consumed by Defendant based on Blood Alcohol Content. Expertise of Drunk Driving Defense to successfully serve personal injury client.
Result
After a pre-litigation mediation, the Estate claim settled for $1,500,000.00. No prior offers.
DWI / PEDESTRIANS STRUCK
$310,000.00
Injury
Several facial fractures including jaw and orbital, rib, pedicle neck and back fractures; hospitalized six days and lost job as a result of accident.
Challenge
Determining a monetary value of client’s extensive injuries and evaluating lasting effects of crash.
Result
$310,000 awarded to Plaintiff after settlement negotiations.
DWI SUICIDE MISSION CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENT
$135,000.00
Injury
Head injury, TMJ with lasting effects, shoulder injury leading to surgery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Challenge
Proving impairment and intent of defendant and causation of plaintiff’s injuries.
Result
$135,000 settlement reached after mediation.
DWI / PEDESTRIAN CLAIM
$85,000.00
Injury
The clients were two (2) of four (4) pedestrians that were struck by a drunk driver. Victim #1 suffered permanent scarring on her foot and eyebrow, various contusions, soft tissue damage to her back and great emotional distress. Victim #2 suffered shoulder strain, sprained foot and great emotional distress.
Challenge
The Defendant contested the nature, extent, severity, duration, and proximate cause of the Plaintiffs’ injuries and damages. Proceeded to trial after low ball offers (less than half what was awarded at trial).
Result
After a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiffs in the amount of $85,000.00, breaking down as $50,000.00 for Victim #1 and $35,000.00 for Victim #2, plus interest and costs.
Texting while driving is ubiquitous. As people get more more involved with their smartphones, there are more accidents from texting drivers.
There have been many studies which show that texting while driving is just as dangerous as DUI.
If you or a loved one were injured in a accident in which the other driving was texting or distracted while driving, you are entitled to justice. Reckless behavior like this needs to be held accountable. Judges have been coming down hard on drivers who were texting and you may be able to secure a bigger verdict than you think. The key is to have an experienced, serious, professional attorney on your side.
Right now the best thing you can do is pick up the phone and call (888) 526-9737. We offer a free consultation in which we will guide you as to what you need to do to strengthen your case and how we can work together to get you the justice you deserve. The insurance companies will be bringing their top lawyers to this fight. Don’t lose out because you chose a weak attorney. Call Bowser Law today.
