WE ARE EXPERTS HERE AT THE ELIA LAW FIRM
And Our Results
Speak for Themselves
We Go Above and Beyond
And Our Results Show It.
We Played Hardball with the
Insurance Company and won
In this case, the at-fault driver was uninsured. We pursued an uninsured motorist claim against our client’s insurance company.
At first, our client’s insurance company paid only $87,000 which wasn’t enough so we filed a demand for arbitration, threatened insurance bad faith, and litigated this case until they paid the entire policy limits of $500,000 plus med pay of $100,000.
During the litigation, the defense hired two physicians
to opine our client’s injuries were not caused by the crash. They were wrong. But because the insurance company paid the $100,000 med-pay under the policy,
we threatened bad faith because the insurance policy
said they would only pay if the injuries were caused
by the accident.
Consequently, the insurance company realized it was cornered and was potentially committing bad faith,
so after three years of pushing and litigation, they folded and paid the entire policy limits like they should have
on day one.
$600,000
award
Head-on Motorhome vs. Truck Accident
Maximum insurance policy limits obtained
StaxUp’s Argument Didn’t Stack Up
The case was a premises liability case with disputed liability against StaxUp Storage and Strat Property Management, Inc.
Our client was a 35 year old man who was in a 5X5 storage unit at StaxUp Storage and stood on a plastic tote box to stack up a cardboard box. As he was stepping down, he lost his balance and used his right hand to brace himself on a 6’11 inch door header that was made of exposed sheet metal. He sliced three of his fingers on his right dominant hand and sustained permanent nerve injuries to the pads of his fingertips.
Defendants argued it was not foreseeable that anyone would be injured given the height of the doorframe. We argued it was foreseeable given the vertical nature of the business and StaxUp Storage’s website which encouraged customers to stack up their belongings to the ceiling.
The jury awarded $280,000, but found our client to be 25% comparatively at fault which reduced the verdict to $210,000. Because we were the prevailing party, we recovered an additional $60,996.11 in costs bringing the total recovery to $270,996.
$280,000
JURY VERDICT
San Diego Premise Liability Case
2-Week Jury Trial, May 2022
The name “StaxUp” said it all and we took advantage of it and won one of the “Top 100” largest personal injury jury trial awards in California in 2022.
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FEATURED CASES
$225,000.00
Settlement against Walmart for a slip and fall. Settled in 2023
$225,000.00
Dog bite on lip
$210,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. Settled in 2021
$200,000.00
Wrongful death case (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$190,000.00
Slip and fall settlement against an HOA for premises liability. Settled in 2022
$170,000.00
Bicycle accident where our client was found to be at fault
We recovered a total $170,000 which we recovered in 2022.
$165,000.00
T-bone auto accident
$160,000.00
Settlement against major big box store for a slip and fall. Settled in 2023
$151,000.00
Rear end auto accident
$150,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. Settled in 2023
$105,000.00
Rear end motor vehicle crash
(maximum insurance policy limit obtained) 6/2016
$105,000.00
Motor vehicle vs. pedestrian where our client was hit and dragged
by a truck. Settled in 2023
$105,000.00
Motor vehicle vs. pedestrian where our client was hit and dragged
by a truck. Settled in 2023
$101,000.00
Auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
Dog bite on lip (maximum insurance policy limits obtained) Settled in 2023
$100,000.00
Dog bite on client’s arm. We pursued the dog owner’s homeowners
insurance policy and settled after we filed a lawsuit.
$100,000.00
Car accident (maximum insurance policy limits obtained) Settled in 2023
$100,000.00
Car accident (maximum insurance policy limits obtained) Settled in 4/2023
$100,000.00
Car accident. Settled in 2023
$100,000.00
Rear end intentional car crash.
(maximum insurance policy limits obtained) Settled in 4/2023
$100,000.00
Dog bite to the face. Settled in February of 2021 for the maximum
insurance policy limits.
$100,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. Settled on 1/2023.
(maximum insurance policy limits obtained)
$100,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. Settled in 6/2022.
(maximum insurance policy limits obtained)
$100,000.00
Auto crash – Maximum Insurance Policy Limits Obtained
$100,000.00
Pedestrian vs. MVA where our client admitted fault.
(maximum insurance policy limit obtained) settled 6/2019
$100,000.00
Motor vehicle crash (maximum insurance policy limit obtained) 8/2017
$100,000.00
Rear end motor vehicle crash
(maximum insurance policy limit obtained) 4/2016
$100,000.00
Premises liability case against a home improvement store where rebar fell
and broke our client’s arm. 9/2016
$100,000.00
T bone motor vehicle crash (maximum insurance policy limit obtained) 11/2015
$100,000.00
Rear end auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained) – 10/2010
$100,000.00
Rear end auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
Passenger in rollover auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
T-bone auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
Rear end auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
Motorcycle accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$100,000.00
Dog bite to a child’s face
(maximum insurance policy limit obtained) Settled 2019
$100,000.00
Fatality with limited insurance
(maximum insurance policy limit obtained) Settled in December 2019
$93,449.00
Motorcycle accident
$90,000.00
Car accident. Settled in 6/2023
$90,000.00
Car accident with only $285 in medical bills. Settled in 3/2023
$90,000.00
Dog bite to the leg. Settled in 7/2021
$90,000.00
Rear end motor vehicle crash. 1/2018
$85,000.00
Head on auto accident
$80,000.00
Car accident. Settled in 12/2023
$75,000.00
Products liability lawsuit
$70,000.00
Rear end motor vehicle crash 1/2018
$70,000.00
Premises liability claim against a cemetery. Settled in 3/2020
$70,000.00
Motorcycle vs. motor vehicle. In this case, the defendant only had a $30,000
insurance policy which they failed to tender after repeated demands from our
office. We then filed suit and made the insurance company pay more than
double the amount of their insurance policy limits.
$65,000.00
Settlement against a nail salon for negligence causing injury. Settled in 2022
$65,000.00
T-bone auto accident
$65,000.00
DUI auto accident
$65,000.00
Car crash involving commercial carrier. Settled November 2019
$63,000.00
Three car auto accident
$61,395.00
Dog bite to breast. Settled 11/2019
$60,000.00
Trip and fall on an uneven cement sidewalk against the City of El Cajon which
resulted in the largest payout for the City of El Cajon for calendar year 2021.
$60,000.00
Rear end car crash. Settled in 2022
$60,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. Settled in 7/2022
$60,000.00
Motor vehicle crash with only $5,432.00 in medical bills. Settled 1/15
$60,000.00
Head on auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained for family)
$55,000.00
Rear end car accident settled 9/2019
$53,176.00
Head on auto accident
$52,000.00
Settlement for a t-bone car crash. 11/2015
$50,000.00
Motor vehicle accident. (maximum insurance policy limits obtained)
Settled in 2023
$50,000.00
Dog attack without a bite – settled 10/2019
$50,000.00
Motor vehicle accident with a two month gap in treatment from the
date of the crash. 4/2015
$50,000.00
Motorcycle vs. Automobile with disputed liability and a police report
concluding our client was at fault. (Maximum Insurance Policy Limits
Obtained) 3/2018
$50,000.00
Pedestrian vs. Automobile crash
(Maximum Insurance Policy Limits Obtained) 3/2018
$50,000.00
Motor vehicle crash (maximum insurance policy limit obtained) 6/2017
$50,000.00
Pedestrian v. MVA where our client was deemed at fault and struck by a
vehicle. (maximum insurance policy limit obtained)
$50,000.00
T-Bone Car crash (maximum insurance policy limit obtained) Settled 7/2019
$50,000.00
Rear end auto accident (maximum insurance policy limit obtained).
Settled 10/2019
Our office has settled
hundreds of personal injury cases
for under $50,000.00
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- We will be upfront with you about the strength of your case.
- If we don’t think we can get you more compensation than you can get on your own, we will tell you so.
- If you have a settlement offer on the table and we won’t be able to substantially improve it, we will tell you so.
- If your case is not our expertise, we will refer you to other attorneys who may be better suited to your case.
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