Tom Edwards Successful Litigation and Accomplishments

A Sampling of Cases Including a 4.5 million dollar verdict

Truck Accident - Montgomery County

A commercial dump truck came into clients’ lane of traffic and hit the clients’ vehicle head-on. The driver and passenger were seriously injured. Extensive hospital stays. Multiple surgeries. Permanent impairment. Lost wages but rapidly returned to work with residual pain.
SETTLED: $750,000.00
Automobile Accident Case – Montgomery County
Client suffered mild head injury, lost wages, and medical bills.
VERDICT: $250,000.00
Workers Compensation – Elmore County
Fell from scaffolding. Badly injured worker. Case tried. Judgment affirmed Court of Civil Appeals 2005
VERDICT: Permanent Total Disability
Workers Compensation Outrage – Montgomery County
Workers Compensation insurance company repeatedly denied pain treatment for client over 10 year period without justification. Client suffered extensive physical pain and emotional distress.

JURY VERDICT:

$1,500,000.00

COMPENSATION

$3,000.000.00

PUNITIVES

$4,500,000.00

TOTAL

Wrongful Death Truck Accident Case - Autauga County
The family of two elderly parents brought wrongful death claims against a trucking company. The lawsuit claimed the fully load dump truck was speeding and collided with the decedents’ pick-up as they were turning on to the highway. Driver was hired and driving with a suspended license
SETTLED: Confidential
Truck Accident – Elmore County
18 Wheeler Truck plowed through a red light and t-boned client. Serious injuries to client. Extensive hospital stay. Closed head injury. Physical impairments. Life care plan.

SETTLED: $1,400,000.00

Workers Compensation - Chilton County
Client was injuried on-the-job.
VERDICT: Permanent and Total Disability
Aviation Products Liability – Montgomery County
Client received closed-head and other injury from airplane crash. Client contents crash was caused by faulty parts.

SETTLED: Connfidential

Auto Farm Equipment Crash – Bullock County

Client collided with farm equipment driving on highway at dusk without lights. Client suffered back and neck injuries.

SETTLED: Confidential

Truck Collision-Crenshaw County

Client’s back and body were injuried when an 18 wheeler failed to keep proper look-out and collided with client.

SETTLED: Confidential

Automobile Accident- Pike County
Drunk driver ran into Clients’ home and injuried 3 people sitting in living room. Thankfully, clients recovered.

SETTLED: Confidential

Wrongful Death – Furniture Fire – Middle District Federal Court

Products liability claim for a sofa/house fire. The lawsuit claimed sofa was built with unusually highly flammable materials which when accidentally ignited, caused a fire that rapidly and totally engulfed the home, leaving a mother and her daughter dead. Defendants highly disputed these claims..

SETTLED: Confidential

Motorcycle Collision- Montgomery County
A truck pulled out in front of client on his motorcycle. Back injuries.

SETTLED: $95,000.00

Employer’s Outrage - Autuaga County

Clients medical benifits were allegedly wrongfully terminated resulting
in futher physical injury. Employer controlled the claim.

SETTLED: Confidential

Slip-and-Fall – Montgomery County 

Client slipped in fast food restaurant and injured back. Life changing event.

SETTLED: $450,000.00

Trip-and-Fall - Mobile County

Client tripped on a hidden hazard at an industrial site. Sever leg/ankle injury.

SETTLED: $800,000.00

Automobile Accident- Montgomery County

Defendant ran into rear of client stopped at red light.
Back injuries.

SETTLED: Confidential

Wrongful Death Workers’ Compensation – Butler County
Father of child client was killed in a crane malfunction at his job-site.

SETTLED: Confidential

Wrongful Death Automobile Crash - Madison County
Client’s 16 year old daughter wrongfully died in a single car collision
while riding with a friend. Both girls were tragically killed in the wreck.

SETTLED: Confidential

Automobile Accident - Montgomery County
Client was injuried when struck from behind on I-85.

SETTLED: Confidential

Automobile Accident – Montgomery County
Client was hit while attending to his vehicle which was disabled on the side of highway. Limited injuries. Some facial disfiguration.
SETTLED: 75,000.00
Automobile Accident - Pike County
Three clients were injuried when struck from behind on U.S 231.

SETTLED: Confidential

Automobile Collision – Elmore County
Client hit head-on by drunk driver.

SETTLED: Confidential

Bus Accident – Montgomery County
Bus rider  paralyzed in head collision when bus was struct by drunk driver. Bus driver allegedly failed to keep a proper lookout which contributed to the accident. Very complicated case.

SETTLED: Confidential

Automobile Accident – Elmore County

Client hit in rear as he was making a left-hand turn. Soft tissue injury. Whiplash.

SETTLED: 75,000.00

Workers Compensation – Chambers County

Employee exposed to dangerous industrial chemicals.

SETTLED: Permanent Total Disability

Products Liability – Elmore County
Two clients severely burned by wet cement.

SETTLED: Confidential

 

Disclaimer: These recoveries and testimonials are not an indication of future results. Every case is different and regardless of what friends, family, or other individuals may say about what a case is worth, each case must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances as they apply to the law. The valuation of a case depends upon the facts, injuries, jurisdiction, venue, witnesses, parties, and testimony, among other factors. Furthermore, no representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

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