When a personal injury claim cannot be settled for fair compensation to the injured victim from the insurance company, the claim must proceed to trial. The Drexler Law Firm has a record of more than 200 jury trials under our belts. We have also protected our big verdicts by handling dozens of our own appeals successfully.

Having jury trial experience is of utmost importance and because of our experience and reputation among our colleagues in the field, it is common for other personal injury attorneys to transfer litigation cases to our office as the trial date approaches and they are unable to settle it on their own. They know — as do the insurance adjusters and insurance defense attorneys — that we have the ability, experience and resources to take the case to trial and win.

In two of our recent bicycle vs. vehicle accident cases, we stepped in when clients came to the realization that their personal injury attorneys lacked the necessary trial experience and were unable to command higher settlement offers from the respective insurance companies. That’s when it was time to bring in the heavy hitters.

In both cycling cases, the clients were fault-free and had suffered severe and life altering injuries, physically and emotionally, including traumatic brain injury (TBI).

We took over these cases and immediately changed the composition of the litigation. In one of the cases we amended the complaint to include a claim for punitive damages  (exemplary damages that exceed basic compensation, intended to punish the wrongdoer for egregious acts of negligence, such as knowingly driving under the influence). 

In both cases we re-initiated written discovery procedures, asking aggressively worded questions and took the defendants’ depositions which uncovered crucial facts previously unknown to the prior attorneys. At the deposition of the elderly woman, who had been driving alone in violation of DMV orders and veered into the bike lane, striking and seriously injuring our road cyclist client, cross examination by David Drexler revealed that she had accidentally overdosed on sleeping pills (Tamazapan) the night before and was driving in the early morning while, knowingly, still under the influence of the pills and feeling “foggy.”

We obtained this admission during the deposition, added the punitive damage claim in the amended complaint and forged ahead to trial with the best experts and graphic demonstrative evidence, ready to go…that is the value we add that is crucial in getting insurance companies to pay top dollar in settlements.  Once we displayed our expertise, in both cases, we were able to obtain 7 figure settlement money for these injured cyclist clients.

These are good examples of the work we do and how we flip the leverage against insurance companies because of our proven track record, veteran trial expertise and distinctive advocacy skills. It is our wealth of trial experience, litigation expertise and commitment to our clients that sets us apart from other personal injury attorneys.

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