Auto accidents are consistently among the nation's leading causes of death and injury. Common as they may be, they can lead to extremely complicated lawsuits. For a variety of reasons—including high speeds, poor visibility, and the after-effects of shock—witnesses and those involved seldom agree on the facts of the case. In that setting, decisions favor the party with the legal team who can assemble the most convincing experts and evidence. That's why it's important to choose a team with a track record of success in such cases. At Golomb & Honik, we have succeeded in some of the most complex motor vehicle cases, as you can read below:

• $6.5 Million for Paraplegic A hotel van transporting international flight attendants to the airport ran a red light, broadsiding a vehicle and rendering the driver a paraplegic. The insurer for the hotel denied the claim, claiming that the injured driver had been the one to run the light. In support of their claim, they produced multiple statements from flight attendants attesting that the other driver, in fact, ran the red light. Litigation ensued, and during discovery it was determined that the flight attendants who gave "statements" were unable to speak or read English. In fact, the statements were prepared by an investigator on behalf of the hotel and signed by the flight attendants without translation. After three mediation sessions just prior to trial, the case settled for $6,500,000.
• $4 Million for Estate of Student Killed by Drunk Driver Bar surveillance cameras showed a mutual fund executive being served more than 10 drinks over a short period. With the assistance of bar employees, he then walked to his car to drive himself home. On the drive, he fled the scene of one accident only to swerve into oncoming traffic, causing a second accident that killed a college student. On behalf of the student's estate, Golomb & Honik attorneys successfully negotiated a settlement of more than $4 million from the driver and the bar.
• $2.5 Million for Pizza Delivery Man A 17-year old was in the scope of his employment as a pizza delivery man, with a co-worker, when he was a passenger involved in a one-car collision. The co-worker was driving; lost control of his vehicle; and, ran off the road into a ravine. As a result the plaintiff was seriously injured, resulting in numerous orthopedic injuries which necessitated a variety of surgeries and extensive hospital stays. Additionally, it has left the plaintiff with cognitive brain impairments which has resulted in the need for attendant care for the balance of his life. The case was settled under a structured settlement agreement that will provide lifetime benefits totalling over $7,000,000.00.
• $1 Million in Interstate Collision Driving home one day, a man braked to a stop when he came across an accident being cleared on the interstate. Before he could begin moving again, he was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer going more than 45 miles per hour. His vehicle was thrown into the air and traveled more than 20 feet. Golomb & Honik attorneys established that the truck driver had looked down for a period, leading to the accident. After complex negotiations due to insurance coverage issues and the participation of multiple parties, the case was settled for $1 million.
• $1 Million in Automobile Collision as a Result of Road Design Defect Driving to her daughter's recital one evening, plaintiff, a then 41-year old mother of two, was operating her automobile in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania. At approximately the same location, a driver of a pick up truck was traveling in the opposite direction on the same roadway. As both vehicles entered a curve on the roadway, the other drive briefly lost control and in doing so his front right tire went off the edge of the roadway. As he attempted to get the vehicle back onto the roadway, the vehicle lurched to his left, crossed the double-yellow dividing lines and struck plaintiff's vehicle head on causing serious and disabling injuries.
   
  Golomb & Honik lawyers filed suit and in the process of discovery learned that the drop off at the accident location was in excess of eleven (11) inches in spots along the shoulder of the roadway in violation of Commonwealth law and, additionally, learned that a private contractor had completed repaving the roadway in question just three weeks prior to the subject accident.
   
  After exhaustive discovery in which more than twenty (20) depositions were taken, and after several days of settlement negotiations with a number of defendants, the case settled for $1 Million.
• $380,000.00 for Victim of Truck Accident A woman went to a local seafood restaurant with her niece and nephew to purchase dinner for the family one evening. While doing so, they entered the parking lot in a vehicle driven by plaintiff's nephew and a tractor trailer bounded toward them at a slow rate of speed down a decline in the restaurant parking lot. After realizing that the tractor was unoccupied, they were struck in the front end causing significant property damage to the SUV plaintiff occupied and extensive personal injuries which resulted in a laminectomy and fusion in the lumbar area. Golomb & Honik attorneys established that the truck driver failed to engage his emergency brake causing the accident. After extensive discovery, the matter was mediated with the assistance of a retired judge and the case was settled for $380,000.00.
• Maximum available insurance recovered for aneurysm resulting from motor vehicle accident. A man and his wife were struck and injured in a seemingly conventional two car motor vehicle collision. Eight months following the accident the husband-driver suffered an aneurysm of his subclavian artery that led to an occipital stroke. Golomb & Honik lawyers filed suit and alleged that the aneurysm and resulting complication were all the result of the original motor vehicle accident.
   
  Despite substantial opposition to Golomb & Honik's theory of liability in which the defense employed several medical experts who denied the causal relationship between the aneurysm and the motor vehicle accident, Golomb & Honik succeeded not only in establishing medical causation for its client but secured a settlement of all of the available insurance benefits for a total settlement of $335,000.00.
• Confidential Settlement in Fatal Intersection Accident Golomb & Honik successfully represented the estates of two vehicle occupants tragically killed at an intersection not properly protected by four-way stop signs. Investigation and discovery in the case revealed that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had undertaken a study of an adjoining intersection, less than a half mile away, and found design justification to erect a four-way stop sign. Despite the fact that the intersection in which these occupants were killed was identical in all respects and clearly required the erection of a four-way stop sign, the Department of Transportation inexplicably erected four-way controls at one intersection and not the other. A significant confidential settlement was reached on behalf of the estates.
• Confidential Settlement in Catastrophic Injury Accident While attempting to negotiate a curve to the left, a New Jersey driver lost control of his vehicle, exited the roadway, and struck a tree. He suffered extensive orthopedic and neurological injuries that required a two-month hospital stay. A pre-litigation investigation conducted by G&H attorneys discovered that there had been at least 13 similar incidents in a three-year period preceding the accident—all occurring within 200 yards of the accident location. Engineers hired by G&H determined that there was a design defect in the highway that created a "pooling" effect during inclement weather, making the roadway exceedingly slippery. Additionally, it was determined during discovery that the guardrail at the curve in question had been taken down in a previous accident; the replacement was six feet shorter than the previous guardrail. The case settled confidentially just prior to jury selection.