| The law firm of BISNAR &
CHASE is dedicated to each client receiving the absolute best
legal representation possible.
The cases set forth below are a sampling of results achieved
for our clients. This is a partial list and does not constitute
a promise of any kind. Please remember that these cases and
the results achieved were determinant on many factors and
results differ from case to case depending on the circumstances
particular to each instance.
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Products Liability
case against Daimler Chrysler Motor Company and the
rental car agency that rented a 15-passenger van to
a group of friends going from Los Angeles to Las Vegas
for a birthday party. The fifteen passenger, Ram 350,
van rolled over, roof crushed, seat belts failed and
passengers ejected. Multiple deaths and serious injuries. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Products
Liability case against Ford Motor Company and the rental
car agency that rented a 15-passenger van to a church
group traveling from Southern California to Northern
California for a church function. The fifteen passenger,
F350, van rolled over, roof crushed, seat belts failed
and passengers ejected. Multiple deaths and serious
injuries. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Negligence case against
an aircraft rental company due to their plane crashing
on take off, killing the pilot and one passenger and
severely injuring another passenger. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Products Liability
case against Ford Motor Company and the maker of a failed
seatbelt, TRW. Negligence case against U-Haul the renter
of the truck that caused the accident for negligent
maintenance and failing to instruct the driver. Auto
vs. Auto negligence case against the driver of the U-Haul
truck. A minor child was paralyzed and eventually died
as a result of a three vehicle collision involving two
Ford Explorers, both rolled-over, a seat belt failure
(false latching) and the failure of the roof of one
of the Explorers. Driver injured due to roof crush. |
| Confidential Settlement |
On the job injury, products
liability case against supplier of materials that “exploded”
when worker was cutting 55 gallon drums for disposal.
Worker suffered third degree burns to 75% of the front
of his body. |
| $3 Million+ |
Motorcycle vs. Auto Accident.
Client’s previous attorney insisted that client
settle case for the $15,000 policy limit of the negligent
auto driver. Case was eventually settled for cash up
front, an annuity (a stream of guaranteed payments for
life) and payment of the workers’ compensation
insurance reimbursement rights. (See
below for full story*). |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Products Liability
case against General Motors for the roll over and roof
crush of a Tahoe resulting in the death of the driver
and a passenger. |
| $2,815,958 |
Judgement in a construction work site accident
case against the builder of a fence that collapsed and
injured two workers and the loss of consortium rights
of the wife of one of the workers. |
| $2.5 Million |
Premises Liability case
against State of California, Department of Parks and
Recreation. State was negligent in the maintenance of
trees at Lake Perris. A eucalyptus tree limb fell (summer
branch drop) on park visitor causing paralysis. Client’s
previous law firm, after representing client for eight
months, told the client she “had no case”
and gave her back her file before bring it to Bisnar
& Chase. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Products Liability
case against Ford Motor Company for failure of front
seat system which resulted in the death of a child rear
seat passenger in a 30 mile an hour rear end impact
auto accident. |
| $1,425,000 |
Auto accident caused by
dangerous condition left on freeway by CalTrans (State
of California) contractors resulting in the death of
two teenagers. |
| $1,250,000+ |
Auto vs auto accident
which included a failure of client’s (the driver)
restraint system (seat belt anchor). Within fifty days
of being hired and through the diligence and tenacity
of the law firm’s staff, insurance policies were
located and policy limit settlements were arranged.
(this was partially due our reputation with the insurance
companies and their attorneys). We are now proceeding
against Nissan Motors on the products liability claim
and seeking punitive damages. The seat belt anchor system
was designed so weak that it evidenced “a conscience
disregard” for the safety of the seat belt user. |
| $1,000,000+ |
Auto vs. Auto accident
with two spinal surgeries. Collected defendant driver’s
policy limit. Won a binding arbitration award for the
policy maximum from the injured tow truck driver’s
employer’s insurance company. Settled an “insurance
bad faith” lawsuit against the employer’s
auto insurance company for their failure to fairly handle
the initial uninsured motorist claim costing the client
nearly a year time delay in a resolution and costing
him additional attorney’s fees and costs to prosecute
the binding arbitration. |
| $1,050,000 |
Premises liability case
against a restaurant and the building’s owner
for negligent maintenance of an elevator. A 93 year
old women tripped on the miss-leveled elevator as she
was exiting and suffered a broken hip. Case settled
on the first day of trial. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Product Liability case against General
Motors for the death of an adult daughter killed when
the roof of Chevrolet pickup crushed during a roll over
accident in Mexico. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Product Liability
case against General Motors for seat belt failure in
a Chevrolet pickup resulting in a passenger being thrown
through the front windshield when the truck went into
a ditch. Concussion and facial scaring. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Insurance “Bad Faith”
against UNIUM and Provident Insurance. UNIUM,
Provident Insurance refused to continue disability payments
after the insured had been injured in an auto accident.
Federal Court. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Product Liability
case against Susiki Motors. Winds caused driver to lose
control of Susiki Samuri resulting in the Samuri rolling
over and killing a teenage passenger. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto Product Liability
case against General Motors for roof failure (roof crushed
in on driver) and against a brake shop for brake failure
in a Chevrolet pickup. Driver sustaining a spinal injury
when the truck’s brakes failed and the truck went
off the side of a mountain road and the roof crushed
in on the driver’s head. |
| $825,000+ |
Bus vs. Pedestrian on-the-job
injury. Concussion. Settlement also included Metro Link
pay additional funds to reimburse workers’ compensation
insurance company. |
| $520,000 |
Auto accident where building
materials from freeway construction site hit plaintiff’s
car. CalTrans freeway construction contractor initially
denied liability. Extensive discovered uncovered a cover
up of evidence by the CalTrans contractor who then settled
just before trial.
|
| $750,000 |
Auto vs. Auto accident.
Collected total of defendant’s insurance and then
arbitrated client’s uninsured motorist claim.
Her insurance company insisted that she was not entitled
to the full policy limit until moments before starting
the binding arbitration with the threat of an insurance
bad faith case hanging over their heads.
|
| $500,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, clients
previous attorney recommended settling for less than
$200,000 after a surgery. Uninsured motorist claim settled
for $650,000 with questionable causation and injuries
plus recover from defendant driver. |
| $514,000 |
Premises Liability vs.
CalTrans. Client’s previous attorney insisted
that he settle for CalTrans’ $40,000 offer due
in part to derogatory evidence of a personal nature
against the client and the costs of going to trial.
Case settled on the first day of trial after we successfully
argued pre-trial motions to exclude the personal derogatory
evidence at trial.
|
| $425,000 |
Assault and Battery on
a BMW dealer’s general manager by former NFL player.
Settled on the fourth day of trial. Post concession
syndrom. |
| Confidential Settlement |
Auto vs. Auto accident.
Defendant was uninsured. Client’s uninsured motorist
insurance carrier refused to pay her claim. We won a
policy limit award at the uninsured motorist arbitration.
Due to her insurance companies “bad fath”
and negligence in handling her claim, we sued the insurance
company. The “bad faith” claim was settled
for a “confidential amount”.
|
| $300,000 |
Auto vs. Auto accident.
This elderly client had been represented by former attorney
for over six months. We took over representation, conducted
our investigation, gathered the evidence, made her claim
and settled it for policy limits, twenty times more
than she was expecting, in less than two months from
beginning her representation.
|
| $300,000 |
Road design defect against
CalTrans. |
| $300,000 |
Auto vs. Pedestrian. Defense
contended that our client was negligent in “J”
walking, stepping out into the street in the face of
an on coming vehicle and was attempting to commit suicide
when he stepped into the street. The defense settled
for their policy limit rather than risk us winning an
even greater amount at trial.
|
| $292,000 |
Wrongful death auto accident. |
| $275,000 |
Judgement against the
owner of a dog who bite a young boy in the face. $25,000
of the money was a settlement against the owner/landlord
and leasing company of the premises where the dog was
housed and where the boy was attacked.
|
| $250,000 |
Trucker delivering to
Carl’s Jr’s. Anaheim warehouse was injured
by a forklift driver while on loading dock.. Case taken
over from previous attorney who was not equipped to
go to trial.
|
| $250,000 |
Premises Liability, closed
head injury. |
| $250,000 |
Legal Malpractice case
against client’s former attorney who failed to
file her auto products liability case timely. |
| $200,000 |
Auto vs. Parked Commercial
vehicle. Death of daughter passenger in auto that ran
into illegally parked semi-truck. Parents refused to
accept settlement offered during trial which was Multiple
times higher. |
| $185,000 |
Class action lawsuit against
cellular phone company for changing employee compensation
plan and failing to pay bonuses previously earned.
|
| $165,000 |
Auto vs. Auto accident. |
| $150,000 |
Plaintiff injured while
walking through his condominium parking lot to his unit
at night. Pipes attached to the top of a plumbing truck
created a hazard in the dark. |
| $150,000 |
Auto vs. Auto - surgery. |
| $150,000 |
Auto vs. Auto - policy
limit. |
| $145,000 |
Auto vs. Auto accident.
Settled for total of multiple auto insurance policies
that we were able to discover and then “stack”. |
| $140,000 |
Auto vs Auto. Settled
auto claim on behalf of injured party for the $100,000
policy limit and then collected $40,000 additional for
family member who was traumatized by witnessing injury
(Dillon claim). |
| $137,000 |
Auto vs. Pedestrian. |
| $125,000+ |
Slip & Fall case against
Wal-Mart. The defense attorneys before the trial bragged
that they had NEVER lost a Wal-Mart case and they would
go up on appeal it they lost. Jury awarded $125,000
and Wal-Mart appealed. Wal-Mart eventually settled appeal
paying more than the original jury award. |
| $125,000 |
Auto vs. Auto - surgery |
| $109,000 |
General Negligence against
a restaurant. Patron was “goated” into going
on stage by female impersonator who then injured him
by “dropping” on him.
|
| $109,000 |
Auto vs. Auto |
| $109,000 |
Award in Premises Liability
- Salon chair collapsed injuring patron leg. Infection
and scarring. |
| $108,000 |
Auto vs. Auto |
| $101,000 |
Legal malpractice against
attorney who dropped client’s case and gave her
the wrong date by which she had to file a lawsuit. |
| $100,000 |
Dog bite. Postal worker
received a minor bite and psychological injury due to
incident. Policy limit. We have handled numerous postal
worker, meter reader, pool service, UPS and FedEx dog
bite cases. These people are exposed to dangerous dog’s
on a daily basis. |
| $100,000 |
Minor girl bitten on the
head and neck under the hairline. Also recovered for
her 12 year old brother and mother who were both traumatized
by witnessing event (Dillion Claim). Actual ultimate
recovery much higher due to funds being paid through
an annuity when the children are college age. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs Auto accident,
policy limit. We have many dozens of case histories
of $100,000 policy limit recoveries. Our systematic
approach to cases in general and auto accident cases
particularly, positions our client’s to recover
policy limits by exposing the defendant’s insurance
company to a judgment potential in excess of the policy
limit, in which case they would be forced to pay the
entire judgment, regardless of their policy maximum
limits.
|
| $100,000 |
Minor girl bitten by neighbors
dog, policy limit. Settled under ninety days from the
date of injury. We have a history of numerous policy
limit dog bite case recoveries, especially on the behalf
of children. This one is unique because we recovered
the policy limit in such a short time. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Pedestrian, policy
limit. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, policy
limit. |
| $100,000 |
Dog bite (mother’s
dog), policy limit. |
| $100,000 |
On-the-job auto vs. auto
accident, policy limit. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Auto -surgery
recommended, policy limit. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, $1,200
property damage to plaintiff’s vehicle. Previous
attorney insisted that client settle for the $7,500
being offered by defense insurance company. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, policy
limit. |
| $100,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, policy
limit on both third party and under insured motorist
policy. |
| $90,000+ |
Construction site accident
against general contractor and land owner, both of which
denied any liability whatsoever. Recovery included waiver
by workers’ compensation carrier of reimbursement. |
| $93,703 |
Auto vs. Auto. $500 in
property damage. Exposed policy limit and insurance
company was forced to pay entire judgment, which was
in excess of the auto insurance policy limit. |
| $90,000 |
Premises liability against
Victoria Secrets retail store for injuries sustained
when a display item fell and injured shopper. Previous
attorney suggested abandoning case due to the complexities
and the liability issues. |
| $75,000 |
Dog bite to minor child
by grandparents dog. |
| $75,000 |
Auto vs. Auto - Major
pre-existing injuries. |
| $75,000 |
Auto vs. Auto. |
| $70,000 |
Auto vs. Auto, meniscus
surgery. |
| $60,000 |
Slip & Fall at a McDonalds’.
Broken elbow. |
| $56,000 |
Auto vs. Auto accident
- meniscus surgery. |
Question: Does Bisnar & Chase handle cases with
a value less than $50,000?
Answer: Not intentionally. Unless there are special
circumstances, we only represent clients who have a legal
and moral right to recover a sum greater than $50,000 to $100,000.
The actual minimum amount depends upon the circumstances.
The minimum for a clear liability auto accident case would
be much lower than for an auto products liability case where
car-to-car crash testing is necessary.
* Injured motorcyclist - $3
Million after his previous attorney advised that his claim
was worth only $15,000.
On a normal, fully scheduled day, John Bisnar received an
urgent call from a business associate, a local realtor. The
caller frantically explained that her brother-in-law was in
a Sacramento hospital, his doctors had recommended a complicated,
risky surgery, and he was panicking about what would become
of his family and about payment of the mounting medical expenses.
She further explained that her brother-in-law was desperate
to get answers from his attorney about these issues before
consenting to surgery, that his attorney was not returning
calls and his attorney had previously advised that his case
was only worth $15,000, the maximum amount of insurance of
the negligent automobile driver.
Mr. Bisnar immediately spoke to the injured man and quickly
realized that this was not a consultation to have over the
phone. Mr. Bisnar canceled the rest of his day and took the
next flight to Sacrament.
Once Mr. Bisnar arrived at the hospital, the injured man
explained that he was hit by a car while on his motorcycle
in the course of running an errand for his employer. He said
he had hired a nationally known motorcycle accident attorney
and that the attorney advised him that the negligent driver's
insurance limit was $15,000 and that was the total value of
his claim. He went on to explain that his doctors had advised
him that he could lose his leg (it was eventually saved).
After Mr. Bisnar answered his questions, advised him regarding
his Workers' Compensation benefits and explained that his
attorney probably was right about the $15,000 value of his
claim. The injured man asked to hire Mr. Bisnar, explaining
that he had received more information from Mr. Bisnar about
his circumstances, his rights, his options and the probable
outcome of his case than he had received from his present
attorney after weeks of representation. Mr. Bisnar reluctantly
accepted.
An immediate investigation uncovered that the negligent driver
was a route salesman for a beer distributor and was probably
on the job at the time of the accident (although the employer
initially denied this). When the employer was advised of the
results of the Bisnar investigation, the insurance company
for the employer offered to settle the claim for a few hundred
thousand dollars.
Mr. Bisnar did settle the claim with the beer distributor.
The total recovery included $750,000 in up front cash, all
medical expenses paid, Workers' Compensation liens satisfied,
and an income for life (future value of the "income for life"
exceed $2,000,000).
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