The Law Offices of Douglas L. Hurt has achieved positive results in thousands of personal injury cases and accident claims over the last 31 years. One of the talents of Douglas L. Hurt is the evaluation of the claim’s viability and the likelihood of success in the beginning of the claim. Case analysis in the beginning of a claim is vital to determine whether to move forward.

Mr. Hurt has achieved a successful resolution for his clients in over 99% of all personal injury claims and cases that he has accepted and handled.

General Case Examples

The Law Offices of Douglas L. Hurt has settled and received jury and arbitration awards on many claims and cases where the monetary range was several thousands of dollars up to over a million dollars. Most claims and cases, where there is no hospitalization and no catastrophic injuries resulting in permanent disability, resolve for $100,000.00 or less.

These are important cases to resolve for the clients to receive the maximum recovery under the law. Our firm handles these cases with aggressive representation so that our clients recover as completely as the law allows for their injuries and damages.

Specific Case Examples

• A car accident where a commercial vehicle hit an elderly pedestrian while in a crosswalk.  Client sustained mild traumatic brain injuries and the case settled in litigation for $2.5 million.

• A trucking accident involving multiple vehicles causing a restrained back seat passenger to sustain permanent injuries which included 8 broken vertebrae, 8 broken ribs, a fractured clavicle and broken teeth.  Client is now a paraplegic and the case settled in litigation for the policy limits of $1 million.

• A car accident where the client was hit in an intersection of a residential neighborhood by a woman who ran a stop sign. Injuries were a fractured wrist and hip, with the wrist requiring surgical repair. Settled for $375,000.00.

• A police shooting case where client was wrongfully shot multiple times while at police vehicle stop.  Client is now a paraplegic and the case settled in litigation for $2.25 million.

• The unleashed dog knocked over a 90-year-old client, fracturing his hip. Settled for $200,000.00.
• City parking lot accident where client tripped over a cement parking stop placed in a dangerous, unlit location, fracturing her ankle. Settled during a trial for $195,000.00.
• A car accident where the client was hit from behind by a drunk driver and fractured several teeth. Arbitration award of $100,000.00 insurance policy limit.
• Sexual harassment/racial discrimination employment lawsuit where the client was alternatively sexually propositioned by the business owner and had the owner refer to her African American children as slaves. Settled after the jury verdict of $325,000.00 and indication by the jury of an additional award of punitive damages.
• Motorcycle rider hit by a car that turned left in front of him at an intersection. Settled during litigation for $675,000.00.
• A car accident where the client was hit by a drunk driver returning from a drinking party at his employer’s home. Settled during litigation for $325,000.00.
• Wrongful death case for the 6-year-old son of a man shot to death by a valet parking attendant who shot a delivery driver as a result argument over a parking space. Settled during litigation for $1,250,000.00.
• Negligent repair of a motorized lift-chair which threw a client from the chair and fractured her femur. Settled during litigation for $225,000.00.
• Car accident where a truck driver carelessly entered an intersection and collided with clients who had the right-of-way. Settled during litigation for the policy limit of $1,000,000.00.