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Over $350 Million Won for Clients Nationwide

At Cullan & Cullan, we are proud of our long history of obtaining favorable results for our clients, allowing injured individuals and the families of those wrongfully killed to secure crucial medical treatment and rehabilitation and get back on their feet. Our personal injury attorneys have recovered more than $350 million on behalf of clients throughout the state, including numerous million- and multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. We regularly assist clients with complex cases involving medical malpractice, birth injuries, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, and more. If you were harmed or lost a loved one due to the negligence of another person, company, or another party, contact us right away for a free, confidential consultation. There are no fees for you until we win your case.

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    $26.1 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Cullan & Cullan has set a state record in Nebraska with a $26.1 million medical malpractice jury award.
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    $19 Million

    Truck Accident

    Negligent truck driver made a right-hand turn into plaintiff’s vehicle, causing fractured vertebra and partial paralysis. Defendant alleged plaintiff was trying to pass him on the shoulder. The insurance company offered zero before trial. Learn More
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    $17 Million

    Birth Injury

    Negligence by nurses and hospital staff in failing to assess the position of the baby, improper use of Pitocin, and failing to obtain an assessment by physician, resulting in severe oxygen deprivation and brain injury to the baby.
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    $13.2 Million

    Birth Injury

    A newborn suffered brain damage due to improper administration of Pitocin, failure to monitor preeclampsia and failure to perform timely c-section.
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    $13.2 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy as a result of hospital failure to properly monitor and report fetal distress resulting in a failure to do a timely cesarean section.
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    $12 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered brain injury, spastic quadriplegia, seizures as a result of failure of the nursing staff to recognize fetal distress and advocate for a cesarean section. Failure to provide proper facilities, personnel, and equipment to perform a timely emergency c-section. Failure to establish protocols and train staff regarding a high-risk patient.

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    $12 Million

    Truck Accident

    Two people injured when a Truck driver lost control of his vehicle. The truck driver was improperly trained, driving too fast for the load he was hauling.
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    $11.5 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered hypoxic brain injury, cerebral palsy from misuse of vacuum extractor, failure to monitor labor, failure to perform emergency c-section.
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    $11.5 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered major birth injuries during delivery. Forceps were improperly used, resulting in severe brain damage to the newborn who is now six and will require a lifetime of care.

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    $9.4 Million

    Birth Injury

    Newborn suffered a brain injury due to misuse of Pitocin, misuse of vacuum extractors and forceps resulting in delayed cesarean section.
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    $9 Million

    Truck Accident

    Brain injury caused when semi-truck made an illegal turn. Inadequate training of the driver. Failure to follow safety precautions.
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    $8.4 Million

    Birth Injury

    Newborn suffered severe brain injury following prolonged fetal distress and VBAC delivery.
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    $8.3 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered irreversible brain damage due to hypoxia and bleeding within the brain. Failure to attend to the baby in fetal distress – prolonged second stage of labor.
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    $7.2 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Medical Malpractice, Failure to treat an infection that led to the brain injury.
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    $6.7 Million

    Truck Accident

    Truck excessive speed for traffic conditions, Distracted Driving resulting in spinal cord injury.
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    $6.6 Million

    Brain Injury

    Near drowning of young boy resulting in brain damage.

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    $6.6 Million

    Birth Injury

    Severe brain injury to a baby. Failure to monitor high-risk mother for pre-eclampsia, failure to recognize fetal distress, failure to monitor resident doctor students, and failure to perform a C-section.
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    $6.4 Million

    Car Accident

    Brain injury to a teenage girl. Impaired driving. Drag racing.
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    $6 Million

    Spinal Cord Injury

    Inattentive driving and speeding by a truck driver. Woman in her 60s suffered spinal cord injury leaving her paraplegic. Husband had a fractured arm.
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    $5.2 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Fatal truck accident caused by excessive speed of the truck driver. Also uncovered evidence that truck driver had previously been in a similar wreck less than a year before this wreck.

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  • Results

    $4.6 Million

    Birth Injury

    Hospital found negligent in failing to take action to stop labor at 32 weeks gestation. Misuse of forceps. Failure to perform C-section.
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  • Results

    $4.1 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Negligence in failing to remove a colon polyp and then in failing to monitor polyp allowing it to grow into undiagnosed colon cancer. Wrongful death. Defendant offered zero before trial.

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    $4.1 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) brain injury. Nurses failed to understand fetal heart monitor tracings. Improper documentation, improper use of Pitocin, and failure to perform timely C-section.

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    $4 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained cerebral palsy, hypoxic brain injury due to failure to monitor baby in utero and perform C-section before oxygen deprivation occurred.

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    $4 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained severe brain injury / cerebral palsy. Hospital was negligent in training and supervising nurses. Failure to monitor high-risk mother, failure to communicate with nursing staff, and failure to perform C-section.

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    $4 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to diagnose and treat Multiple Sclerosis
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  • Results

    $3.7 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Hospital failed to diagnose and treat an infection (meningitis) which resulted in permanent brain injury.
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  • Results

    $3.5 Million

    Birth Injury

    Cerebral palsy/brain injury caused by nursing staff and hospital. Failing to properly interpret test results, failure to assess leaking amniotic fluid, improper reading of fetal heart monitor tracings, failure to communicate the status of the patient, and failure to supervise resident student doctors.
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    $3.3 Million

    Truck Accident

    Negligent truck driver, driving too fast for conditions, caused injury to a child.
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    $3.2 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Brain injury / cerebral palsy. Failure to diagnosis cephalopelvic disproportion, failure to respond to alarming findings on fetal heart monitor tracing, failure to administer appropriate medication, and failure to perform C-section.
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  • Results

    $3 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained brain injury due to failure to monitor preeclampsia and treat high blood pressure. Failure to properly interpret fetal heart monitor tracing, hospital negligence in failing to have protocols for high risk mother in labor, and failing to adequately train and supervise nursing staff.

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    $3 Million

    Birth Injury

    Cerebral palsy / brain injury, secondary to failure to supervise resident student doctor. Negligence in estimating the baby’s weight, failure to properly assess mother’s inadequate pelvis, and failure to perform timely C-section.

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    $3 Million

    Brain Injury

    Brain injury caused by defective airbag.
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    $2.98 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered brain injury / cerebral palsy. Failure to properly monitor a high-risk patient with gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia, and failure to perform timely C-section.

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    $2.95 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained HIE. Misuse of Pitocin, failure to detect fetal distress on fetal heart monitor strips, and mismanagement of mother’s high blood pressure.

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    $2.9 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to monitor the patient after surgery, failure to respond to respiratory distress, and patient abandonment.
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  • Results

    $2.7 Million

    Birth Injury

    Brain injury / cerebral palsy, secondary to negligence in failing to perform timely C-section following ill-advised VBAC. Nursing negligence in failing to alert chain of command that obstetrician was attempting dangerous procedure, and failure to properly interpret tracings on the fetal heart monitor.

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    $2.5 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered a brain injury as result of administration of Pitocin in violation of hospital’s own policy. Failure to monitor and treat the mother who was a high-risk pregnancy.

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    $2.5 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Failure to diagnose and treat pre-term labor of mother who was 27 weeks along. Failure to administer Tocolytic therapy, Terbutaline, and steroid therapy in violation of hospital protocols, resulting in wrongful death of twin in multiple pregnancy.

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    $2.5 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Failure to diagnose and treat abdominal bleeding following hysterectomy. Wrongful death of mother/grandmother.

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    $2.2 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to recognize and repair nicked bowel which led to multiple surgeries and permanent disability.
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  • Results

    $2.15 Million

    Birth Injury

    Spastic Cerebral Palsy/ brain injury. Failure to monitor mother’s blood pressure and contractions, failure to help a baby in distress, and failure to perform C-section.

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    $2 Million

    Truck Accident

    Confidential Settlement. Injuries caused by an inattentive driver.
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    $2 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby sustained brain injury due to failure to stop an impaired physician from examining patient when a placenta previa was differential diagnosis, and patient was not in operating suite where emergency C-section could be done.

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    $2 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Wrongful death of a grandmother. Misuse of medical equipment leading to cardiopulmonary arrest. Policy Limits.
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    $2 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Paralysis caused by injection of dye into the spinal canal. Policy limits.
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    $1.9 Million

    Birth Injury

    Brain injury caused by failure to stop Pitocin use pursuant to hospital policy, premature artificial rupture of membranes creating a risk of cord prolapse, failure to perform timely C-section.

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    $1.8 Million

    Birth Injury

    Brachial plexus injury caused by misused vacuum extractor. Failure to avert shoulder dystocia.

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    $1.75 Million

    Birth Injury

    Confidential settlement. Mismanagement of labor and delivery.
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    $1.7 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Truck driver failed to yield. Insurance company initially blamed plaintiff.

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    $1.7 Million

    Birth Injury

    Brachial plexus injury. Failure to monitor labor, failure to properly estimate fetal weight, ignorance as to risk factors for shoulder dystocia, excessive force, misuse of forceps, and failure to perform C-section.
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    $1.67 Million

    Birth Injury

    Confidential settlement.
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    $1.57 Million

    Birth Injury

    Confidential settlement.
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  • Results

    $1.55 Million

    Truck Accident

    Truck driver was driving too fast for conditions.
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    $1.5 Million

    Truck Accident

    Confidential settlement.
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    $1.5 Million

    Birth Injury

    Excessive traction causing nerve damage to the brachial plexus.

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    $1.5 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Confidential settlement. Medical negligence involving the misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

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    $1.49 Million

    Brain Injury

    Brain injury caused by failure to resuscitate patient following electrical injury.

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    $1.45 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to diagnosis and treat infection resulting in sepsis.

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    $1.3 Million

    Birth Injury

    Erb’s Palsy involving mother who was high risk for brachial plexus injury.

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    $1.3 Million

    Brain Injury

    Failed attempt at VBAC delivery with uterine rupture. Failure to respond to fetal distress, and failure to have obstetrician monitor and treat high-risk patient.

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    $1.3 Million

    Wrongful Death

    Failure to monitor patient and failure to timely respond to cardiac arrest.

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    1.3 Million

    Birth Injury

    Baby suffered paralysis in his right arm during delivery. The boy is now 4 years old, has had intricate surgeries to bring back some motion in his arm and will need one or more additional surgeries. He is expected to continue to struggle with bone, joint and spine problems in addition to having a right arm that is shorter than the left.
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    $1.25 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Paul Hustig died of colorectal cancer on August 1, 2001. Dr. Domalakes did not remove a polyp found in Paul Hustig’s rectum in 1991, knowing that there was a history of colon cancer in Hustig’s family and that the same polyp became cancerous, ultimately killing him.
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  • Results

    $1.03 Million

    Truck Accident

    Negligence by truck driver driving at unreasonable speed, causing traumatic brain injury to 60-year-old man. Settled for more than policy limits.

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    $1 Million

    Truck Accident

    Accident involving two semi-trucks resulting in a back injury to our client. Policy limits.

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    $1 Million

    Truck Accident

    Dump truck pulled out in front of our client. Insurance argued policy lapsed.

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    $1 Million

    Birth Injury

    Brachial plexus injury caused by excessive force by the physician. Failure to monitor the patient and failure to attempt to avert shoulder dystocia.

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    $1 Million

    Birth Injury

    Mismanagement of Pitocin, failure to recognize hypertonus and uterine tachysystole (excessive uterine activity). Failure to report a change of condition. Delayed C-section. Brain Injury.

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    $1 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Infection caused by sponge left in during surgery.

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    $1 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Client was in an accident involving a rollover. Paramedics stabilized the patient for transfer. Hospital staff failed to view x-ray that showed a possible fracture. Resident physician destabilized patient causing spinal cord injury. Policy limits.

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    $1 Million

    Spinal Cord Injury

    Paralysis caused by radiofrequency ablation. Policy limits.

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    $1 Million

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to properly monitor prescription medications which continued use led to neurologic damage/patient abandonment. Policy limits.

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    $1 Million

    Car Accident

    Defendant ran a red light while talking on cell phone, causing traumatic brain injury to previously self-sufficient 80-year-old wife and great-grandmother. Policy limits.

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  • Results

    $988,870

    Truck Accident

    Truck driver made a sudden turn in front of our client. Hip Replacement to an elderly passenger.

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  • Results

    $950,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Stroke following carotid endarterectomy. Failure to monitor the patient after surgery and detect a stroke in progress. Patient abandonment.

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    $880,000

    Wrongful Death

    Wrongful death of a Boy Scout on a monthly camping trip. Failure to protect Scouts in rain storm.

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  • Results

    $875,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to treat anaphylactic shock caused by injection.

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  • Results

    $872,615

    Medical Malpractice

    Nerve injury and drop foot to Elderly gentlemen caused by nursing negligence in placing injection into sciatic nerve.
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  • Results

    $830,626

    Car Accident

    Contested liability. $7,000.00 in medical bills. Defense offered $25,000 to settle.

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  • Results

    $825,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Surgeon cut vein during hip replacement.

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    $800,000

    Wrongful Death

    Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism following surgery.

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  • Results

    $760,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Brachial plexus injury to an adult.
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  • Results

    $753,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to treat a patient who presented to emergency room with sepsis.

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  • Results

    $584,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Hospital was negligent in failing to prevent stage IV decubitus ulcer (bed sore) from developing in a paralyzed patient.

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  • Results

    $575,000

    Car Accident

    Car accident where defendant ran a red light. Multiple rib fractures, lacerated spleen, and arm injury. Depression while unable to work.
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  • Results

    $563,770

    Car Accident

    Car-pedestrian accident. Hit and run causing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.
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    $550,000

    Car Accident

    Car accident causing fractured ankle with permanent pain and suffering.
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  • Results

    $525,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Transection of common bile duct during ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatogram) procedure.
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    $500,000

    Car Accident

    Defendant failed to yield. Injury to leg and back.
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  • Results

    $500,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to treat sickle cell anemia.
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    $500,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Failure to treat respiratory distress after surgery.
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    $500,000

    Medical Malpractice

    Misplacement of IV and failure to treat cellulitis.

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  • Results

    $25,000 - $100,000

    Car Accident

    Auto Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Slip and Falls

    We have had hundreds of settlements in this range involving cases where, thankfully, the injuries were not lasting. We have also had many settlements in this range where we collected all the insurance we could from the wrongdoer.

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