{"id":4781,"date":"2017-04-06T14:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2017-04-06T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:09:54","slug":"350k-uim-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2017\/04\/06\/350k-uim-arbitration\/","title":{"rendered":"$350,000 – 71-Year-Old Client Hit by Underinsured Driver Awarded Over Three Times Initial Offer in Arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"$350,000<\/p>\n

CASE DESCRIPTION: Atticus Wegman and Megan Demshki of Aitken Aitken Cohn, LLP obtained an arbitration award of $351,781.71 on behalf of a 71-year-old client injured when an underinsured driver made an improper turn in front of her. Defendant driver was underinsured and thus client pursued recovery against her own insurance company, Allstate.  Allstate\u2019s highest offer prior to arbitration was $131,400.00. Past economic damages were approximately $50,000.00.<\/p>\n

FINAL RESULT:<\/strong> $351,781.71  Arbitration Award<\/p>\n

TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> UIM Arbitration<\/p>\n

CLAIMANT’S INJURIES: <\/strong>Client suffered a single compression fracture to her lower spine and was forced to remain in a skilled nursing facility for nearly a month post incident. Client was non-surgical but continued to have daily back pains.<\/p>\n

COMPLETE TITLE OF RESPONDENT<\/strong>: Allstate Indemnity Company<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF’S AGE:<\/strong> 71<\/p>\n

OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Receptionist<\/p>\n

CLAIMANT’S ATTORNEY:<\/strong>
\nAtticus N. Wegman, Esq.
\nMegan G. Demshki, Esq.
\nAITKEN\u2726AITKEN\u2726COHN
\n3 MacArthur Place, Suite 800
\nSanta Ana, CA   92707-2555
\n(714) 434-1424<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION: Atticus Wegman and Megan Demshki of Aitken Aitken Cohn, LLP obtained an arbitration award of $351,781.71 on behalf of a 71-year-old client injured when an underinsured driver made an improper turn in front of her. Defendant driver was underinsured and thus client pursued recovery against her own insurance company, Allstate.  Allstate\u2019s highest offer prior… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,32],"tags":[70,74,92,93,105,220,496,700,813,814,815,816],"class_list":["post-4781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-aitken-aitken-cohn","tag-allstate","tag-arbitration","tag-arbitration-award","tag-atticus-wegman","tag-car-insurance","tag-megan-demshki","tag-settlement","tag-uim","tag-uim-arbitration","tag-underinsured","tag-underinsured-motorist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}