Victim of Auto Accident Receives $3,055,000

Ms. Pyle was a bright-eyed, horse-obsessed young child. When Pyle was in an auto accident at 9 years old, she suffered a permanent injury to her ribs, causing her great pain to ride horses and forcing her to consider her physical health every time she made an everyday life decision such as feeding the horses at home and at the barn she worked at.  

In the state of Colorado, the timer on the statute of limitation for cases involving an injured minor does not start running until the minor turns 18. This Colorado law benefited Pyle, as she continued to treat periodically over the years for the flare-ups of her somatic rib dysfunction. Pyle’s family hired an attorney to represent her in her personal injury claim, but when the attorney insisted that they would receive no more than $20,000 for her injuries and his firm would not take her case to court, Pyle’s mother started looking elsewhere for representation. It turns out that hiring Jess Cash was literally a life-changer. When Pyle was 20 years old, the trial began and Jess Cash and Keith Fuicelli took Pyle’s case in front of a jury, showing the monumental impact the auto collision had on Pyle throughout her childhood, teen years, and more likely than not into her future.

The defense argued throughout the trial that since all of her imaging (x-rays, MRI, bone scan) through the years were negative and she was still active that she did not suffer a permanent injury. Jess and Keith were able to show that sometimes injuries don’t show up on an MRI and that just because Pyle had bucked up rather than giving up, that was cause for respect and not a discount for the defense.

The jury agreed and reached a verdict of $1.5M in Pyle’s favor. At this point, another Colorado law came into play: interest on verdicts accrues from the date of the incident until the date of the verdict. In Pyle’s case, that doubled her recovery….but Jess Cash didn’t stop there. She worked out a settlement with the insurance company that maximized Pyle’s jury verdict recovery and eliminated the possibility of a lengthy defense appeal.

The final settlement agreement was $3,055,000 – over $3 Million more than Pyle’s first attorney promised her. Jess Cash’s thoughtful and thorough approach to trial preparation results in life-changing outcomes for her clients.