JOHNSON JANKLOW ABDALLAH WINS $69,032 JUDGMENT FOR INJURED CLIENT
May 15, 18
Johnson Janklow Abdallah is pleased to announce that a federal jury in Sioux Falls issued a favorable verdict to one of the firm's clients injured in a car crash.
The at-fault driver had only $25,000 in available insurance coverage for the injuries sustained by our client. When the insurance company refused to pay the Defendant’s insurance limits of $25,000, Johnson Janklow Abdallah commenced litigation in federal court. At trial, the jury was charged with considering the permanent nature of our client's injury. After deliberating for several hours on April 12, 2018, the jury rendered a verdict in our client's favor, finding that the defendant's negligence was the legal cause of our client's injuries and awarding compensatory damages in the amount of $69,032, including interest and costs. The insurance company was forced to pay the full verdict amount (nearly three times its coverage limits of $25,000) because it failed to reasonably resolve the claim for $25,000 when it originally had the opportunity to do so.
Attorney Scott Abdallah represented the injured driver.
