Verdicts & Settlements

At Roberts Law Firm, P.A., we have nearly 40 years of combined experience providing representation in a variety of cases across North and South Carolina. Please view our verdicts and settlements below. If you wish to set up a free initial consultation with our attorneys, contact our law firm today.

2019


$519,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for driver severely injured when his vehicle was struck by utility poles hanging off of a truck.


$175,000.00 Lincoln County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for car rear-ended by tractor-trailer.


$250,000.00 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death settlement for nursing home negligence claim.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for driver struck by drunk driver.


$100,000.00 Lincoln County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for gentleman ejected from vehicle after collision.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for worker struck by vehicle.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured back and ribs replacing electrical pole.


$400,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured involved in automobile accident sustaining significant injuries.


$105,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured right shoulder pushing cart.


$112,500.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell down stairs injuring left arm and shoulder.


$100,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose hand got caught in a machine ultimately resulting in amputation of left hand.


$200,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured who fell from scaffold to concrete injuring right arm, neck, back, head, and right leg.

2018


$400,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for man shot in stomach during training class.


$200,000.00 York County, South Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for worker struck by a track-hoe causing significant injuries.


$118,000.00 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for rear-end collision.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury claim for pedestrian struck by motorist.


$300,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell approximately 20 to 25 feet from elevated walkway to the concrete floor injuring his legs, arms, and back.


$115,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who struck while crossing the street going into work causing severe injuries.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was working in a utility ditch using a tamp machine when it fell causing him to injure his lower back.


$130,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was carrying a heavy beam on his right shoulder when his left ankle/leg broke causing him to fall injuring his neck, right shoulder, left leg, and left ankle.


$190,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who tripped over a pallet and fell causing injury to his left arm.


$200,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was lifting parts and injured his back.


$675,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was operating a metal press that caused a crush injury to left hand/wrist and ultimately amputation of the left hand.


$120,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who tripped over a plastic strap injuring his left knee requiring surgery.


$100,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who stepped in an unseen hole in a yard he was walking across carrying equipment and fell forward injuring his neck and low back.


$140,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who guiding a post when it broke and it crushed/lacerated his hand.

2017


$1,200,000.00 Haywood County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death settlement for two motorcyclists injured when they were struck by passenger vehicle.


$300,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for bicyclist struck by motor vehicle.


$220,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell while climbing a wooden telephone pole injuring his thoracic back.


$225,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell while trying to fit a pipe onto the water tower injuring his right shoulder, right knee, back and hip.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was pulling refrigerant & equipment from ground to the roof of a second story building when injured his low back.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell into an uncovered manhole approximately 12 to 13 feet deep landing on concrete and sustaining injuries to his collar bone, brain, ribs, face and left hand.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose tip of his left thumb was cut off by a 4’-foot piece of steel pipe.

2016


$300,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Medical negligence settlement for a minor child burned with hot water by home health nurse.


$300,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for man injured at neighbor’s home when elevator broke causing severe injury.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Settlement for a passenger injured in a motor vehicle where driver blacked out and entered into an intersection causing an accident.


$225,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was adjusting the height of a a-frame hoist, when he pulled the pin out it, it flipped over the hoist and struck him in the left shoulder and the a-frame landed on him breaking his clavicle and causing injury to his back, left shoulder and broken ribs.


$250,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back while moving an engine from a forklift to a pallet.


$160,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell landing on her left side injuring her left shoulder, left arm, back, neck, and left hip.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell off of a roof breaking his femur and sustaining internal injuries.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose right foot was run over.


$140,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who had long-term exposure to heavy metal dust, grinding, fluids, cadmium and other industrial substances and contaminants.


$100,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured her right shoulder.

2015


$100,000.00 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Settlement for rear-end collision.


$135,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker injured when forklift pushed pallets into him breaking both legs.


$100,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured back helping move patient.


$175,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured her back.


$185,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from a ladder causing a traumatic brain injury.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker injured left foot when it got caught in a drain.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker injured his back while moving a cart.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker was in an attic working when the 2 x 4 he was standing on broke, causing him to fall about 20 feet injuring his left hand and crushing both ankles.


$140,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his neck and back after slipping on wet leaves and fell backwards.


$100,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was pushing a large steel plate on a worktable when he injured his low back.

2014


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Settlement for head-on collision.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who got right hand got caught in a lathe.


$865,536.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a truck driver whose truck turned over by high wind causing multiple injuries including fractured ribs, injury to his neck and spine and causing a closed head injury.


$240,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from scaffolding causing severe injuries.


$185,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was injured while trying to move a carrier robot from assembly line when the carrier pushed her into the cab of a truck injuring her right shoulder.


$185,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was straightening a metal bar on a flatbed truck when the bar slipped causing him to fall backwards causing injury to his left hip and back.


$200,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from a ladder injuring his head, neck and back.


$430,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose right hand was amputated at the wrist by a "hopper" machine he was attempting to unclog.


$210,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who crushed between a 8,000 lb spool of transmission cable sustaining multiple injuries to his ribs, tailbone, pelvic, arm, contusions to his liver and spleen.


$215,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was injured lifting a 22-inch block.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who involved in an motor vehicle accident while working and injured his left shoulder, neck and back.

2013


$300,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Settlement for head-on collision resulting in wrongful death.


$100,000.00 Lincoln County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for worker struck and thrown into the track of skid steer causing significant injuries.


$175,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who cut left foot on metal.


$172,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was involved in a motor vehicle accident injuring his left knee, right hand, left shoulder, left elbow and left hand.


$145,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back lifting a 75-pound steel wheel.


$135,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back pulling a dump out of a Formax machine.

2012


$325,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back while pulling hydraulic jack.


$602,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker that was traveling in a passenger vehicle and was rear-ended by a transfer truck.


$125,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who sustained a crush injury to her right foot and ankle.


$200,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from a ladder while pulling wire injuring his right shoulder and cervical spine.

2011


$185,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Medical negligence settlement for gentleman who had to have toes amputated due to wound vac being placed incorrectly at high pressure compromising blood supply to toes.


$200,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Settlement for automobile accident where defendant fell asleep and hit clients car head-on, shattered leg, broken femurs.


$120,000.00North Carolina
- Long term disability settlement.


$175,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker slipped and injured low back.


$161,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker struck by car that came through the building.


$225,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker tripped over boxes injuring right shoulder.


$229,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose hand got caught in a machine.


$225,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was hit in the head by the boom on a backhoe.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who crushed his right arm from his elbow to his hand after it got caught in a machine while inputting cardboard.


$150,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who slipped and fell on water from a leaking cooler injuring his back.


$137,500.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was squatting on his knees pulling on a wrench to break a fitting, when the fitting broke and he fell backwards injuring his right shoulder, arm and neck.

2010


$1,295,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Guaranteed Benefit and Structured Settlement. Expected payout $2,085,000.00 recovered on behalf of a minor in a wrongful death claim against a trucking company for a trucking accident on a highway.


$285,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for gentleman who hurt his back and shoulder in two separate accidents.


$225,000.00 York County, South Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for gentleman who had a lower back injury from car wreck.


$190,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Settlement for motor vehicle accident, neck injury with surgery.


$100,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Settlement for motorcycle wreck, rear-end collision.


$260,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell injuring his left shoulder and low back.


$185,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who was hit by a frame and suffered a significant head wound, neck injury, right arm contusion, and fractures to the right leg.


$187,500.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured her back while moving a patient.


$255,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who slipped on ice and mud injuring his back.


$185,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from a ramp injuring his right hand and left leg.

2009


$200,000.00
Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his lower back lifting a camera out of a manhole.


$500,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Settlement in a medical malpractice case for failure to diagnose renal failure.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Minor settlement for a young girl who fell through a glass fish tank that was left out in a yard and severed nerves in the young girl’s leg.


$100,000.00 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- For rear-end collision, wrist and hand injury.

2008


$225,000.00 Graham County, North Carolina
- Minor settlement in a medical malpractice claim for failure to diagnose a ruptured appendix.


$1,000,000.00 Oconee County, South Carolina
- Settlement for an automobile accident caused by a tractor trailer, multiple injuries including a broken hip and fractured femur.


$215,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a claimant with an injured right knee on a forklift.


$200,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell off a ladder and injured the lower back and neck.


$240,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker with an injured back and developed depression.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident, back injury.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a rear-ended motor vehicle accident, injury to neck and shoulder.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for motor vehicle accident, one-car accident where the car struck a telephone pole, neck and back injuries.


$225,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker that was hit by a large roll in his back and suffered paralysis.

2007


$625,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker whose arm was caught in a large sanding roll causing injury to his arm and subsequently developing reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD).


$120,000.00 North Carolina
- On a Long-Term Disability claim that had been denied by the insurance carrier.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for an automobile accident where client injured back and leg.


$220,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back when he slipped on ice.


$255,807.15 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his lower back.

2006


$200,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor cycle that was rear-ended, client injured his back and leg.


$125,590.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident where a woman crushed her right foot and had multiple injuries.


$190,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a seven-year old girl who was bitten by a dog, injuries to the face and neck.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident, head-on collision – client expired, wrongful death claim.


$227,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a client who injured his back slipping and falling on ice

2005


$617,603.84 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a long-distance truck driver who had a heart attack while driving over the mountains in Colorado.


$130,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident, injuries to neck and back.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident with injuries to the back.


$675,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a client who’s right foot was run over by a pick-up truck.

2004


$200,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who injured his back installing cabinets.


$137,500.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Settlement for breach of contract, claim against an engineer.


$255,507.32 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident.


$115,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Jury Verdict, motor vehicle accident, crushed foot.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement, motor vehicle accident, client’s spleen had to be removed and she had broken ribs.


$155,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for medical negligence – client developed bed sores while she was a resident of a nursing home.


$86,292.32 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Jury Verdict for a breach of contract against the Mecklenburg County School System for failure to pay contractor.


$100,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident, injuries to neck and arms.

2003


$250,000.00 North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement – client was riding a bicycle struck by a truck injuring arm.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement for a motor vehicle accident, injuries to neck and shoulders.


$144,000.00 North Carolina
- Settlement where client has been denied his Long Term Disability.


$100,000.00 Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death settlement – client was riding a bicycle and struck by a car and killed.


$190,000.00 North Carolina
- Third-party tort claim settlement.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury settlement – motor vehicle accident, client sustained head injuries.

2002


$500,000.00 North Carolina
- Third-Party tort claim settlement – client had sever burns.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death settlement – Defendant fell asleep at the wheel.


$200,000.00 North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who fell from a trailer hitch and injured his back.

2001


$650,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- personal injury settlement – head-on motor vehicle accident, client struck by drunk driver.


$100,000.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury claim – motor vehicle accident, injuries to head and foot.


$192,500.00 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death claim - client was a passenger in car that was rear-ended by transfer truck – client dead on arrival.


$100,000.00Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury claim – motor vehicle accident, client car struck by drunk driver.


$100,000.00Gaston County, North Carolina
- Personal injury claim – motor vehicle accident, injuries to neck and head.

2000


$448,694.08North Carolina
- Workers’ compensation settlement for a worker who developed an occupational lung disease – pneumoconiosis – which resulted in the need for a lung transplant, structured settlement.


$450,000.00Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Wrongful death settlement for client who was administered the wrong medication while in hospital.

Published Cases

Sizemore v. Raxter, 344 S.E.2d 391, 314 N.C. 527

Sizemore v. Raxter, 327 S.E.2d 258, 73N.C.App. 531

Ross v. Young Supply Co., 322 S.E.2d 648, 71 N.C. App. 532

Bush v. BASF Wyandotte Corp., 306 S.E.2d 562, 64 N.C. App. 41

Hughey v. Cloninger, 253 S.E.2d 898, 297 N.C. 86

Phillips v. Phillips, 252 S.E.2d 790, 34 N.C. App. 428

Henderson County v. Osteen, 235 S.E.2d 166, 292 N.C. 692

In re Robinson, 215 S.E.2d 631, 26 N.C. App. 341

Gastonia Personnel Corp. v. Rogers, 172 S.E.2d 19, 276 N.C. 279

Gastonia Personnel Corp. v. Rogers, 168 S.E.2d 31, 5 N.C. App. 219

State v. Gibson, 162 S.E.2d 627, 2 N.C. App. 187

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