Case Results
Below are representative settlements and verdicts pursued and won by Buckfire & Buckfire.
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Michigan Car Accidents
- $1,375,000 - Detroit, Michigan car accident settlement for a woman who suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed in a rear-end auto collision . (Daniel L. Buckfire)
- 675,000 - Settlement for a Genessee County, Michigan woman who suffered serious orthopedic injuries in a truck accident. She suffered compound fractures to her tibia and fibula and required an external fixation device.
- 100,000 - Brighton, Michigan auto accident settlement for a teenage girl who was struck by another vehicle. She suffered a brain injury and had signficant scarring. (Robert Lantzy)
- 100,000 - Ann Arbor car accident settlement for a teenager who suffered fractures and scarring in an Ann Arbor car accident (Daniel L Buckfire)
- $385,000 - Dearborn, Michigan car accident arbitration award for a young woman who sustained serious injuries in a car accident, including traumatic brain injury, when she was struck by an uninsured motorist. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $433,000 - Settlement for a client who sustained a closed head injury after the vehicle she was driving in was forced off the roadway by a negligent motorist in Lansing, Michigan. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $300,000 - Lansing, Michigan car accident settlement for a woman who sustained significant scarring and orthopedic injuries after being struck by a car that crossed the center line of the highway and entered into her lane. She was represented by Daniel L. Buckfire.
- $525,000 - Detroit, Michigan car accident settlement for a client who sustained serious orthopedic injuries, including a fractured pelvis, after being struck by another vehicle when he stepped out of his vehicle onto the highway after an accident. He was represented by Daniel Buckfire.
- $280,000 - Settlement for three clients who sustained serious injuries when their vehicle was struck by a drunk driver. Suit was filed against the drunk driver and the bar that served the alcohol. Insurance companies for both parties paid the settlement. (Daniel Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Michigan car accident lawyer settlement for an elderly husband and wife who sustained serious injuries in a Michigan car crash.
- $125,000 - Michigan motorcycle accident settlement for a client who suffered a fractured wrist in a Detroit motorcycle accident. (David Buckfire)
- 91,000 - Michigan SUV settlement for a client who suffered serious bone fracture injuries when he was struck by an SUV as he crossed the street. The insurance policy limits were $100,000.
- 91,000 - $91,000.00 Detroit car accident settlement for a pedestrian struck hit by a car. He suffered injuries to his shoulder requiring surgery.
- $305,000 - $305,000 settlement for a Windsor, Ontario woman involved in a low impact auto accident in Detroit, Michigan. Our client suffered a herniated disc that required back surgery. (George Burke)
- $100,000 - Clare County Michigan car accident settlement for a 29 year old woman who suffered severe leg fractures when another driver crossed the center line of the road and struck her vehicle. The insurance company paid the full policy limits. (George Burke)
Slip and Fall Cases
- $90,000 - $90,000 settlement for a client who suffered serious knee injury due to a slip and fall on an icy sidewalk outside his Detroit apartment (Thomas Economy)
- $70,000 - $70,000 settlement for a woman who suffered a brachial plexus injury that required surgery after an intoxicated "friend" pulled her arm at a swimming pool party. The "friend's" homeowner's insurance company paid the settlement. (Daniel L. Buckfire)
- $1,425,000 - Slip and fall jury verdict for a client who sustained a closed head injury as a result of a slip and fall accident on a wet floor in a major fast food restaurant. The case was tried before a Wayne County, Michigan jury. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $125,000 - Settlement for a nurse who slipped and fell on a wet floor at a Michigan hospital and suffered a serious elbow injury. There was no Wet Floor sign in the area. (George Burke)
Dog Bites and Attacks
- $225,000 - Warren, Michigan dog bite injury settlement for a young girl who was bitten in the face by a neighbor's dog. She had significant scars which required plastic surgery. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $55,000 - Settlement for a young girl who suffered a facial scar due to a dog bite. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $40,000 - $40,000-Settlement for Shelby Township teenage girl who suffered a facial laceration from a dog bite. The insurance for the owner of the dog paid the settlement.
Child Lead Poisoning
- $325,000 - Landlord's insurance company paid the settlement for a girl who suffered significant lead poisoning injuries and underwent chelation therapy for her lead intoxication. She has cognitive and behavioral deficits due to her lead poisoning, which was caused by peeling and chipping lead-based paint in a Toledo rental home. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $325,000 - $325,000 Toledo, Ohio lead poisoning settlment for a teenager who was hospitalized as a child due to high blood lead levels (Lawrence J Buckfire)
- $350,000 - $350,000 settlement for twin girls in Saginaw, Michigan who suffered lead poisoning injuries at a rental home (Lawrence J Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Arbitration award for a young boy who suffered lead poisoning due to a contractor failing to use lead safe practices during a renovation project in his Detroit, Michigan home. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $450,000 - Settlement for a 19-year-old man who suffered significant lead poisoning as an infant while residing in a rental property in Champaign County, Ohio. As a child, his lead levels were high enough to require multiple hospitalizations and chelation treatment. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $200,000 - Settlement for a teenage girl who suffered lead poisoning at a rental property in Toledo, OH when she was a young child. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $195,000 - Settlement for siblings who were diagnosed with lead poisoning in a home purchased by their mother through a real estate agent. The suit alleged misrepresentations by the agent in the transaction. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $390,000 - Settlement for a child who suffered lead poisoning from lead based paint and dust hazards at a rental property in Flint, Michigan. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $300,000 - Settlement for lead poisoned siblings in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $250,000 - Settlement for lead poisoned siblings in Toledo, Ohio. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $197,500 - Settlement for lead poisoned siblings in Toledo, Ohio. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Settlement for a child who suffered lead poisoning at a rental home in Lansing, Michigan (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $115,000 - Settlement for a young girl who suffered lead poisoning injuries at a rental property in Macomb County, Michigan. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $375,000 - Settlement for a child who suffered lead poisoning injuries due to lead based paint and dust hazards at a rental property in Flint, Michigan. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $1,400,000 - For a lead poisoned child with behavioral problems and learning difficulties. He lived in a HUD government subsidized apartment building at the time of his poisoning.
- $650,000 - Michigan personal injury settlement for a lead poisoned child in an apartment complex in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $600,000 - Settlement for lead poisoned siblings at a rental in the City of Detroit. (Robert J Lantzy)
- $400,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at rental home in Muskegon, Michigan. (Robert J Lantzy)
- $300,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Muskegon, Michigan (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Grand Rapids, Michigan (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $250,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Lansing, Michigan (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $275,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in a single family home in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $230,000 - Arbitration award for a child at rental home in the City of Detroit. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $650,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in an apartment complex in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $275,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in single family home in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $600,000 - Settlement for lead poisoned siblings at a rental in the City of Detroit. (Robert J Lantzy)
- $400,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at rental home in Muskegon, Michigan. (Robert J Lantzy)
- $300,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Muskegon, Michigan (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Grand Rapids, Michigan (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $250,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child at a rental home in Lansing, Michigan (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $275,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in a single family home in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $650,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in an apartment complex in the City of Detroit. The child had speech and language impairments, learning difficulties, and behavioral problems. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $625,000 - Detroit lead paint poisoning settlement for two lead poisoned siblings against two separate landlords in the City of Detroit.
- $500,00,00 - Detroit personal injury settlement for a lead poisoned child against a public housing commission. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $270,000 - For two lead poisoned children against a former landlord in the City of Detroit.
- $400,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in Howell, Michigan. He was represented by Lawrence J. Buckfire.
- $400,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in Howell, Michigan. He was represented by Lawrence J. Buckfire.
- $212,500 - For a lead poisoned child in Monroe, Michigan. She was represented by attorney Lawrence J. Buckfire.
- $185,000 - Settlement for two children who were lead poisoned in their
rented home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The landlord's insurance company
paid the settlement. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $177,500 - For two lead poisoned children in Detroit, Michigan. They were represented by attorney Lawrence J. Buckfire
- $150,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in Monroe, Michigan. (Lawrence J.Buckfire)
- $100,000 - Settlement for a lead poisoned child in Monroe, Michigan. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $500,000 - Judgment against an apartment complex landlord in Detroit, Michigan for a child who sustained injuries due to lead poisoning. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $225,000 - Settlement for a 6 year old child who suffered lead poisoning at two successive apartments in Cleveland, Ohio and then Detroit, Michigan. The insurance companies for both landlords paid for the settlement. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $150,000 - Settlement for an 8 year old boy who suffered lead
poisoning due to his landlord powerwashing the outside of the premises
and creating lead paint hazards in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Lawrence J.
Buckfire)
- $120,000 - Settlement for a 7 year old girl who suffered from lead
poisoning at a rental property in Detroit, Michigan. (Lawrence J.
Buckfire)
- $100,000 - Settlement for a 5 year old girl who suffered from lead
poisoning at a rental home in Lansing, Michigan. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $475,000 - For a young girl who sustained lead poisoning as the result of a landlord improperly scraping and torching lead-based paint in her apartment in Monroe, Michigan. She has learning disabilities and behavioral problems from her lead exposure. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $250,000 - For a lead-poisoned child in the City of Detroit. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $190,000 - For lead-poisoned siblings at a rental home in the City of Detroit. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $375,000 - For lead-poisoned siblings at a rental apartment in the City of Detroit. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $450,000 - For lead-poisoned siblings at a rental home in the City of Detroit. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $250,000.00 - Ohio lead paint settlement for lead poisoned siblings at a Toledo rental home (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $195,000 - Settlement for a lead-poisoned girl against a Toledo, Ohio landlord
- 300,000 - For a young girl lead poisoned in a rental home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was hospitalized for her high lead level. (Lawrence J Buckfire)
- $290,000 - Genessee County settlement for a young boy who was lead poisoned due to a dangerous home in Flint, Michigan (Robert J. Lantzy)
Michigan Wrongful Death Cases
- $1,600,000 - Oakland County, Michigan Wrongful death settlement in for the estate of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in a car accident by a corporate vehicle. (Thomas Economy and Lawrence J Buckfire)
- $850,000 - Settlement for the family of a young man who drowned in an improperly maintained motel swimming pool. Family members filed a wrongful death claim on his behalf. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- 150,000 - Flint, Michigan carbon monoxide poisonng settlement for parents of an infant who died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a defective heating unit in an apartment (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $195,000 - Michigan wrongful death settlement for the family of a mentally impaired man with a seizure disorder who fell from a ladder and died after striking his head. He was not properly supervised or attended. (George Burke)
Michigan No-Fault Insurance
Motorcycle Accidents
- $1,100,000 - Detroit, Michigan motorcycle accident settlement for an experienced biker who suffered catastrophic injuries, including a brain injury and numerous bone fractures, when a truck forced him into oncoming traffic (George Burke)
- $5,000,000 - Michigan motorcycle accident judgment against a negligent driver who struck and severely injured a motorcyclist. The motorcycle rider is permanently disabled from work and requires lifetime medical care (George Burke)
- $500,000 -
Michigan motorcycle accident client was wrongfully denied his insurance benefits. The no-fault insurance company denied payment of medical and other insurance benefits to a biker seriously injured in a Michigan motorcycle accident. A lawsuit was filed and the company was forced to pay more than $500,000 in insurance benefits, which included wage loss benefits and attendant care benefits in addition to medical bills. (George Burke)
Michigan Truck Accident Lawyer
- $1,800,000 - Detroit Michigan truck accident settlement for a client who sustained a serious brain injury after being struck by a semi-truck on the highway (David Buckfire)
Brain Injuries
Medical Malpractice
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Due to the delay in diagnosis of a ruptured esophagus by at an Oakland County, Michigan hospital emergency room and by a family practice physician, our client had multiple surgeries and hospitalizations.
- $135,000 - Lasik settlement against Lasik surgeon and clinic for medical negligence relating to Lasik surgery. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $3,750,000 - Settlement for a client who was not properly supervised in the suicide wing of a well-known Michigan hospital. She sustained a permanent brain injury as a result of a failed suicide attempt. She was not properly monitored. (David Buckfire)
- $175,000 - Malpractice settlement on behalf of the family of a mental health patient who drowned in a bathtub in a state mental institution. (Vicky W. Buckfire)
- $400,000 - Michigan medical malpractice case settlement against a Detroit area hospital and emergency room physicians for failure to diagnose frostbite in a patient who suffered significant complications and disabilities as a result. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $250,000 - Detroit medical malpractice wrongful death lawyer settlement for against a hospital and emergency room physician for the failure to properly treat a patient with severe hypoglycemia. Patient suffered severe complications due to the failure to treat. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $290,000 - Michigan medical malpractice jury verdict for a patient who sustained a pressure ulcer requiring surgery while in intensive care at a local hospital. The hospital offered zero dollars to settle the case. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
Nursing Home Neglect
Types of Injury Cases
Drunk Drivers and Bars
- confidential - Settlement against a Detroit bar that served alcohol to a drunk driver shortly before a car accident that injured our client
- 100,000 - $100,000 Detroit drunk driving accident settlement for a man who suffered severe orthopedic injuries in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. The bar was sued for serving alcohol to the driver (Daniel L. Buckfire)
Premises Liability
- $50,000 - Settlement for a man who suffered a knee injury when he slipped and fell on ice in a business parking lot in Birmingham, Michigan. The business failed to salt the lot. (George Burke)
- 85,000 - Settlement for a man who suffered a serious knee injury that required surgey. He fell on a broken step at a friend's home and was not warned of the danger. (Thomas Economy)
- $200,000 - Settlement after a jury verdict for a woman who sustained neurological injuries when an improperly secured shelf in a large retail clothing store fell and struck her in the head. The store denied liability and refused to settle the matter out of court. A jury in Oakland County, Michigan found that the store was negligent and awarded her a significant verdict. (Robert J. Lantzy)
- $250,000 - Detroit, Michigan settlement for a client who tripped on broken pavement in a business parking lot. There was also inadequate lighting in the area. (David Buckfire)
- $225,000 - Detroit, Michigan settlement for an elderly woman who suffered serious injuries requiring a knee replacement when the handrail on the staircase in her apartment collapsed, causing her to fall down the stairs. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $117,500 - Settlement for a client who tripped and was injured due to defective lighting in the building where she worked. (Daniel Buckfire)
- $117,500 - Settlement for a client who tripped and was injured due to defective lighting in the building where she worked. (Daniel Buckfire)
Products Liability
- $1,200,000 - Settlement for a client whose hands were crushed in a press on the job. Many of the safety features were disabled by the employer. (David Buckfire)
- $125,000 - Michigan client sustained serious eye injuries from chemical burns due to a dangerous household drain cleaner. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $125,000 - Settlement against a drain cleaner company for a woman who suffered burns to her face and eyes when a drain cleaner exploded in her face (Lawrence J Buckfire)
Governmental Liability
- $75,000 - Detroit arbitration award for a client who suffered serious injuries requiring surgery after she tripped and fell due to cracks in an uneven sidewalk in the City of Detroit.(Thomas N. Economy)
- $250,000 - Settlement against a county road commission for failing to properly maintain the improved portion of the roadway which resulted in the wrongful death of a young mother. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $465,000 - Settlement on behalf of a woman who was sexually assaulted by her probation officer. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $125,000 - Settlement on behalf of the family of an elderly client who died after falling on a defective city sidewalk and striking his head. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- $125,000 - Settlement for a client who sustained serious injuries due to improper traffic signs at a dangerous intersection. (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
Miscellaneous
- $100,000 - Oakland County Michigan settlement for a child who suffered third degree burn injuries at a party where the homeowner left burning candles in the open and the boys Halloween costume caught on fire. The homeowner's insurance policy paid the full policy limits (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
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- 125,000 - Detroit aviation ettlement against an international airlines for a client who sustained injuries when a heavy item fell from an overhead compartment and struck him on the head.
- $122,500.00 - Detroit, Michigan jury verdict against a disability insurance company for refusing to pay our client his disability insurance benefits resulting from a back injury. (David Buckfire)
- 90,000 - Macomb County Michigan settlement for a woman who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning due to a defective furnace in her apartment (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- 150,000 - Detroit burn injury settlement for a Michigan woman was suffered burns to her back when a Detroit casino employee spilled hot coffee on her back (Lawrence J. Buckfire)
- 150,000 - Arbitration award for a child who suffered injuries to his eye from a negligently discharged firework.
- 100,000 - Settlement for a woman who suffered a serious brain injury after being thrown from horse (Robert Lantzy)
Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.