March ’21 – Last Month’s Results: Warnken, LLC Recovered $1,410,227.13 for 39 Injured Clients
Warnken, LLC once again recovered in excess of one million dollars for our injured clients last month. Thirty-nine cases concluded, either permanently, or, in the case of some workers’ comp cases, for now. Of the 39, four cases resulted in recoveries to the injured client in excess of $100,000. Please remember – to recover a specific sum – you generally need that level of injury. $100K recoveries come with $100K injuries. Million dollar recoveries are typically for million dollar injuries. Million dollar injuries are always life changing in a bad, bad way.
Please remember that each case is at least a little different and our successes in the past don’t guarantee success in your particular personal injury case. Warnken, LLC helps you recover the most compensation for your injuries. We don’t promise specific results or specific numbers. However, we promise our best efforts. Also, you don’t pay our fee or expenses, unless you win. If you get nothing, you pay nothing. Please see last month’s results below.
- Body Part: Knee
- Injury: Contusion
- Amount: $10,000
- Claimant slipped and fell down wet stairs. Claimant received an injection and was treated with physical therapy.
- Body Part: Shoulder
- Injury: Rotator Cuff Tear
- Amount: $128,290
- Claimant tripped and fell at work sustaining injury to the shoulder. Claimant was treated with diagnostic testing, surgery to repair the torn rotator cuff, and physical therapy. Claimant underwent a second surgery in the form of a reverse total shoulder replacement
- Body Part: Elbow
- Injury: Contusion
- Amount: $3,801
- Claimant slipped and fell on the floor at work. Claimant was treated with medication and phyiscal therapy.
- Body Part(s): Arm, Bicep
- Injury: Distal Bicep Tear
- Amount: $33,000
- Claimant was at work lifting heavy materials and injured the arm. Claimant was treated with medication, physical therapy and diagnostic testing. Claimant underwent surgery in the form of repair of the disatal bicep tendon.
- Body Part: Foot
- Injury: Fracture
- Amount: $52,903
- Claimant was at work climbing off ladder and sustained injury to the foot. Claimant was treated with splinting, surgical repair of the fracture, physical therapy and pain medication.
- Body Part(s): Foot
- Injury: Bimalleolar ankle fx, DVT
- Amount: $18,335
- Claimant jumped off of tractor when it started to slide into embankment and landed on his LLD. Treament consisted of surgery, physical therapy, and medications.
- Body Part(s): Thumb
- Injury: Chronic avulsion fx of the radial aspect of the MCP joint with chronic thickening of RCL ligament
- Amount: $5,720
- Claimant hyperextended her thumb while pulling a box down from a high shelf. Treatment consisted of occupational therapy
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Shoulder impingment w/ biceps tenosynpvitis, SLAP tear
- Amount: $28,975
- Claimant was lifting suitcase when experienced a sharp pain in neck and shoulder. Treatment consisted of physical theray, EMG, surgery and medications.
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Tendinopathy of rotator cuff
- Amount: $9,350
- Claimant was assisting a patient when she fell backwards with the patient landing on her right side. Treatment consisted of physical therapy and medications.
- Body Part(s): Back
- Injury: cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar sprain, shoulder sprain, knee contusion
- Amount: $17,500
- Claimant was rearended in MVC. Treatment consisted of physical therapy and medications
- Body Part(s): Knee
- Injury: patellar tendinitis, chondromalacia
- Amount: $7,500
- Claimant twisted left knee while stocking groceries. Treatment consisted of physical therapy and medications
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: rotator cuff tear, impingement syndrome
- Amount: $40,000
- Claimant injured her shouler while lifting kitty litter. Treament consisted of injections, physical therapy, EMG, surgery and medications
- Body Part(s): Head
- Injury: chronic post-traumatic headache, occipital neuralgia neuritis, hypereathesia, cervalgia
- Amount: $2,500
- Claimant was knocked down by teammate during lacrosse game and hit her head on the ground. Treatment with neurologist, neurosurgeon and consisted of injections, surgery and physical therapy
- Body Part(s): Head
- Injury: chronic post-traumatic headache, occipital neuralgia neuritis, hypereathesia, cervalgia
- Amount: $6,675
- Claimant’s teammate fell on her, causing her to hit the ground. Treatment with neurologist, neurosurgeon and consisted of injections
- Body Part(s): Arm
- Injury: distal biceps tendon rupture
- Amount: $549
- Claimant lifted A/C unit when he fet pop in arm. Treatment consisted of surgery, physical therapy and medications
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Rotator cuff tear
- Amount: Permanent and total disability
- Claimant was using louver saw when he felt pop in arm and shoulder. Treatment consisted of surgery, physical therapy, and medications.
- Body Part(s): Leg
- Injury: closed fx of distal end of right fibula
- Amount: $30,132
- Claimant tripped over board and fell, fracturing right leg. Treatment consisted of surgery, physical therapy and medications .
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Sprain/Strain
- Amount: $4,500
- Worker sustained neck and back injuries while working. The WCC “disallowed” the claim. An appeal was filed and the claim was settled between the parties which included payment for the post-injury outstanding medical care bills.
- Body Part(s): Foot/Ankle
- Injury: Talus fracture and inferior lateral malleolus ligament injury
- Amount: $30,713
- Claimant fell down the steps, landing on the ankle and sustained a fracture. Surgery to repair the talus fracture and to remove a bone ossicle of the inferior malleolus, ankle ligament stabilization, and plantar fasciectomy of the plantar heel. Second surgery was an arthroscopic drilling of the lateral dome osteochondral defect legion, anterior cheilectomy, peroneal tendon debridement, and sinus tarsi debridement. After post-surgical therapy, the injured worker returned to work in the same position.
- Body Part(s): Hip
- Injury: Fracture of the femoral neck requiring a hemiarthroplasty
- Amount: $290,449
- Client slipped and fell and sustained a hip fracture. Surgery included a hemiarthroplasty. Subsequent Injury Fund was implead. WCC found Claimant was permanently totally disabled due to a combination of the work injury, his pre-existing medical conditions, and the worsening of the pre-existing conditions.
- Body Part(s): Foot
- Injury: Lateral ligament injury
- Amount: $5,600
- Claimant sustained injury to the foot after falling from a raised box and twisting the ankle. Diagnosed with a lateral ligament injury. Claimant underwent conservative care with a foot and ankle specialist and returned to work for a different employer.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Herniated discs at C5-6 and C6-7 with bilateral foraminal stenosis
- Amount: $41,975
- Claimant sustained lifting injury to the neck. Two level disc herniation. After two sets of cervical epidural steroid injections, injured worker underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion to C5-6 and C6-7. Claimant returned to work for the same employer.
- Body Part(s): Knees
- Injury: Aggravation of tricompartmental osteoarthritis
- Amount: $10,000
- Claimant fell at work coming out of the main building, aggravating an underlying knee condition. Claim was settled in a contested posture because medical records showed client had been falling both before and after work injury due to unrelated medical conditions.
- Body Part(s): Head
- Injury: Traumatic brain injury and multiple orbital and facial fractures
- Amount: $34,480
- Claimant was working part time and fell from a ladder to the concrete. Traumatic brain injury with multiple facial and orbital fractures. Both wrists sustained radial fractures with one requiring an open reduction and open fixation. Audiogram showed traumatic hearing loss.
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: SLAP tear to the shoulder
- Amount: $7,040
- Claimant slipped and fell on broken walkway and was diagnosed with a SLAP tear in the shoulder. Cortisone injection was recommended, but refused. Claimant retired from Employer unrelated to the work injury.
- Body Part(s): Heart
- Injury: HTN
- Amount: $15,000
- Plaintiff developed hypertension as a result of his employment as a police officer.
- Body Part(s): Heart
- Injury: HTN
- Amount: $15,000
- Plaintiff developed hypertension as a result of his employment as a police officer.
- Body Part(s): Back
- Injury: Disc herniations
- Amount: $170,383
- Plaintiff suffered injury after lifting a heavy object at work. Claimant had two surgeries to the back and went through vocatiional rehabilitation.
- Body Part(s): Head
- Injury: Concussion
- Amount: $37,500
- Plaintiff was struck by a vehicle while walking into work. Claimant was treated with vestibular therapy and conservative treatment.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Cervical strain
- Amount: $7,100
- Plaintiff was rear-ended in a motor vehicle collision. Claimant was seen by the ER and had two follow up visits for care.
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Tear of the supraspinatus tendon
- Amount: $100,000
- Claimant was involved in a motor vehicle collision. Claimant was a passenger in the vehicle that was struck. Claimant had surgery as a result of the collision.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Disc protrusions
- Amount: $26,040
- Claimant was involved in a motor vehicle collision while working. Claimant had physical therapy and was able to return to pre-injury employment.
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Labral tear
- Amount: $33,480
- Claimant was involved in an altercation with an inmate and sustained injury. Claimant had surgery to repair the labral tear and was able to return to pre-injury employment.
- Body Part(s): Knee
- Injury: Chronic sprain superimposed on degenerative issues
- Amount: $25,725
- Claimant sustained injury during a company softball game. Claimant underwent injections and is recommended for a total knee replacement in the future.
- Body Part(s): Head
- Injury: Exposure to toxic substance
- Amount: $9,000
- Claimant was exposed to illicit drugs at work and developed headaches.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Disc herniation
- Amount: $86,563
- Claimant sustained injury after lifting heavy objects at work. Claimant underwent surgery to the shoulder and neck. The neck was determined not to be related, but was appealed. Claim settled on appeal, with an MSA.
- Body Part(s): Shoulder
- Injury: Strain
- Amount: $25,000
- Claimant tripped and fell causing injury. Claimant had therapy and an injection to the shoulder.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Sprain
- Amount: $24,570
- Claimant tripped and fell while walking up steps. Claimant had therapy and continued employment.
- Body Part(s): Neck
- Injury: Sprain
- Amount: $14,880
- Claimant sustained injury after lifting a heavy table at work. Claimant was seen at the PCP for a few visits.
