Petrillo & Goldberg has resolved two personal injury claims for elderly clients.

$295,000 FOR GRANDMOM ESCORTING GRANDCHILDREN,
$128,656 FOR ELDERLY SLIP AND FALL VICTIM

The first claim involved a grandmother escorting her grandchildren, who fell into a hole left by vandals who removed a parking meter.

The second involved an elderly victim who slipped and fell on ice leaving a hair salon.

Personal injury claims for the elderly usually take on special characteristics. Generally, elderly claimants make good witnesses in front of juries. However, defense attorneys will try to lessen damages by alleging lesser life expectancies. Also, elderly claimants usually have an interest in resolving their claims more quickly as prolonged litigation can be wearisome and can prevent elderly victims from the useful benefit of their compensation awards.

Lead trial counsel, Scott Goldberg, advises that, in light of these concerns, Petrillo and Goldberg will place claims involving elderly claimants into suit and initiate all available settlement methods as quickly as possible to bring such claims to a successful conclusion. “Insurance companies get really nervous when an elderly claimant testifies in court because juries tend to like them so much,” commented Goldberg. “So we put such cases into suit as quickly as possible while exhausting all available settlement methods such as mediation or arbitration,” he added.

The results speak for themselves.