2007: $7 million slip and fall in a restaurant
Mr. Wiseman was part of a 4 member legal team who represented a middle aged women who slipped and fell in a fast food restaurant. She suffered a severe neck fracture, RSD and was no longer able to work. The case was fought to the end and finally successfully resolved for approximately $7 million.
2007: $350,000 nursing home negligence
Mr. Wiseman represented an elderly nursing home resident who fell while a resident at the home and tragically died several months later. The nursing home only had minimum insurance, however, Mr. Wiseman was able to obtain a settlement of $350,000, well in excess of the minimal policy limits.
2007: $275,000 nursing home negligence
Mr. Wiseman represented the daughter of an elderly nursing home resident who died as a result of an infection which was untimely recognized and treated. The insurance policy limits for the nursing home was less than $100,000. Mr. Wiseman was able to successfully resolve the case weeks before trial for $275,000, nearly three time the insurance policy.
2007: $250,000 eye injury from defective and dangerous PVC package
Mr. Wiseman represented a middle aged father of two for a severe eye injury sustained after being struck by a drill bit when opening the PVC packaging it was contained in. Through his investigation, Mr. Wiseman was able to uncover that the drill bit company had not adequately considered the safety of the consumer when opening the PVC package. Instead, the drill bit company was more focused on making the packaging attractive, theft proof and damage proof. Mr. Wiseman successfully fought corporate America and helped his client obtain $250,000.
2006: $8.9 million automobile/construction liability
Mr. Wiseman helped his client in a case where she had been catastrophically injured as a passenger in the rear of a vehicle which was t-boned exiting a gas station. She filed a lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle, the gas station owner and a number of entities involved in the construction of the gas station. The case was successfully resolved for $8.9 million just days before trial.
2006: $1.7 million negligent roadside maintenance
Mr. Wiseman helped prosecute a local government on behalf of a catastrophically injured client for failing to properly maintain a tree which had fallen on his vehicle while driving. The local government had a cap on their damages of $100,000, however, against all conceivable odds the claim was ultimately successfully settled for $1.7 million.
2006: $500,000 bad faith/refusal to defend by insurance company
Mr. Wiseman represented a middle aged man who suffered a herniated disk in his neck after being crushed at a rock concert. Mr. Wiseman's client brought a claim against the rock concert venue. The insurance company for the rock concert venue chose not to provide a defense to its insured. The concert venue then agreed a settlement at mediation with Mr. Wiseman's client and assigned to him their claims against the insurance company for refusing to defend them. Ultimately, his client sued the insurance company for refusing to defend him and the insurance agency where the insurance was procured, and was able to successfully resolve the case for $500,000.
