Severe Injuries Will Require Medical Care for Life Monte L. was in a serious motorcycle accident. His motorcycle was totaled by a commercial vehicle and Monte sustained major injuries, including a brain injury. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance for extensive treatment. Monte found himself not only unable to work but unable to…
Henry T. was badly hurt when a teenager driving a local company’s vehicle turned in front of his motorcycle, causing Henry to crash into the side of the car. The insurance company that issued the policy to the company employing the teenager denied any liability and said there would be no settlement offer. Dianne Sawaya…
Searching for Every Source of Compensation Irene H. was the passenger on a motorcycle that was hit broadside by the driver of a car that ran a stop sign. She suffered severe neck injuries, a broken leg and a head injury, even though she was wearing a helmet. She was treated at a Denver trauma…
Insurance Company Said Client Was Making Up Story Janine Wallace tripped over a loose piece of rubber molding at the top of a set of stairs at her employer’s office. She fell head-first down the stairs and suffered serious injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. Turns out the employer had complaints in the past about…
Insurance Company Blamed Sun Belt Driver in Colorado Snow Donna D.’s brother was visiting from Texas, and she let him borrow her car to run an errand. At an intersection in south Denver, a driver not paying attention slammed into the back of Joan’s car while it waited at a stop light, injuring Joan’s brother….
How an Experienced Attorney Makes Your Case Laurie T. was hurt in a Denver car accident on Interstate 70. She needed months of medical treatment and her bills were high. The person who crashed into her had $100,000 of insurance, and Laurie’s bills added up to a good portion of that. Despite that, Laurie decided…
Insurance Company Tries to Blame a Prior, Unrelated Injury to Avoid Paying Emma G. was stopped in traffic on Hwy. 285 when she was rear-ended. Her car was a total loss and even though she had her seat belt on, she suffered severe neck and chest injuries, with constant pain in her shoulders and the…
Knowing the System Nets Good Settlement Kevin E. was slowing down on an I-25 off-ramp when he was clipped from behind by an uninsured driver and pushed into the median. He suffered serious neck injuries and broke his back, which required surgery. Unfortunately, Kevin’s insurance policy only had uninsured motorist coverage of $25,000, far less…
Denver Car Accident Tanisha R. was driving on a busy street in north Denver when a driver wanting to go left turned into her lane and T-boned the driver’s side of her car. She suffered broken ribs, a broken arm and a mild brain injury from the side impact. Her medical bills quickly added up…
Jessica C. was in a bad car accident that resulted in many injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. Like our veterans who return from war with a brain injury, Jessica’s life was changed completely. In addition to the injuries she suffered in the accident, she had a number of physical conditions beforehand which were aggravated…
Helping Get Life Back to Normal Olivia G. was crossing the street in her neighborhood in Commerce City when she was struck by a careless driver and dragged by the vehicle. She was injured severely, and sustained cuts to her leg so deep that it damaged her bones. Olivia needed bone and skin grafts and…
Insurance Company Says They Won’t Pay, and Blames the Victim Instead Jennifer Gearhart was injured when a driver tried to beat a red light at a busy Denver intersection and lost, totaled Jennifer’s car and injuring her. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and faced months of painful recovery and rehabilitation, racking up…
Insurance Company Delaying Tactics Didn’t Work Brenda A. was hit head-on by an uninsured driver trying to beat a yellow light. She suffered complicated injuries to her jaw, neck and back, as well as a mild brain injury. Because the other driver had no insurance, Dianne Sawaya filed a claim with Brenda’s own insurance company….
Paltry Insurance Company Offer Leads to Reasonable Mediation Settlement Joan B. had just entered the downtown intersection when she barely avoided being broadsided by a car that ran a red light and didn’t stop or even slow down. As she was stopped in the intersection, Joan was rear-ended and required $40,000 of medical treatment resulting…
Helen A. was the passenger in a car that came upon a stranded motorist. The driver of Helen’s car did a U-turn to go back to help when she was broadsided by a drunk driver, causing serious injuries to Helen. The drunk driver’s insurance company didn’t want to pay, saying the driver of Helen’s car…
Insurance Company Refused to Pay for Medical Care Quentin Quimsley was seriously hurt in a car crash and saw two prior attorneys before coming to see the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya. He had gotten a lot of medical treatment for his injuries, but instead of being paid for by his health insurance, the providers…
The case was a rear-end accident with significant damages to the client’s auto on December 31, 2015. The client, a 62-year-old female, initially had chiropractic care for neck and low back pain but eventually went to a primary care provider to get imaging and to a spine specialist 10 months later. The imaging showed degenerative…
Getting the Money You Deserve from the Work Comp System Delander W. was working at his employer’s warehouse when an unsafe work area led to a wrenching knee injury. The injury was so serious it required knee surgery and replacement of part of Delander’s knee. The employer’s insurance company dug in its heels, said the…
CC and her passenger were driving to an appointment when her worst nightmare came to life. Another driver t-boned her car on the passenger side, totaling her car and injuring her and one of the three disabled adults she and her husband care for out of their home. Having served in the U.S. Military, CC…
Car Accident in Denver Cianne D. was in an accident that caused extreme damage to her vehicle. It also caused major damage to her leg and led to surgery. Dianne Sawaya presented the insurance company with a demand for $100,000 on the policy’s underlying Bodily Injury provision. In less than one month, the insurer settled…
Herman B. was hurt in a T-bone crash by a speeding driver. At 83 years of age, Herman’s case was complicated by pre-existing medical conditions. But the at-fault driver’s insurance company went beyond that and said Herman’s injuries were pre-existing and therefore they wouldn’t pay. So Dianne Sawaya filed a lawsuit to make the insurer…
Not Over Till It’s Over Geraldine M. worked in a liquor store. While moving beer from storage out to the front of the store, she twisted her knee sharply on a sticky carpet. Her knee hurt, but Geraldine was a hard worker and tried to take care of her injury on her own. Besides, her…
Smart Negotiating Means Win-Win A drunk driver smashed into Jenna T.’s car. Jenna was banged up but wasn’t in serious pain – yet. Because it can take time for serious injuries to develop, Jenna didn’t get medical treatment for nearly three months. Almost a year later, she contacted Dianne Sawaya, and by now she was…
Benny L. was hurt when he was rear-ended by a careless driver. Because his health insurance paid most of his bills – but not the deductibles and co-pays – Benny didn’t think to file a claim against the other driver’s insurance. As time went by, though, Benny’s pain grew more constant. He came to Dianne…
No Visa, No Options? Wrong. Claudio B. was a Mexico citizen with an expired U.S. visa when he was hurt in a work accident. Claudio didn’t call an attorney after his injury. His employer’s work comp insurer said Claudio wasn’t hurt very badly. Claudio’s own doctor said his injuries were bad – bulging spinal disks…
Denver Car Accident Claude H. was injured in a crash in downtown Denver, and thought he could handle his own insurance claim. He finished getting medical treatment and dealt with the insurance company himself. They fought him on the claim and offered only $6,800. He was frustrated and needed help, so he called Dianne Sawaya….
Nice Insurance Company? Hardly Vincent J. is one of the nicest people you’ll ever find. A careless driver plowed into the driver’s side of his car and he was hurt badly. When the at-fault driver’s insurance company completely denied that their client was liable, Vincent was stunned. That’s not how nice people act. Of course,…
Janice D. had a nightmare experience. First she was injured when she slipped at a commercial building. Then only a few weeks later she was driving home from a football game when she was rear-ended on I-25 by a drunk driver and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. She first hired another personal injury…
Large Employer Tries to Push Its Employee Around Brian J. was in a work accident that led to a serious knee injury. Following the injury, Brian’s employer – a large corporation – played hardball and denied that it was to blame. The company’s work comp doctor gave him a 0% impairment of his knee, meaning…
Bumper Sticker Moment Jessica L. was injured in a car accident and thought she could work things out with the at-fault driver’s insurance company. After a year of medical treatment she had racked up almost $10,000 in medical bills. During that same year she went back and forth with the insurance company and finally got…
Paula M. was rear-ended and suffered a bad shoulder injury. The doctor said she would need surgery. She tried working with the insurance company on her own to settle her case. But the insurer offered her only $2,000 and told her that was the best she would ever get. Paula came to the Law Offices…
Why You Need the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya Emma W. was injured on U.S. Postal Service property. After getting chiropractic care, the 82-year-old woman and her chiropractor filled out a federal form asking for reimbursement and sent it to the Postal Service. The U.S.P.S. sent Emma a check for a little over $7,000, enough…
A Long Reach for Compensation Calinda L. was sitting in her office when a car lost control and came through the glass windows and hit her desk, just missing Calinda. She was cut in several places from flying glass and was badly shaken up. Worse, she suffered back pain and spasms, neck pain, headaches, anxiety…
When Kathy was injured in a T-bone collision caused by another driver, she never expected to have to fight with her own insurance company… Kathy was driving through a green light when another driver ran the red light and T-boned her car on the driver’s side; causing significant arm, neck, and knee injuries. Kathy presented…
Placing Trust in the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya Michael was stopped at a red light when he was rear-ended by a semi-truck, pushing his truck 58 feet from the point of impact and causing injuries to his neck and shoulders. Michael went to visit his primary care provider (PCP) the next day and was…
Seeing A Case Through Until The End Brenda was injured in 2015 when another driver merged into her lane, sideswiping her car. After working with another personal injury attorney for two years, Brenda was blindsided when her attorney told her that he was dropping her case rather than taking it to litigation. Brenda, now living…
Age Does Matter… Six-year-old Will was crossing the street with his older brother when he was struck by a moving vehicle. Wayne was airlifted to Children’s hospital and was treated for a punctured lung, a lacerated liver, and several broken bones. The defendant driver claimed that Wayne had entered the street illegally and that they…
Getting Justice When the System Tried to Take It Away Derek J. was the passenger in a work truck a coworker was driving on a country dirt road in Montana. A speeding driver came over the ridge of a hill and struck Derek’s car head-on at a high rate of speed. Both trucks were totally…
Casting Light On a Dark Story Father David was having dinner with his superior, Father Steven. As they were leaving the restaurant through a dark hallway, Father David climbed a set of stairs and turned to exit the building. At the same time, another patron was entering the building, and Father David stepped back on…
Car Accident-Denver Sandra P. was side-swiped by a speeding driver and suffered knee and back injuries. The other driver’s insurance company said Sandra’s injuries existed before the accident and so they weren’t going to pay more than a tiny amount of money. Sandra at first wanted to work with a lawyer who helped her with…
Patricia G. was hurt when she was rear-ended at a stoplight and pushed into the car in front of her. Patricia’s car was wrecked and undrivable and had to be towed from the scene. Patricia went to the hospital in an ambulance. The at-fault driver’s insurance company paid the driver’s policy limits, but Patricia’s own…
Making Insurance Pay for Suffering and Barbie Dolls John Doe and his family were traveling cross-country to their new home in Colorado when they were slammed into by a semi-truck with a driver who had been behind the wheel way too long. The crash tore the Does’ car apart, scattering the five of them and…
Property Owner’s Denial of Responsibility for Injuries Didn’t Work Montgomery L. and a friend went to a restaurant for dinner. When they were leaving by the back door, another patron was entering. Montgomery stepped back as the door swung inward to allow the patron to enter. The problem was, the property owner had failed to…
Fifteen-year-old Sidney L. was in a car driven by his friend’s father when the father had a seizure and lost control. Sidney was badly hurt when the car rolled and crashed into a pole. He received surgery for a broken back and broken ankle, was treated for a dislocated shoulder and was restricted to a…
Insurance Companies Behaving Badly Larry R. was hurt by a negligent driver in a motorcycle accident. Shortly after being treated in the emergency room, the at-fault party’s insurance company sent Larry a check for $1,000. Larry remembered our TV commercial, in which I talked about the “small little check” trick insurance companies are trying these…
Sabrina B. was severely hurt by a hit-and-run driver and spent a lot of time in a wheelchair while being treated for her injuries. When she was finally better, Sabrina was told by her health insurance company that because of a federal law called ERISA, she would owe them as much as $340,000 from any…
