San Jose Personal Injury Lawyers

Verdicts, Settlements and Judgments

Van Der Walde & Associates gets results!

Van Der Walde & Associates has resolved hundreds of cases, resulting in millions of dollars in settlements, verdicts and judgments. Here are a few examples of the results we have obtained for real clients, just like you.

These examples are not a guarantee or prediction regarding the outcome of any future case. Results vary from case to case.

  • $2,500,000 - Corporate fraud and shareholder derivative


  • $1,475,000 - Auto v. pedestrian


  • $1,090,000 - Childhood sexual abuse


  • $1,002,500 - Single car rollover

    Case involved a settlement with a major automobile manufacturer for head injury and the loss of Plaintiff's kidney resulting from a single car rollover accident where 25 year old man was ejected from the car due to a malfunctioning seat belt.


  • $850,000 - Rollover automobile accident

    Case involved a rollover automobile accident causing rib, hip and pelvis fractures as well as internal injuries, including punctured lungs and spleen in a 20 year old man.


  • $475,000 - Wrongful death

    Case involving the death of a 75 year old mother who was struck while crossing the road.


  • $465,000 - Slip-and-fall accident

    Case involved a a slip-and-fall accident caused by an accumulation of printing ink on the stairs, resulting in multiple herniated disks in a 37 year old woman.


  • $350,000 - Head-on collision

    Compensation for plaintiff involved in a head-on collision caused by minor driver losing control of vehicle and jumping the median, resulting in major injury to a 40 year old woman's hips with a recommendation for hip replacement.


  • $300,000 - Back injury

    Trial with the City of Palo Alto involving the aggravation of a back injury in a 50 year old paraplegic man, resulting in significant spasm and increased pain, when he fell on his tailbone during a transfer from his wheelchair to the pool as the result of a defectively installed lift operated by the city.


  • $300,000 - Bicycle accident

    Compensation for a 65 year old male bicyclist with a fractured vertebrae with nerve impingement when he was rear-ended by an intoxicated driver. Read a letter from the client


  • $275,000 - Fractured bone

    Trial for a 75 year old female plaintiff who suffered a broken hip when the defendant lost control of his vehicle and crossed into oncoming traffic.


  • $250,000 - Rear-ended accident

    Compensation for the fractured leg of a motorcyclist when a vehicle turned left into his path of travel.


  • $234,097 - Premises liability injury

    Case against property owner for a broken knee sustained by an 82-year-old disabled woman when she was struck by a car in a shopping mall parking lot that lacked handicapped crosswalks.


  • $225,000 - Bus accident injury

    Case involving Valley Transit Authority for a broken shoulder sustained by Plaintiff when the bus she was riding suddenly stopped, ejecting her from her seat and into a pole across the bus.


  • $175,000 - Motorcycle accident

    Compensation for 50 year old male plaintiff who suffered a severely fractured wrist when a car turned left and struck the victim's motorcycle.


  • $115,000 - Motorcycle accident

    Compensation for a motorcyclist who suffered a fractured leg when a vehicle turned left into his path of travel.


  • $100,000 - Bone fracture

    Compensation for a 50 year old paraplegic woman who sustained a fractured leg when she thrown from her wheelchair while riding in an Outreach van.


  • $100,000 - Single car rollover accident

    Compensation for plaintiff who suffered severe scalp lacerations as the passenger of a single car rollover accident.

Confidential settlements where Van Der Walde & Associates secured the maximum policy amount available:

  • Policy limit settlement - Wrongful death

    For the wrongful death of a 20 year old motorcyclist killed by a car pulling out of a gas station into his path.


  • Policy limit settlement plus $150,000 in bad faith damages - Wrongful death

    For the wrongful death of the plaintiff's husband, caused by an auto accident where the defendant failed to yield the right-of-way while making a left turn.


  • Double policy limit settlement - Motorcycle accident

    From the drivers of both vehicles for Injuries to a 35 year old female motorcycle passenger who severely fractured her leg when a vehicle making a left turn collided with the motorcycle.


  • Policy limit settlement - Wrongful death

    For wrongful death of a 25 year old man from a head-on collision caused by a diabetic in hypoglycemic shock driving the wrong way on the freeway.


  • Policy limit settlement - Freeway auto accident

    For multiple pelvic fractures and a punctured lung of a 20 year old female passenger in a car that attempted to cross multiple lanes to exit the freeway.


  • Policy limit settlement - Wrongful death

    For the wrongful death of a 50 year old mother who was struck by a car in a parking lot, dragged, then run over again when the defendant put the car in reverse.


  • Policy limit settlement - Rear-end collision

    For a 50 year old man who lost an arm in a rear-end collision on the freeway caused by a drunk driver.


  • Policy limit settlement - Automobile versus automobile accident

    For the spinal cord and brain injuries suffered by a 50 year old man as a result of a automobile versus automobile accident where the defendant failed to yield the right of way when making a left hand turn.


  • Policy limit settlements - Head on automobile accident

    For two victims of a head on automobile accident, where one victim had a fractured foot and internal injuries and the other victim suffered a spinal cord injury. The accident occurred because the defendant was traveling at a high speed and lost control of his vehicle, jumping over the median and colliding with the plaintiffs' vehicle.


  • Policy limit settlements - Rear-end automobile accident

    For three victims of a rear-end automobile accident on the freeway. One minor male plaintiff sustained fatal injuries, the other minor plaintiff sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries.

These examples are not a guarantee or prediction regarding the outcome of any future cases. Results vary from case to case.

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