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Verdicts & Settlements

Below is a sampling of verdicts and settlements obtained by Pryor Priest & Harber. If you wish to speak to a lawyer from our office in Knoxville, please complete our online contact form.

Type of Case	Case Description	Verdict, Judgment, or Settlement
Defective Product	Automobile product defect	$12.5 million
Automobile Accident	Motor vehicle defect	$11.5 million
Automobile Accident	Building materials retailer dropped package from its truck causing wreck resulting in brain damage to husband driver and wife passenger.	$9.3 million
Tractor-Trailer Accident	Child brain damaged in tractor-trailer wreck	$5 Million
Personal Injury	Burn injuries	$4.7 Million
Wrongful Death	Drunk driver automobile crash	$4.2 Million
Medical Malpractice	Child brain damaged at birth	$3 Million
Professional Negligence	Construction defect involving contractor and engineering firm	$3 Million
Personal Injury	Water-slide accident	$2.5 Million
Automobile Accident	Pedestrian automobile injuries	$2 Million
Automobile Accident	Drunk driver automobile crash	$2 Million
Motorcycle Accident	Major bodily injuries	$2 Million
Automobile Accident	Parking lot pedestrian accident	$1.3 Million
Insurance Law and Professional Negligence	Insurance carrier’s negligent failure to advise insured of changes to coverage	$1.2 Million
Wrongful Death and Defective Product	Negligent failure to secure trailer and trailer becomes detached. Failure to warn of defective design.	$1.1 Million
Medical Malpractice	Negligent failure of government entity to provide adequate medical treatment	$1.1 Million
Personal Injury	Elderly woman loses lower leg when struck by automobile	$1.1 Million
Personal Injury	Tree falls in campground striking camper	$1 Million
Personal Injury	Burn injuries from electrical explosion	$750,000
Automobile Accident	Failure to yield – intersection wreck	$675,000
Wrongful Death	Failure to yield – intersection wreck	$600,000
Tractor-Trailer Accident	Tractor-trailer/automobile wreck	$600,000
Insurance Law	Stacking of out-of-state uninsured motorist coverage	$600,000
Automobile Accident	Automobile/truck intersection collision with physical and emotional injury to the automobile driver.	$595,000
Tractor-Trailer Accident	Rear-end tractor-trailer accident	$550,000
Professional Negligence	Sexual assault by another resident at an adolescent treatment facility	$470,000
Automobile Accident	Improperly designed roadway	$400,000
Wrongful Death	Rear-end tractor-trailer collision	$300,000
Personal Injury	Chair lift accident – negligent failure to assist customer onto chair lift	$250,000
Premises Liability	Defective chair resulting in fall	$225,000
Premises Liability	Slip and fall on a wet floor – failure to warn	$225,000.00

Other significant monetary settlements subject to confidentiality agreements required by defendants include:

U-Haul truck stalled on interstate highway
Two injuries and one death caused by defective cruise control in automobile
DOT worker knocked from bucket truck causing death
Child brain damaged at birth
Worker injured and burned in a gas explosion
Train hits car resulting in death
Death when forklift overturned
Surgical procedure on wrong body part
Negligent emergency response and failure to adequately treat
Psychiatric patient negligently released resulting in death to third party
Hospital ICU brain damage to young father as a result of unsuctioned mucous plug causing airway obstruction
Extensive burn injuries suffered by child as a result of gasoline spill near unelevated gas water heater
Death of husband and father as a result of overexertion during work-required treadmill run
Brain damage and ultimate death of hospitalized kidney stone patient due to morphine overdose
Hand injury to newborn infant as a result of IV line
Paralysis suffered in rollover collision caused by defective tire
Extensive burn injuries to child caused by defectively designed deep fryer