Stephen worked out in his gym nearly every day of the week, keeping him healthy with vigorous workouts.

While exercising on a stationary bike, a piece of the bike on the handlebar broke causing Stephen to lunge forward, directly impacting his forehead. He suffered numbers of Musculoskeletal issues, most importantly, he suffered a severe concussion.

The Defendant's gym blamed the manufacturer. While the manufacturer blamed several local vendors, from various parts of the world. Further, the company blamed the gym for failing to maintain the bike.

We were able to prove, with the right experts, that the bike was negligently designed due to the use of one injection mold to manufacture multiple pieces of the bike to save money while introducing unnecessary weakness into the design.

In a video deposition, the gym admitted he never had the bike maintained nor inspected.

What happened to Stephen was a disc arthroplasty surgery at C3, C4, and C4, C5. His post-concussion syndrome was severe causing him to become disoriented, with severe ongoing headaches and memory loss. He was hospitalized in a clinic suffering a moderate-to-severe TBI, altering his life. Unfortunately, Stephen will require ongoing therapies and treatment for the rest of his life.

Immediately before trial, after years of litigation, Defendants asked to mediate.

With mediator Steven Kuhn, we successfully won Stephen his rightfully deserved $1,000,000 settlement.

February 21, 2024. 

Not only do doctors and attorneys make bad mistakes when working on an MVA, so do patients.

Most patients have no experience with when they suffer a moderate to severe trauma. Naturally, sometimes patient mistakes can result in a zero settlement.

Good doctors and attorneys need to immediately educate the inexperienced patient of some of the following traps:



• Talking to the insurance company
• Trying to conceal past injuries
• Not doing rehab
• Exaggerating one’s injuries

For the other 9 mistakes get your free form by contacting

JohnTawlian@SteelEisner.com.

You might consider reprinting this form to give to all your new PI patients.

Remember the 3 C's of PI: Communication, Communication, Communication. Think of those old announcements they used to make on public transportation in the early 2000s: If you see something, say something. That should be the rule of thumb in a PI case. Make sure the PI attorney is well informed of needs for additional treatment, problems with patient attendance, billing issues, insurance issues, liability issues, or anything else that you think could be helpful. Ultimately, the sooner the Plaintiff’s attorney knows of issues, the better able they will be to solve those issues, resolve the case for good money, and get your bill paid.