Issue: What are the jury verdicts and settlements of Plaintiffs with lumbar disc injuries and/or diskectomy surgical procedures in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and its surrounding counties?
| Area of Law: | Personal Injury & Negligence, Workers Compensation Insurance |
| Keywords: | Lumbar disc injuries and/or diskectomy surgical procedures; Jury verdicts and settlements |
| Jurisdiction: | Pennsylvania |
| Cited Cases: | None |
| Cited Statutes: | None |
| Date: | 03/01/2001 |
An online search through jury verdict and settlement files in several databases and review of published materials for cases involving plaintiffs who suffered from lumbar spine injuries and/or who underwent diskectomy surgical procedures yielded ten verdicts and settlements reports with one of those reports containing awards or settlements of $1,000,000 or more. Plaintiffs= verdicts and settlements ranged from $55,000 to $1,500,000, with an average of $320,200. Dropping the highest verdict and lowest figure the average becomes $205,875. In addition, four relevant defense verdicts were found.
Case valuation information in the Personal Injury Valuation Handbooks is often a constructive resource in attempting to determine the value of a case. The Valuation Handbooks indicate that nationwide in 1999 verdicts in personal injury cases resulting in herniated or ruptured discs for plaintiffs of all age groups ranged from $1 to $17,892,114. The median verdict was $65,000 and the average verdict, or mean, was $250,484.[1] Approximately 5% of all awards were above $1,000,000. The settlement range for herniated or ruptured discs was from $250 to $4,000,000, with a median settlement of $85,000 and an average of $206,522.
In addition, the Valuation Handbooks provide information on other types of disc injuries. For example, the verdict range for bulging or protruding discs was $1 to $1,737,412 with a median of $30,410 and an average of $85,352. The settlement range for bulging or protruded discs was $1,000 to $750,000, with a median of $30,000 and an average of $66,679. Information for degenerative disc […]