Motor Vehicle Accidents

We take your automobile accident case seriously. Most automobile cases settle before trial. The difference is we get our client ready for trial. Other law firms do not. Since the insurance company knows we will take our case to trial, it results in a larger settlement for our clients.

Distressed man in a red plaid shirt sitting on the ground next to his damaged car after an accident. The car's front end is visibly crushed, highlighting the impact of motor vehicle collisions.

More than meets the eye.

There’s more than meets the eye to assembling a successful case for trial. After more than 25 years of litigating personal injury cases, attorney Lanny Darr has the resources and connections to assemble a winning strategy and the skill to present complex evidence in terms that resonate with judges and juries alike.

Recent Case Results


Confidential v. Confidential

$6,699,568.2 verdict for client who sustained multiple fractures, including a fractured pelvis, when she was struck by tree trimming equipment in her own yard.

Bryant v, America’s Marking & Remarking

$1.35 million payment to our client who sustained a neck injury when struck while stopped at a traffic light in Mt. Vernon, IL. The defendant contended the plaintiff’s injury could not have been caused by the low speed collision.

Confidential v. Confidential

A settlement with an insurance agency for $550,000.00 for the failure to provide appropriate insurance for the customer. The insurance agency’s failure resulted in an uninsured loss by the customer.

Buder v. Consumer Insurance USA

Plaintiff awarded $575,000.00 at arbitration for injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The at-fault driver had inadequate insurance so our client had to file a claim against his own insurance company. His insurance company paid the award, but claims remain pending for “bad faith” handling of our client’s insurance claim by his insurance company. This proceeding is further noteworthy because our client’s prior attorney tried to get the client to accept a settlement of less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) before our law firm got involved.

Schupmann v. State Farm

The Arbitration Panel awarded One Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollar ($165,000.00) due to a back injury suffered in South Carolina. Our client was insured by State Farm Insurance and was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist. State Farm refused to pay its insured anything beyond a few small medical bills. We presented our case to an arbitration panel and they ruled in our favor.

Gnojewski v. American Standard Insurance Co.

One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollar ($1,800,000.00) settlement of a bad faith claim against an insurance company’s improper handling of the defense of a motorist driver who was sued by us after an automobile accident.

Buffo v. General Casualty Company

Combined recovery exceeding $1,000,000.00 for a motorist injured in the course of his employment resulting in a Workers Compensation award and an uninsured motorist settlement with his employer’s automobile insurer.

Frasier v. Gnojewski

Four Million Dollar ($4,000,000.00) verdict in a one-car accident for the family of the deceased, single father leaving behind three young children.