Workers’ Compensation Settlements

Brain and Head Injury Settlements

• $226,000 – Traumatic brain injury and injuries sustained to his neck settlement – Chad (MI), 32-year-old warehouse worker
• $1.3 million dollars PLUS ongoing permanent total disability and retroactive family nursing services and future benefits – Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with over 95% PPD awarded – Jeff (St. Paul), a 57-year-old contractor 
• Nearly $1 million dollars of workers’ compensation and bodily injury benefits – Traumatic brain injury after a work-related car accident – Randy (Eden Prairie), a 41-year-old service manager
• $575,000 for an injured worker with a head injury
• $75,000 with future medical expense open –  injuries to his head, neck and finger after a fall of a truck – Frank (Lonsdale), a 39-year-old boom truck driver

Neck and Back Injury Settlements

• $125,000 and over $20,000 in medical care –  Back injury – M.G. (White Bear Lake), a 62-year-old stocking associate
• $95,000 and over $32,000 in medical care –  Low back injury – Jeremiah (Willmar), a 37-year-old plumbing apprentice
• $135,000 – Injuries to his neck and shoulders – Jeff (Coon Rapids), a 55-year-old landscape designer
• $100,000 – Back injury while lifting heavy equipment – Derek (St. Louis Park), a 33-year-old campus lead
• $70,000 – Low back injury – Karen (St. Paul), a 59-year-old janitor
• $205,000 –  Permanent low back injuries – Brad (New Richmond, WI), a 41-year-old service manager
• $165,000 and over $150,000 in outstanding medical bills paid – Low back and shoulder injuries due to the physical requirements of his job – Greg (Hutchinson), a 56-year-old electrician
• $160.000 and over $138,000 in medical care – low back injury while changing out an 8-inch swing bell – Dale (Fosston, MN), a 59-year-old man employed in industrial maintenance
• $150,000 and future medical open – Neck and back injuries with chronic pain syndrome after a slip and fall – Heather (Cannon Falls), a 43-year-old woman 
• $150,000 – Back injury while lifting a resident – Jackie ( Becker), a 48-year-old CNA
• $147,500 –  Back Injury – Chris (St. Paul), a 37-year-old store manager
• $140,000 and over $60,000 in medical care –  Slip & fall on ice injuries to the neck, head, shoulder, left elbow & low back –Greg (Lester Prairie), a 55-year-old warehouse foreman
• $140,000.00 and over $38,000.00 in outstanding medical bills paid –  Head and neck injuries after being struck by a pole – James (Hibbing), a 57-year-old man
• $130,000 – Shoulder, cervical spine and neck injuries – Wayne (Chokio) – a 50-year-old welder
• $130,000 – Back injury – Phuong (Plymouth), a 52-year-old machine operator
• $125,000 and over $125,000 in medical care – Low back, neck, shoulders, knees and wrist injuries – Henry (Ellsworth, WI), a 61-year-old Auto Body Technician
• $120,000 – Shoulders, neck, and back injuries – Ron (Belgrade), a 57-year-old industrial mechanic
• $120,000 – Neck and shoulder injury – Laurel (Hammond, WI) – a 51-year-old registered nurse
• $115,000 – Back injury – Ron (St. Paul), a 46-year-old auto window repair
• $110,000 – Back injury – Ron (Aitkin) – a 59-year-old repair technician
• $100,000 and over $35,000 in medical care for life – Low back, injured hip and pelvis after falling at work – Susan (Minneapolis), a 73-year-old teacher
• $100,000 – Back injury while lifting parts – Corey (Bloomington), a 34-year-old mechanical assembly technician
• $100,000 –  Neck and arm injury – Steve (Apple Valley), a 58-year-old cement truck driver
• $95,000 – Back injury – Mark (Prior Lake), a 53-year-old public services worker
• $90,000 and over $30,000 in medical care – Back injury while driving a skid loader – Doroteo (Redwing), a 41-year-old cattle farmworker
• $85,000 –  Neck injury which destabilized her pre-existing neck fusion while pushing carts at work – Traci (Blaine), a 43-year-old
• $70,000 – Low back injury – Edward (Le Sueur), a 38-year-old pipe layer

Knee Injury Settlements

• $100,000 – Knee injury – Sean (St. Paul), a 48-year-old police officer
• $85,000 and over $25,000 in medical care – Knee, shoulders, and elbow injuries –  Emilio (Alexandria), a 41-year-old welder
• $150,000 and over $35,000 in medical care for life – Knee, ankle, and shin – Juanita (Minneapolis), a 43-year-old housekeeper
• $150,000 and future medical care for life – Knee and ankle injury – Mark (Tennessee), a 49-year-old heavy construction supervisor
• $125,000 – Knee injury – Tara (Shoreview), a 45-year-old office worker
• $120,000 – Knee injury from a fall on ice – Billy (Fargo, ND), a 57-year-old industrial waste operator and truck driver
• $80,000 – Knee and hip injury – Jimmy (Louisiana), a 60-year-old forklift driving
• $70,000 and over $50,000 in outstanding medical bills paid – Knee replacement from a slip and fall at work – Pam (Plymouth), 68-year-old

General

• $90,000 – Hand and wrist injury – Gary (Albert Lea), a 73-year-old retired elevator repair technician 
• $100,000 –  Shoulder injury – Cody (Glenwood), a 24-year-old laborer
• $100,000 – Hernia – Danny (Park Rapids), a 59-year-old bricklayer
• $350,000 and over $203,000 in medical care – Occupational disease consisting of severe and complicated asthma – Jeff (Woodburry), a 53-year-old service advisor
• $340,000 – Son of deceased employee – Garret (TN), a 20-year-old autistic son
• $152,500 and over $50,000 in medical care for life – Shoulder injury from lifting at work – Steve (Big Lake), 42-year-old
• $150, 000 and over $80,000 in medical care – Electrical/nerve injury to the right hand and upper extremity – Trini (St. Paul), a 49-year-old office furniture mover
• $125,000 – Bilateral shoulder injuries – Sandy (Stillwater), a 57-year-old grocery store employee
• $115,000 and over $150,000 in medical care – Foot injury while working overseas – Patrick (Michigan), a 52-year-old project manager
• $100,000 – Shoulder injury while lifting pallets – Arthella (Brooklyn Center), a 54-year-old truck driver
• $1 Million in indemnity benefits over a lifetime – Successfully appealed the decision of compensation judge’s Order denying permanent total disability. Workers Compensation Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the compensation judge’s determination and awarded permanent total disability. Doug DeKeyrel v. Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors and Travelers Group (WCCA November 16, 2016)