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Personal
Injury and Wrongful Death
Aiken Schenk's personal injury and
wrongful death attorneys offer personal attention and a well-established track record for multi-million-dollar
settlements and jury verdicts
When
receiving just compensation for injuries caused by a negligent person or company requires an experienced Arizona trial attorney, you can count on the knowledge,
responsiveness and success of
Richard M. Gerry,
J. Tyrrell "Ty"
Taber and
Alfred W. Ricciardi.
To be an Aiken Schenk attorneys means:
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rejecting frivolous claims,
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trusting the common sense of Arizona juries,
and
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seeking only just and reasonable compensation.
In earning their place among Arizona's most highly
regarded personal injury trial lawyers, our attorneys have developed a
reputation for professional standards that are widely respected by judges,
jurors, clients and opposing attorneys.
Richard Gerry's
multi-million-dollar trial victories in wrongful death, public safety and
catastrophic injury cases have attracted national attention. Appearing before
the Arizona Supreme Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, Richard has tried and won cases that have established new
legal precedents to protect the rights of injured clients and the public. Recent victories (view
a more complete list) include:
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a $36 million jury verdict (Graham v. ValueOptions) for the family of a man killed by a delusional mental patient who had
not received treatment ordered by his behavioral healthcare provider (the
jury award was Arizona's fifth-largest in 2008 and the 58th largest
nationally);
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a $3 million settlement (Adamowicz v. Ryan
et al) for the adult children of a 68-year-old woman who was killed by a drunken
teenage driver; and
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a $9 million jury verdict (Hudgins v.
Southwest Airlines) for the false arrest of two men who were given written authorization to carry weapons aboard a Southwest Airlines
flight.
Richard
Gerry was the cover feature in the
2010 edition of 'Arizona's Best Lawyers"
and the
October 2010 issue of "Attorney at Law" magazine.
View the article text.
Ty Taber
has won dozens
of multi-million-dollar and six-figure settlements and jury verdicts during more
than 30 years of representing victims of negligence. His victories (view
a more complete list) in negotiated settlements and as lead counsel
in numerous jury trials include:
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a $4 million
jury verdict for the parents of an eight-year-old girl killed while horseback riding;
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a $2.7 million verdict for a 20-year-old woman stranded for 10 days on a state
highway; and
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a settlement of more than $1 million for a worker who, while on the job, was crushed
between a tractor trailer and a loading dock.
In addition to handling cases involving wrongful
death and serious bodily injury arising from auto collisions and road design
cases, Al Ricciardi is
nationally known for his multi-million-dollar settlements of tire
separation and rollover accident claims. While disclosure of the details of
these settlements is prohibited by confidentiality agreements, the cases
include:
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a young woman catastrophically injured in a
tire separation and rollover of a 15-passenger van;
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wrongful death of a woman arising from a tire
separation and vehicle rollover; and
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a young man catastrophically injured due to a
dangerous road design.
Personal
Attention. Unlike
high-volume personal injury law firms where you do not meet
your attorney until your case goes to trial, Aiken
Schenk's personal injury attorneys offer you direct personal attention and
hands-on representation – from the initial interview through the drafting of the
complaint, discovery, depositions, settlement negotiation and trial.
Contingency Fees. Aiken Schenk levels the
playing field for injury victims by offering free consultations, contingency fee
arrangements and advancing costs. You do not
pay any attorney fees or costs unless you receive compensation for your injuries
or the death of a loved one. The amount of our fee is a percentage of what you receive,
and that percentage is agreed upon before you hire us.
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