California Bike Accident Lawyers
Verdicts, Settlements and Judgments
Van Der Walde & Associates gets results!
Van Der Walde & Associates has resolved hundreds of cases, resulting in millions of dollars in settlements, verdicts and judgments. Here are a few examples of the results we have obtained for real clients, just like you.
These examples are not a guarantee or prediction regarding the outcome of any future case. Results vary from case to case.
- $1,090,000 Judgment on childhood sexual abuse.
- $300,000 policy limits settlement for a fractured vertebrae with nerve impingement when a 65 year old male bicyclist was rear-ended by an intoxicated driver.
- $175,000 settlement for a severely fractured wrist in a 50 year old man when a car turned left and struck the victim’s motorcycle.
- $115,000 settlement for the fractured leg of a motorcyclist when a vehicle turned left into his path of travel.
- $1,002,500 settlement with a major automobile manufacturer for head injury and the loss of Plaintiff’s kidney resulting from a single car rollover accident where 25 year old man was ejected from the car due to a malfunctioning seat belt.
- $350,000 settlement for head-on collision caused by minor driver losing control of vehicle and jumping the median, resulting in major injury to a 40 year old woman’s hips with a recommendation for hip replacement.
- $850,000 settlement for a rollover automobile accident causing rib, hip and pelvis fractures as well as internal injuries, including punctured lungs and spleen in a 20 year old man.
- $275,000 settlement at trial for a broken hip in a 75 year old woman when the defendant lost control of his vehicle and crossed into oncoming traffic.
- $250,000 settlement for a 40 year old woman's chronic pain syndrome resulting from a rear-ended accident with a streetsweeper.
- $100,000 settlement for severe scalp lacerations to the passenger of a single car rollover accident.
- $100,000 settlement for a fractured leg when a 50 year old paraplegic woman was thrown from her wheelchair while riding in an Outreach van.
- $225,000 settlement with Valley Transit Authority for a broken shoulder sustained by Plaintiff when the bus she was riding suddenly stopped, ejecting her from her seat and into a pole across the bus.
- $2,500,000 settlement in a corporate fraud and shareholder derivative case arising from the attempted sale of a business without the knowledge of the major investor.
- $475,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a 75 year old mother who was struck while crossing the road.
- $300,000 settlement during trial with the City of Palo Alto for the aggravation of a back injury in a 50 year old paraplegic man, resulting in significant spasm and increased pain, when he fell on his tailbone during a transfer from his wheelchair to the pool as the result of a defectively installed lift operated by the city.
- $465,000 settlement during trial with building owner for a slip-and-fall accident caused by an accumulation of printing ink on the stairs, resulting in multiple herniated disks in a 37 year old woman.
- $234,097 verdict against property owner for a broken knee sustained by an 82-year-old disabled woman when she was struck by a car in a shopping mall parking lot that lacked handicapped crosswalks.
Confidential settlements where Van Der Walde & Associates secured the maximum policy amount available:
- Policy limit settlement for wrongful death of a 25 year old man from a head-on collision caused by a diabetic in hypoglycemic shock driving the wrong way on the freeway.
- Policy limit settlement plus $150,000 in bad faith damages, for the wrongful death of the plaintiff's husband, caused by an auto accident where the defendant failed to yield the right-of-way while making a left turn.
- Double policy limit settlement from the drivers of both vehicles for Injuries to a 35 year old female motorcycle passenger who severely fractured her leg when a vehicle making a left turn collided with the motorcycle.
- Policy limit settlement for the wrongful death of a 20 year old motorcyclist killed by a car pulling out of a gas station into his path.
- Policy limit settlement for multiple pelvic fractures and a punctured lung of a 20 year old female passenger in a car that attempted to cross multiple lanes to exit the freeway.
- Policy limit settlement for the wrongful death of a 50 year old mother who was struck by a car in a parking lot, dragged, then run over again when the defendant put the car in reverse.
- Policy limit settlement for a 50 year old man who lost an arm in a rear-end collision on the freeway caused by a drunk driver.
- Policy limit settlement for the spinal cord and brain injuries suffered by a 50 year old man as a result of a automobile versus automobile accident where the defendant failed to yield the right of way when making a left hand turn.
- Policy limit settlements for two victims of a head on automobile accident, where one victim had a fractured foot and internal injuries and the other victim suffered a spinal cord injury. The accident occurred because the defendant was traveling at a high speed and lost control of his vehicle, jumping over the median and colliding with the plaintiffs' vehicle.
- Policy limit settlements for three victims of a rear-end automobile accident on the freeway. One minor male plaintiff sustained fatal injuries, the other minor plaintiff sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries.
These examples are not a guarantee or prediction regarding the outcome of any future cases. Results vary from case to case.
If you or your loved one has been injured in a bicycle accident in California, please contact a Northern California Bike Accident lawyer at Van Der Walde & Associates to discuss your bike accident case.






