$1.15 Million Injury Settlement - Client Partially Paralyzed in a Recreation Area

Raleigh Recreation Club Accident Settlement

In 2024, we represented a 29-year-old man who was severely injured and partially paralyzed in a recreation area. Our Raleigh injury lawyers reached a confidential pre-suit settlement with the alleged responsible parties for $1,150,000.

Our injury partners - Justin Osborn and Matthew Gambale - represented the young man who was a visitor to the recreation area in 2022.  While using the facilities, the client suffered a significant head and spine injury, which resulted in his partial paralysis.

As a result of this incident, the client was hospitalized for more than a year, underwent a spinal fusion surgery, and continues to receive physical and occupational therapy.  Fortunately, he continues to make progress during his rehabilitation, and there is hope that he may regain partial or full use of his limbs in the future.

As part of the litigation, Osborn and Gambale argued that the injury was caused by negligence, inadequate safety warnings, inadequate training, and a lack of supervision.  In order to investigate the incident and prove what caused the incident, Osborn and Gambale engaged engineers and experts to assess the facility conditions and establish the causal connections between the alleged negligence and their client’s injuries.  The defendants strongly contested liability, including contending that the client ignored posted warnings specifically warning about this kind of kind and caused his own injuries.

Other details about the incident, including the location of the incident, the venue, the names of the parties, and the names of the attorneys for the defendants, were withheld due to a confidentiality agreement.