Bordas & Bordas Obtains Half Million Dollar Jury

WHEELING, VA, July 03, 2012

On June 26, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., a jury returned a verdict of just over $521,000.00 in the Courtroom of Ohio County Senior Circuit Judge Arthur Recht in favor of Chris DeNoble and against Austin Reed of Detroit, Michigan. The case concerned personal injuries sustained by Mr. DeNoble as a result of Mr. Reed rear-ending his vehicle on I-70 on July 12, 2010. DeNoble's lead attorney, Scott Blass, a partner at Bordas & Bordas, PLLC, commented that "the jury's substantial verdict is a testament to Chris DeNoble's character and to the credibility the jury placed in his testimony and that of his family and friends regarding the serious injury he sustained in this horrific collision."

Prior to the verdict, the Bordas firm attempted to compromise and settle the case within the Defendant's insurance policy limits. Nevertheless, the insurance company elected to spurn the Plaintiff's settlement proposals, offering less than $70,000.00 to settle the claim despite Mr. DeNoble's permanent back injury and significant deficits in his ability to pursue his chosen employment of coalmining and the major impact his injuries had on his quality of life. Chris Regan, also of Bordas & Bordas, who tried the case along with Blass, stated that "after the legislature's elimination of third-party insurance bad faith claims several years ago, large insurance companies feel they have the leverage to force every plaintiff to trial no matter the quality of their case. The DeNobles should not have been required to be put through a trial at all. This is the type of case that used to settle when West Virginia had third-party bad faith. Fortunately, the jury got it right and awarded this substantial verdict in favor of Mr. DeNoble."

The recent verdict by Bordas & Bordas joins a string of such verdicts in favor of the firm's clients over the past 25 months, including previous verdicts such as $10,000,000.00 against The Personal Service Insurance Co. in Belmont County, Ohio; $7,000,000.00 against American Electric Power Service Corporation and Ohio Power Company in Timmons v. AEP; $5,800,000.00 against Ohio Power Company in McLaughlin v. OPCO; and over $2,700.000.00 in Brown v. Quicken Loans in the early spring of 2010.

Bordas & Bordas is a consumer protection/personal injury law firm of 13 attorneys based in Wheeling, West Virginia with offices in Ohio and practicing throughout the region in diverse areas of law. For any further information or questions, please contact Scott Blass at 304-242-8410 or visit at www.bordaslaw.com.