Creative Legal Strategy Leads to $3 Million Awarded in Car Accident Case

Even the arbitrator questioned her chances of winning such a difficult case at the start of the Arbitration.

They teach you in law school a practical lesson. When the cases and statutes are against you and you have to rely on a public policy argument to make your case, then you will likely lose. This is how the insurer and other Attorney felt about Attorney Sudnick’s auto accident case in 2010. They had not anticipated that Attorney Sudnick would so creatively prepare her case for arbitration. She enlisted MIT grads as experts to helpher win liability. That was only the first battle. Attorney Sudnick enlisted a nationally recognized insurance coverage expert to drill her with tough questions that the arbitrator at the binding arbitration would ask. “I felt like an athlete training for the big game. It was exciting. It was fun.” Said Attorney Sudnick. The arbitration started initially with the Arbitrator questioning how Attorney Sudnick’s client could possibly win on the legal question presented.

The arbitrator said “The law is against you on this one Attorney Sudnick, I hope you have more arguments than the legal brief that you submitted in advance. ” Insurance executives for the defendant Insurance company flew in to watch their top insurance attorney fight to protect their multimillion dollar policy. In the building where the arbitration was heard the insurance executives laughed in the elevator ride as if they had already won the case. They had not counted on the day going quite so bad for them.

Attorney Sudnick used creative public policy arguments that were compelling. Within 9 months of the auto accident, Attorney Sudnick won the large arbitration award. The entire award was paid. Attorney Sudnick made sure that each and every excess policy was completely exhausted.