Mitch Grissim & Associates
Automobile accident claim - Not much property damage but significant injuries to both shoulders requiring surgery. $165,000 settlement achieved at mediation.
Automobile Accident wherein other party died.  Complicated automobile accident case against deceased driver wherein several people were injured, one lady injured, one deceased and child passenger injury in one vehicle and driver of other automobile deceased from possible heart attack while driving. Great outcome with 2 limits settlements and college fund for minor child.
Automobile Accident
Lady in automobile accident, injury to foot requiring continued future corrective devises, near limits settlement achieved out of court.
Mediated Confidential settlement for family of an 87 year old woman whose death was caused by a fire at NHC nursing home.



Collision on Church Street in Nashville results in mediated settlement of $19,000. The insurance company for the defendant had offered the Plaintiff only $3,000 on the eve of her statute of limitations.

Slip and fall in convenience store resulted in $90,000 settlement.




Automobile accident resulted in $100,000 policy limits settlement.

Employee received $31,361.95 in settlement after workers' compensation doctor gave no impairment for a back injury. After an Independent Medical Evaluation and impairment rating, the claim was settled out of court.


Mediated settlement of a claim filed against MTSU and the State of Tennessee for student's injury to the eye in a Racquetball Class.  Instructor failed to require the use of safety goggles at all times.  Student acknowledged that safety goggles were available for his use and signs were posted instructing all persons to wear goggles. $150,000 recovery.



$79,000 arbitration award for woman whose knee was permanently injured in an automobile accident.


$136,531.20 settlement on workers' compensation claim where injured worker underwent a cervical fusion, surgery (subacromial decompression with labrum for rotator cuff tear). Although he received very low impairment ratings from the workers' compensation doctors, we sent him for an IME and increased the impairment significantly. He had significant neurological damage in regard to his cervical spine injury and repair which left him with serious right hand problems. He had significant permanent restrictions and diminished vocational skills. Although he was returned to work by his employer (in an alternative position), his income was reduced.

Policy Limits Settlement - $84,000.00 in Medical Bills

Pizza delivery vehicle runs stop sign and “T Bones “ plaintiff vehicle causing extensive injuries requiring Life Flight to Vanderbilt Hospital where treated for crushed bones in upper right arm, 9 ribs right, 8 ribs left broken. Medical, Hospital and Doctor Expenses exceeded $84,000.00. After negotiating a timely policy limits settlement from the Defendant’s Insurance carrier, her case manager and attorney began to work on reducing the medical subrogation liability in order to maximize the client’s bottom line recovery.

Plaintiff had been told that she “did not need to hire an attorney."  Had she settled without representation and collected 100,000.00 in available insurance and paid the 84,000.00 in medical expense she would have netted 16,000.00. After retaining Mitch Grissim and Associates, she paid her legal fees, case expenses and reduced amounts to medical subrogation claimants and netted in excess of $50,000 when funds were dispersed and all liabilities had been satisfied.

 

























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$99,802.95 settlement on workers' compensation claim where an injured employee when a tow motor flipped over onto him causing injury to his back for which he was life-flighted to Vanderbilt. The injured employee was afraid of having surgery and opted to undergo conservative treatment in an effort to avoid surgery. Finally convinced, after months of pain management that he could not stand the pain any longer, he agreed with the workers' comp doctor that he would need to have the surgery and wished to proceed. At that point, the insurance adjuster refused the surgery. The injured employee was forced to live flat on his back in pain while the issue was addressed by the department of labor and the insurance company forced to provide the necessary medical treatment. Almost 1 year later, he finally underwent the surgery to his lower back with yet, another surgery four months later. He received a 23% permanent partial impairment rating to his whole person and could not return to work in this type of work. His case was settled with the insurance company paying for 60% of his body.

Father and son had workers' compensation claims, ten months apart. Cases settled at $112,000 and $60,000 respectively.

Hairdresser lost use of both arms due to workers' compensation claims (i.e. shoulder and arm repetitive use injuries) and received settlements of $53,000 and $37,000.

Three people killed when a bundle of cardboard weighing 1600 pounds falls off a flat bed truck and crushes occupants of a convertible Cadillac. Confidential settlement reached after litigation in the United States District Court (Federal Court).

transit busWrongful death resulting from city bus driven by Metro Transit Authority bus driver crashing into several vehicles before crushing 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and killing two and critically injuring a third passenger. Mediation resulted in confidential settlement.

$115,000 settlement on a workers' compensation claim where injured worker had worked as tool and die maker for 20 years when his arm was crushed by a 200 pound block causing significant permanent injuries to his arm and shoulder rendering him totally disabled as this arm was almost useless. Moreover, his occupational disability was not limited to his anatomical impairment rating. See Johnson v. Midwesco, Inc., 801 S.W.2d 804, 806 (Tenn. 1990) (degree vocational disability not limited to anatomical rate where medical proof establishes a permanent injury), See also Vinson v. United Parcel Service, 92 S.W.3d 380, 386 (Tenn. 2002)(court considers defendant’s testimony about pain and other occupational limitations to uphold an award of total disability). An injured worker’s anatomical impairment ratings are considerably narrower than his or her vocational disability. Federated Mutual v. Cameron, 422 S.W.2d 427, 429 (Tenn.1967).  Courts should base an injured worker’s occupational disability on “all pertinent factors taken together.” Roberson v. Loretto Casket Company, 722 S.W.2d 380,384 (Tenn. 1986). His employer highly disputed the injury up to the day of trial and settled only hours prior to trial.

Passenger Recovers Limits $100,000.00 Settlement

Case settled after passenger who suffered from a large laceration on his forehead (12 stitches), concussion, broken vertebrae in cervical neck, numerous broken ribs was life flighted to Vanderbilt Trauma Unit following a serious automobile accident. Medical expense quickly grew to a sum that exceeded $40,500.00. Recovering the policy limits from the reckless driver was easy , but negotiation of the clients medical liability down to less than $6000.00 was remarkable and  benefited him greatly as he was able to “walk away “ with a net tax free settlement in which he was paid the majority of the available insurance proceeds . All this was done and resolved within 7 months of the accident allowing the client a timely out of court conclusion to his claim.






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