An eight-year-old boy was riding his bicycle with his friends when he was struck and killed by a Coca-Cola truck making a right turn at an intersection in a residential neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland Statutes held that motorists owed a greater duty to pedestrians, especially children, in residential areas. A lawsuit was filed and …
A police officer was killed by a drunk driver during his daily morning jog. The drunk driver left the scene and claimed he thought he hit a deer. The case settled for the $1 million insurance policy limits.
A 25-year-old woman who was confined to a wheelchair was run over and crushed by the trailer of an eighteen wheeler while she was crossing the street. The defendant in the case denied that the woman had the right of way. The case settled for $1 million.
A 27-year-old Georgia woman was injured after being hit by the president and general manager of an auto dealership, who was driving a company car. Mr. Crump took the case to trial, and a jury awarded the woman $3.5 million.
Four young girls were playing in their grandmother’s yard when a drunk driver drove his car across the yard, striking all four girls and killing one of them. The drunk driver tried to flee the scene, but after complex litigation, a settlement was reached for $5 million.
The family of a nine-year old boy who became quadriplegic as a result of a horrendous electric-cart accident came to Ben for help. He stood alongside them, securing the family a multi-million dollar settlement to help care for their son.
Beginning in 2014, more then 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to harmful levels of lead in their drinking water. Ben Crump is fighting for justice for thousands of these children who were poisoned by the water, giving them hope for a better future.
