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He ended up with multiple herniated discs.\u00a0Over the next couple years, he would have injections, therapy, and back surgery. Making Staples and their insurance company pay for the injuries they caused took even longer than that.Staples, Inc. and it\u2019s insurer, ACE American Insurance (aka Chubb) denied that they were at fault\u2013even though the police officer had given the Staples driver a citation.\u00a0So we started digging. We found out not only that the Staples driver had\u00a0pled guilty\u00a0to that ticket, but that the driver Staples had hired had no commercial license, had been reprimanded by Staples for causing the collision, and had a long, long record of traffic violations and causing accidents.[su_image_carousel source=”media: 6527,6525,6523″ controls_style=”light” crop=”none” align=”center” dots=”no” link=”lightbox” image_size=”full”]We took the case.\u00a0Our client hoped to resolve the case relatively soon, so we agreed with Staples and their insurance company to go to an early mediation.\u00a0After our client had been forced to stop working as a carpenter, undergo many injections, endure serious spinal pain, and have hardware inserted into his lower back, we hoped Staples and its insurer would take the truck accident seriously.They didn\u2019t.\u00a0Their top offer at mediation was $10,000.We got to work. We forced Staples to dig deep into its files and produce its own \u201cStaples Drivers Manual,\u201d which proved that this truck qualified as a \u201ccommercial motor vehicle\u201d\u2013which required Staples to run a background check on its driver. We cross-examined a representative of Staples about its driver and the collision. We took the for-trial deposition of our client\u2019s surgeon, who described his surgery for the video camera and confirmed that the collision with the Staples truck is what injured our client\u2019s back. We obtained the admissible, sworn report of our client\u2019s pain management doctor about the future medical treatment that our client would need.The Court gave us a trial date. We were ready. But the week before trial, Staples and its insurance company started to think a little differently.The case settled for $750,000 two business days before trial. From $10,000 to $750,000. 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