The mother of our client, a 3-year-old child with autism, relies on a company called EverDriven to transport her special needs son to and from school. The driver failed to ensure our client was removed from the vehicle at the school drop-off.
She drove home and left the child in the car for 6-8 hours. Our client was found with his clothes almost ripped off, soiled, and dehydrated.
Since our young client does not speak, it was difficult to evaluate damages. The insurance company of EverDriven felt the school was entirely responsible, as the teacher was supposed to remove the children from the vehicle.
The insurance company initially offered $0. Eventually, they offered $15,000. Due to the shock factor of this horrible incident, we convinced the insurance company that public opinion would drive a trial verdict up. We eventually landed on a $200,000 settlement for this negligent accident, which was the policy limit. This gave our client the means to pay for the therapy needed after this traumatic event.
