$700,000 for a rear-end auto accident that resulted in two cervical spine surgeries for our client, with a third recommended. Our opponents, the defendant’s insurance company, contended that the need for all surgery was due to our client’s preexisting spine degeneration. We used multiple depositions of our client’s treating spine surgeon to establish a causal connection between the accident and the need for surgeries.

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Andy Gillin received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his law degree from the University of Chicago. He is the managing partner of GJEL Accident Attorneys and has written and lectured in the field of plaintiffs’ personal injury law for numerous organizations. Since 1972 he has been helping seriously injured victims throughout northern California fight & win their personal injury cases. Andy is one of the top awarded & recognized wrongful death lawyers in northern California.