Awarded 5 times what was offered

Ms. P was unloading an airplane as part of her duties for Federal Express. As the loads were coming down the conveyor and into the tug, one of them left the track and crashed into Ms. P’s knees, pinning her against a tug behind her. Over the next four years, Ms. P would have surgery on both knees and would ultimately be terminated because of so much time missed from her job. When Federal Express offered Ms. P a modest amount for her permanent injuries, she came to David E. Gordon for help.

By the time of trial, Federal Express had determined that Ms. P was 40% disabled and offered her more than twice what they had offered before. But David E. Gordon knew they were wrong and refused their offer. Following a two day trial, the judge ruled that Ms. P was 90% disabled from her injuries and ordered Federal Express to pay five times what they had offered Ms. P before she called David Gordon. The judge had heard the testimony of a vocational rehabilitation expert who explained that Ms. P was not able to work in 90% of the jobs for which she was trained, and the testimony of her treating physician. Ms. P’s determination and courage to stand up against the biggest employer in this city had been rewarded.