Evidence Video has produced thousands of videos since it's inception in 1988. In that time, the use of video as demonstrative evidence has become a vital and valuable tool to trial attorneys throughout the country.
Under the leadership of its founder, Gera-Lind Kolarik, Evidence Video has the unique ability to capture the pain, suffering and mental anguish of it's clients to help secure millions of dollars in out of court settlements and jury verdicts.
- TESTIMONIALS
- ROBERT CLIFFORD
ROBERT CLIFFORD
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES - JOSEPH POWER, JR.
JOSEPH POWER, JR
POWER, ROGERS & SMITH, P.C. - LARRY ROGERS, SR.
LARRY ROGERS, SR
POWER, ROGERS & SMITH, P.C. - SUSAN CAPRA
SUSAN CAPRA
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
- ROBERT CLIFFORD
- DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEOS
- DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEO DEMO 1
There is not a more profound way to demonstrate a plaintiff's physical injury and actual damages than a Day In The Life video. A Day In The Life video records the plaintiff's daily activities. The final tape will depict the plaintiff's difficulty in performing his or her activities of daily living and demonstrate the need for special care and equipment. The videos also show the impact the injury has had on the plaintiff's family including hardship of additional care-taking needs. These films are used at trial, mediation and settlement conferences.
- DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEO DEMO 2
There is not a more profound way to demonstrate a plaintiff's physical and permanent injuries and to lay the foundation for damages, than a Day In The Life video. A Day In The Life video records the plaintiff's daily activities. The final tape will depict the plaintiff's difficulty in performing his or her activities of daily living and demonstrate the need for special care and equipment. The videos also show the impact the injury has had on the plaintiff's family including hardship of additional care-taking needs. These films are used at trial, mediation and settlement conferences.
- DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEO DEMO 1
- PROGRESSIVE VIDEOS
- PROGRESSIVE VIDEO DEMO 1A Progressive Video creates a timeline that shows the pain and suffering of the plaintiff over an extended period of time. Videotaping begins soon after the injury and continues in stages until the case concludes. The video will encompass various stages of care, rehabilitation and recovery, as well as mental anguish the client experiences. Progressive Videos are used at trial, mediation and settlement conferences.
- PROGRESSIVE VIDEO DEMO 2
A Progressive Video creates a timeline that shows the pain and suffering of the plaintiff over an extended period of time. Videotaping begins soon after the injury and continues in stages until the case concludes. The video will encompass various stages of care, rehabilitation and recover, as well as mental anguish the client experiences. Progressive Videos are used at trial, mediation and settlement conferences.
- PROGRESSIVE VIDEO DEMO 1
- LIVING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTARIES
- LIVING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTARY DEMO 1
A Living Plaintiff Documentary is a narrative used as an out of court settlement tool. It combines Day In The Life video with a narrated documentary and interviews with key people in the plaintiff's life such as family members, friends and loved ones. The video also includes photographs and home videos of life prior to the injury and the extent to which the plaintiff's life has changed.
- LIVING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTARY DEMO 2
A Living Plaintiff Documentary is a narrative used as an out of court settlement tool. It combines Day In The Life video with a narrated documentary and interviews with key people in the plaintiff's life such as family members, friends and loved ones. The video also includes photographs and home videos of life prior to the injury and the extent to which the plaintiff's life has changed.
- LIVING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTARY DEMO 1
- WRONGFUL DEATH DOCUMENTARIES
- WRONGFUL DEATH DOCUMENTARY DEMO 1
A Wrongful Death Documentary describes an accident where there is a large insurance policy involved, such as a trucking accident or a plane crash. Essential people in the plaintiff's life describe the effect that the loss has ha on their lives. In wrongful death cases, there is no question of liability; instead, the issues is the amount of damages.
- WRONGFUL DEATH DOCUMENTARY DEMO 1
- WRONGFUL DEATH CHRONOLOGIES
- WRONGFUL DEATH CHRONOLOGY DEMO 1A Wrongful Death Chronology features home video and photographs provided by the family as a way to demonstrate the feeling of loss after the death of a loved one. A wrongful death chronology does not feature any interviews and no narration is provided. Rather, the videos and photos tell the story.
- WRONGFUL DEATH CHRONOLOGY DEMO 2
A Wrongful Death Chronology features home video and photographs provided by the family as a way to demonstrate the feeling of loss after the death of a loved one. A wrongful death chronology does not feature any interviews and no narration is provided. Rather, the videos and photos tell the story.
- WRONGFUL DEATH CHRONOLOGY DEMO 1
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$11.4 MILLION AWARDED TO WISCONSIN FAMILY
An $11.4 million settlement was awarded to a Wisconsin family after their newborn baby was born with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage.
Attorney Jeffrey M. Goldberg and Evidence Video helped reach an $11.4 million settlement in Wisconsin after a pregnant woman was admitted to the hospital with suspected kidney stones. While in the hospital, an electronic fetal monitor was connected to observe her unborn child's status. Although the baby was perfectly healthy upon admission, the monitor began showing signs of fetal distress. After several hours, a new nurse came on shift and called the physician who performed an emergency C-section. The baby was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy. The nurses failed to properly review the electronic fetal monitor and did not detect the later signs of fetal distress. Although the nurses on duty claimed that they notified the patient's physician, there was no record that he was told of the fetal distress. The physician denied that he was told of any problem and agreed that he would have performed a C-section if the nurses had advised him of the problems.
$24 MILLION AWARDED TO INDIANA WOMAN AFTER ACCIDENT
A Day In The Life video produced by Evidence Video helped secure a $24 million settlement for an Indiana woman who was paralyzed following a car accident.
Lisa Keppen, of Porter County, received a $24 million settlement after an accident left her paralyzed. In 2002, Keppen, 20-years-old at the time, was driving her vehicle when a semi truck turned in front of her. The crash caused her to suffer a permanent spine injury, resulting in her inability to walk, control her bladder functions and bowel movements. Her medical care costs were close to $6 million a year. Keppen's attorney, Kenneth J. Allen, worked with Evidence Video to document Keppen's daily activity.
$48 MILLION VERDICT AWARDED TO INDIANA MANA $48 million verdict was reached in the case of a steel mill worker, Anthony Arcinega, who fell 17 feet from a ladder at work and became covered in refractory concrete. The accident resulted in his paralyzation from the waist down.
Attorney Kenneth J. Allen and the Evidence Video team worked to secure a $48 million verdict for Anthony Arciniega, 42, who was working at a steel mill when he fell 17 feet from a ladder that was covered with refractory concrete. Arciniega is now paralyzed from the waist down.
$10 MILLION AWARDED TO FAMILY IN CONSTRUCTION WORKER'S DEATH
$10 million settlement awarded to the family of a construction worker who fell 110 feet down an elevator shaft to his death while working on a Chicago high rise.
A $10 million settlement was reached for the family of Ernesto Oliva, who fell 110 feet down an elevator shaft to his death. Oliva was a carpenter working on a construction site in a Chicago high rise. Attorney Louis C. Cairo of Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo Ltd. said that the building owner violated a Cook County building code requiring an interlocking device that would prevent the doors from opening and closing unless the elevator car was present. Cairo worked with Evidence Video to capture the the pain and suffering felt by Oliva's wife and two daughters.
$29.6 MILLION SETTLEMENT REACHED FOR METRA ACCIDENT VICTIM
Evidence Video assisted lawfirm Corboy & Demetrio in securing a nearly $30 million settlement for one of the victim of the 2005 Metra Train accident in Chicago.
Evidence Video assisted the law firm Corboy & Demetrio in securing a $29.6 million for one of the victims of the 2005 Metra Train accident in Chicago. The victim was three months pregnant at the time of the crash and suffered life altering injuries. She is confined to a wheelchair, lost some of her vision, experiences difficulties speaking, and is unable to take care of her children without a caregivers help. Since the accident, she has undergone over 20 surgeries to reconstruct her hand.
$10.73 MILLION SETTLEMENT REACHED FOR THE VICTIMS OF ACME BARREL CO. OVEREXPOSURE
Evidence Video helped secure a settlement for the families who lived near the ACME Barrel facility in Chicago and were exposed to noxious emissions from the plant.
The law firm of Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo, with the assistance of Evidence Video, helped secure a $10.73 million settlement for the residents of a Chicago neighborhood exposed to toxic smoke from the ACME Barrel facility.
$18.5 Million Awarded to Movie Extra
Gabriella Cedillo was left brain-damaged after an injury sustained while working on the set of 'Transformers 3'Read Chicago Sun-Times Article
Twenty-six year old Gabriella Cedillo was left with brain damage after a cable bracket that was supposed to be attached to a car broke and smashed into the hood of Cedillo's car. She lost about a third of the top of her skull and a large part of the right side of her brain. AFter multiple surgeries and extended rehab, she is partially paralyzed and partially blind, requiring 24-hour care that her siblings and parents struggle to provide.
$181M Awarded to 3 Hurt in Ill. Grain Elevator Blast
Three men suffered multiple burns and several other severe injuries that after a grain bin they were working in exploded in Chester, Illionis at a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in 2010.From Bloomberg Businessweek:
Jurors, after 10 hours of deliberations, assessed a total of #100 million in punitive damages that will be split among victims John Jentz of St. Peter, Minn. Robert Schmidt of Hutchinson, Minn.m and Justin Becker of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Compensatory damages include $41.5 million to Jentz, roughly $34 million to Becker and $2.9 million to Schmidt. Jentz was awarded $1 million in additional punitive damages by Westside Salvage Inc., ConAgra's co-defendant.
Jentz's burns over three-quarters of his body required various surgeries and skin grafts. Becker sustained facial, hand and eye burns and heat-related damage to his lungs, decreasing his lung function to the point he's relegated to largely sedentary jobs, attorney Marc Taxman said.
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