Charles G. Monnett III & Associates

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Our Background, Experience, and Knowledge

We have been assisting accident and medical malpractice victims obtain full, fair, and just compensation for their catastrophic injuries for over 30 years. Our practice is devoted exclusively to injury claims, and we are intimately familiar with the medicines and medical treatment of catastrophic injuries, including brain injury and closed head wounds.

Attorney Charles G. Monnett III belongs to a number of organizations devoted to dealing with brain injury. In 2004, he was appointed to the Governor's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Advisory Council, which includes advising state government on a variety of issues involving TBI such as delivery of services and prevention. In addition, he has served over 10 years on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Brain Injury Association. Mr. Monnett has also attended numerous seminars and lectures on various topics dealing with brain injury and other catastrophic injuries. Some seminars attended include neuro-radiology and neuro-imaging.

In addition, our attorneys have published numerous works and are frequent lecturers on topics involving brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other catastrophic injury. We lecture to attorneys and other legal professionals, as well as medical professionals. We also take a team approach to your case, thus you get the benefit of a team of knowledgeable attorneys working on your case.

Our background and experience allow us to properly evaluate your case and value your claim to seek the proper compensation for your injuries.

Our Resources

Our firm has the financial, personnel, and networking resources to properly pursue your claim. Claims involving catastrophic injury are often expensive propositions, requiring substantial financial resources from the law firm representing you. The last thing you need is an attorney who runs out of money, and may have a conflict of interest between seeking full and fair compensation or prematurely settling your claim.

At Charles G. Monnett III & Associates, we have extensive experience and the financial resources necessary to properly bring and litigate your claim, if necessary.

In addition to financial resources, we also have the proper personnel and networking resources to provide you with the representation you demand and deserve. We have experienced lawyers who are familiar with your injuries and your claim. We also employ a full time legal nurse consultant (LNC) for your benefit. In addition, over the course of over 30 years, we have built an extensive network of medical professionals and experts to call upon, including neuropsychologists, accident reconstructionists, and other medical and financial experts.

Genuine Care and Concern for You and Your family

We realize the importance of families, and recognize that a brain injury or other catastrophic injury affects the whole family, not just the victim. We go the extra mile to ensure you understand the law, the legal process, and your options.

While our expertise regarding catastrophic injury and brain injury bring clients to our door, it is our genuine care and concern for their well-being that keeps them as clients and have them referring friends and relatives to us. You and your family will appreciate the fact that we understand the obstacles and challenges you face now, and will continue to face in the future. You will always be treated with courtesy and respect.

You will also appreciate our case management system that assigns a full time paralegal to your case to keep you constantly and proactively updated and informed of the progress of your case, as well as answer questions and act as a liaison between you and your attorney. Of course our attorneys will personally be handling all the legal aspects of your case, and will also be in communication with you, but often times our attorneys are in court or unavailable, and our goal is to have someone assigned to your case who is intimately familiar with the facts of your case and will always be available when you need to talk or have questions.

Community Involvement

For the past five years, our firm has been a statewide sponsor of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. The mission of the Brain Injury Association of NC is to offer help, hope, and a voice for people with brain injury and their families. Please see the following press release for information about the 2011 Concord Walk & Roll-athon.

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Charles G. Monnett III & Associates is regionally ranked in 3 practice areas. The U.S. News - Best Lawyers^® "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Charlotte

Tier 1 in Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 in Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants

Tier 2 in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

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About Our Clients

The attorneys at Charles G. Monnett III & Associates are proud of what we have been able to accomplish for our personal injury, wrongful death and medical negligence clients. Whether by jury verdict or agreed-upon settlement, we have worked tirelessly to ensure our clients are adequately compensated for their injuries and that justice is served. Our experienced litigators have successfully resolved thousands of personal injury cases over the past 30 years. The cases set forth below are a sampling of results achieved for our clients.

This is a partial list and does not constitute a promise of any kind. Please remember that these cases and the results achieved were based on many factors and results differ from case to case, depending on the circumstances particular to each situation. The outcome of a particular case cannot be predicated upon an attorney's or a law firm's past results. Our past successes should not be construed as a representation that we will be successful with any particular case in the future, and not every case in which we have been involved has resulted in a favorable outcome.

Sometimes our greatest success comes not from the number of dollars recovered but from seeing that a client is fairly compensated for their injuries. $70,000 jury verdict recovery on behalf of volunteer firefighter injured while aiding another motorist. The highest offer from the insurance company was $500. 2011: Mecklenburg County, NC

$13,000,000 Medical Negligence verdict for Infant who was admitted to a North Carolina Hospital for observation following multiple skull fractures from a home accident, but later suffered an undiagnosed case of bacterial meningitis that caused severe neurological damage. After a three-week trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the child and his family. Following the verdict, the parties agreed to a $13,000,000 settlement prior to the start of the damages phase of the trial. 2015, Confidential County, NC.

$2,250,000 Wrongful Death settlement for the family of an unarmed Charlotte man who was shot 10 times by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer. The case received extensive coverage in both the national and local media. The settlement amount paid was almost three times higher than the City of Charlotte had ever paid in the past to resolve an excessive force case against CMPD. 2015, Mecklenburg County, NC.

$10,000,000 verdict for child who sustained severe traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. Both responsibility for the accident and the amount of damages owed were contested. This is believed to be the largest verdict ever in Mecklenburg County Superior Court arising from an car accident. Both defendants were represented by experienced insurance defense counsel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company had issued a $100,000 liability policy to one of the drivers involved. At a court ordered mediation settlement conference State Farm had refused to make any settlement offer whatsoever to the injured child. Instead, State Farm denied it was obligated to pay any amount whatsoever. State Farm then made a verbal promise to its insured that it would pay any verdict that was returned in the case. After the verdict State Farm filed an appeal on behalf of its insured but failed to post an appeal bond. A second lawsuit was then filed against State Farm to force the insurance company to pay the entire amount of the verdict. The case was settled shortly after the second case was filed for $11,248,111. 2006: Mecklenburg County, NC

$9,075,000 confidential settlement for family struck by underage impaired driver who had purchased alcohol at a convenience store shortly before crash. The collision resulted in the death of an unborn child, severe brain injury to a 4-year-old child and internal and orthopedic injuries to the mother and other occupants in the car. 2008: North Carolina

$8,000,000 confidential settlement for infant with bilateral leg amputations following improper placement of femoral line. Case was resolved in association with former US Senator John R. Edwards. 1998: Mecklenburg County, NC

$4,750,000 confidential settlement for woman severely injured as a result of defective automobile. Case was resolved in association with local counsel in the state of Florida. 2002: Brevard County, FL

$3,375,000 confidential settlement on behalf of a child with severe visual impairments resulting from the failure to properly diagnose retinopathy of prematurity in a new born child. 2006: South Carolina

$3,000,000 confidential settlement for woman with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury as a result of negligent administration of nerve block for headache. 2003: Mecklenburg County, NC

$3,000,000 confidential settlement for child with cerebral palsy as a result of birth related brain injury. 2004: Gaston County, NC

$2,500,000 workers' compensation settlement for man who sustained a traumatic brain injury while employed by a logging company. 2006: Guilford County, NC

$2,500,000 recovery for a woman who sustained a traumatic brain injury after her vehicle was struck by a commercial truck while stopped for traffic in a construction zone. A substantial reduction of the workers' compensation lien was negotiated and the lien was resolved for a total payment of $100,000. The woman will continue to receive weekly workers' compensation benefits and all future medical expenses will be paid by the workers compensation insurance carrier. 2009: Alamance County, NC

$2,328,000 jury verdict on behalf of man injured by defective Bow-Flex machine. The verdict included $2M in punitive damages. 2008: Obion County, Tennessee

$2,300,000 settlement for estate of man killed in collision with truck. Case was resolved in association with local counsel in the state of South Carolina. 2005: York County, SC

$2,100,000 confidential settlement for woman with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury as a result of air embolism during cardiac by-pass surgery. 2001: Catawba County, NC

$1,840,517.12 recovery for a pedestrian who suffered a traumatic amputation of her leg when a bus crashed into a parked truck, causing the truck to jump the curb and strike the pedestrian as she was entering a restaurant. 2012: Buncombe County, NC

$1,730,000 workers' compensation settlement for undocumented worker paralyzed in a fall from a scaffold. 2006: Mecklenburg County, NC

$1,637,249.49 jury verdict for young married couple struck by drunk driver who had just left a bar where he had been served more than 10 drinks in just over 2 hours. The jury verdict is believed to be the largest contested dram shop verdict in North Carolina. The highest pre-trial offer was $125,001. Hopefully, bars and restaurants in North Carolina will take notice of this verdict, properly train their employees as well as adopt and enforce responsible alcoholic beverage retailing practices. 2012: Mecklenburg County, NC

$1,500,000 recovery for woman who sustained hypoxic brain injury as a result of developing sepsis from surgical error during laparoscopic gynecologic procedure. 2010: Mecklenburg County, NC

$1,500,000 arbitration award for man who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury when the tractor trailer he was driving was struck by a car that ran a stop sign. 2010

$1,300,000 verdict for woman with mild traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle collision. This is believed to be the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict in the state of North Carolina at the time. 1992: Mecklenburg County, NC

$1,300,000 arbitration award for man with mild traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle collision. There was no loss of consciousness at the time of the collision. 2005: Mecklenburg County, NC

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Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants

Charles G. Monnett III & Associates were not my first choice, but they very well should have been. The whole office/firm is very sufficient in providing the info and needs to their clients. They are by far the best lawyers I've had. I would recommend the whole city of Charlotte to go to this law firm.

Steve Noble

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