Read My Story - Grace A. Szubski

Not only does Grace Szubski have a green thumb, she has a sunny disposition. "I love to garden and have flower beds and a vegetable garden throughout my yard," she enthuses. Grace learned her way around a garden patch from her grandmother "who had the greenest thumb of anyone I ever knew," she says. "She came from Europe and passed along her gardening knowledge to her grandchildren. We would be right next to her watching what she did even as little kids."

Grace's appreciation for nature extends to her extensive biking trips that take her through the rolling hills of Wisconsin and the picturesque back roads of Europe and Canada. She also enjoys biking closer to home in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. "Those of us living in Northeast Ohio are blessed to have such beautiful areas to bike and hike," she says.

Grace's love of the outdoors matches her other love - the field of law. "I was always interested in history and political science, and a career in law was a natural choice for me," she says.

As a workers' compensation attorney at Seaman Garson LLC Grace spends a lot of time in court working for her clients' best interests. "I help people in an extremely stressful time of their lives," she says. "It is very satisfying when we have presented our case and the courts award our clients the compensation they deserve."

But making sure her clients get a just settlement is harder these days, Grace says. "It used to take more time to get through the court system because the judiciary was more concerned about the merits of a case rather than just quickly getting things off a docket," she says. "Now the judges are hamstrung by mandates to get cases off their dockets. I'm not so sure justice is always best served that way."

But it is challenges like this that keep Grace going. "Everyday I encounter something or someone new, this profession is never boring," she says.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

$150,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who died from malnutrition. The patient lost 90lbs. over a period of months because no one on the staff fed him, or monitored his condition. When his condition was discovered, no staff member consulted with a physician.

$250,000 settlement for a patient who developed decubitus ulcers, which led to pulmonary vascular disease. The onset of this disease resulted in his leg being amputated.

$125,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who was known to wander off. The nursing home was using temporary staff members who never read the patient's chart. As a result, they never activated a wander guard and alarm. The patient got out of bed and fell sustaining a fatal head injury.

$150,000 settlement for an 89 year old nursing home resident who sustained fatal injuries when she fell out of bed onto the floor. The nursing home said she had left the bed on her own. However, an investigation of the nursing home records revealed that on 67 prior occasions she was checked while in bed and had never moved on her own. The only conclusion to be reached was that someone dropped her. The case was settled prior to trial

$150,000 settlement for the death of an 88 year old nursing home resident who developed an decubitus ulcer. He died because the staff did not to properly monitor his condition and failed to follow their own internal policies and procedures for care and treatment.

Represented a 19 year-old double amputation victim. While riding a motorcycle when struck by another vehicle resulting in a policy limits settlement.

Represented a 35 year-old husband and wife who were struck on a motorcycle while stopped at a light at an intersection, resulting in multiple pelvic, leg, and arm fractures. The case settled for $650,000.

Represented a 26 year-old male who was struck on a motorcycle by a motorist making an illegal left turn, resulting in severe traumatic brain injury, requiring occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy. The case settled for $250,000 policy limits.

Settled a quadriplegic truck accident for damages in excess of $1,000,000 liability insurance limits.

Have litigated and tried to verdict several cases involving trucks stopped on roadways without adequate warning.

Settled improper loading and failure to secure load cases.

Litigated and settled many truck vs. auto cases resulting in over one million dollars in settlements.

$150,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who died from malnutrition.

Settled a quadriplegic truck accident case for damages in excess of $1,000,000 liability insurance limits.

$250,000 settlement for a patient who developed decubitus ulcers, which led to pulmonary vascular disease and the amputation of his leg.

$650,000 settlement for a 35 year-old husband and wife who were struck on a motorcycle, resulting in multiple pelvic, leg, and arm fractures.

$150,000 settlement for the death of an 88 year old nursing home resident who developed an decubitus ulcer.

Represented a 26 year-old male who was struck on a motorcycle by a motorist making an illegal left turn, resulting in severe traumatic brain injury. The case settled for $250,000 policy limits.