About Rena Leizerman
Rena M. Leizerman concentrates her practice in trial and appellate litigation involving serious personal injury and wrongful death arising from commercial motor vehicle collisions. She has successfully opposed Petitions for Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, litigated numerous issues of first impression in courts across the country, and obtained the first punitive damage verdict against a freight broker for negligent selection. She serves as founding president of the National Board of Truck Accident Attorneys and chairs the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys Amicus Committee.
Leizerman has taught trucking law and jurisprudence seminars at the University of Toledo College of Law. Her notable results include participation in a $100 million trucking settlement, an $82.1 million verdict in a truck-versus-motorcycle amputation case, and a $42.4 million verdict in a paralysis and traumatic brain injury case. She earned her B.A. in Philosophy with Honors from Washington University in St. Louis in 1995 and her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2000.
Proven verdicts and settlements
A dump truck hauling dirt for Jurgensen Co. entered the fast lane of I-75 from a dead stop during nighttime highway widening in Warren County, Ohio, and was rear-ended by Nicholas and Amanda Poe's car, killing them both. A Warren County jury found the truck's mud-caked lights and reflective tape, its missing high-intensity lighting, and inadequate work-zone signage contributed to the crash alongside Nicholas Poe's own speed. Because Ohio law makes a defendant found less than half at fault severally liable for only its share, and bars an over-50-percent-at-fault plaintiff from recovering, only Amanda Poe's estate collected, and only from Jurgensen's 25 percent share of the jury's $16 million verdict. The Twelfth District Court of Appeals affirmed the resulting $4 million judgment against Jurgensen in 2015.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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