Plaintiff is a 61 year old male and came to The Odierno Law Firm P.C. after his prior attorney insisted on settling the case for $100,000 due to the perceived difficulty in refuting the defendant’s proof that plaintiff’s injuries were pre-existing and not related to the accident. Plaintiff was the driver of a motor vehicle and involved in an automobile accident on William Floyd Parkway, Suffolk County. He was stopped in traffic when his motor vehicle was struck on the right rear tire by the left frontf tire of a Jeep motor vehicle. The Odierno Law Firm P.C. argued successfully at the mediation that this is significant because according to safety research a tire to tire impact causes greater deformation and amplifies the force of the impact as well as negating the crumple zones. Plaintiff suffered varied and multiple cervical, thoracic and lumbar herniations and bulges requiring cervical, thoracic and lumbar discectomies. Plaintiff also suffered medial meniscal tear and chondromalacia to his left knee requiring arthroscopic surgery with further surgeries recommended.