Law firm wins nearly $1 million verdict for accident victim

FORT MYERS — Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, recently won a Clewiston woman and her husband a $900,130 verdict after her insurance company, Geico, proposed a settlement of $15,000 for injuries and damages caused by an underinsured motorist.

Kari Maynor sustained serious shoulder, wrist, neck and back injuries on Oct. 2, 2014, when the driver of an SUV pulled out in front of her and crashed into the mid-size car she was driving east on Sugarland Highway in Clewiston. The wreck led to permanent injuries, surgeries, repeated therapies and the loss of one of her jobs.