James K. Smith

James K. Smith joined the law firm of Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith in 1997. He is a trial attorney concentrating in Personal Injury Litigation. Prior to joining Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith, Attorney Smith practiced with the law firm of Guendelsberger & Taylor in New Milford, CT from 1988 through 1992 and served as a partner in that firm from 1993 to 1997, where he concentrated in Personal Injury Litigation.

Cases:

• $515K settlement for a motorcyclist forced to dump his bike when cut off by driver of a car
• $95k settlement for a bicyclist struck by a motor vehicle
• $250k for a construction worker struck by a vehicle at a highway work-site
• $65k for a student assaulted at school
• $50k for a woman injured on a carnival ride
• $415k for a Cambodian immigrant injured as a passenger in an intersection motor vehicle accident
• $700k for a passenger in a vehicle stuck by a tractor –trailer
• $60k for a deliveryman injured by defective conditions at a supermarket while making a delivery
• $1.15M for driver of a car injured in a tractor-trailer pile-up on Interstate 95
• $390k for a woman injured in a collision on Interstate 84
• $75k arbitration award for a man injured at a health club due to defective premises
• $60k for a woman injured slipping and falling on liquid at a supermarket
• $100k each for a husband and wife injured when driving their classic car which was struck from behind by a car

Donates Money to:

• Assumption College
• University of Connecticut School of Law
• Veterans of Foreign Wars
• USO
• Dana Farber Institute
• Jimmy Fund
• Paralyzed Veterans' Association