Attorney Bios

With over 18 years of trial experience Michael has extensively litigated cases involving: truck accidents, boating accidents, motorcycle accidents, car accidents, construction accidents, railroad grade accidents, drowning accidents, defective products, municipal liability, premises liability, wrongful deaths, legal malpractice, accounting malpractice, medical malpractice and traumatic brain injuries. As lead counsel, Michael has personally handled over 2,500 personal injury cases resulting in millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts. In the past, Mr. Saltzer has consistently achieved jury verdicts above insurance company final offers for his clients, and has more recently attained several verdicts in excess of insurance company policy limits.

In addition, Michael served on the Grievance Committee of the Akron Bar Association and the Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee. He successfully presented a case before the Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, resulting in a favorable ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court in Akron Bar Association v. Bojonell (2000), 88 Ohio St. 3d 154, 724 N.E.2d 401.

Representative Cases:

Motorcycle Cases:
Represented a 19 year-old double amputation victim, who was 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.

Trucking Cases:
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.

Motor Vehicle Cases:
Achieved a $250,000 policy limit settlement in a motor vehicle accident case involving a closed head injury that resulted in mild residual cognitive impairment.

Nursing Home Cases:
Settled numerous decubitus ulcer cases, fall and drop cases, and abuse cases against nursing homes, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements.