Examples of some of the serious personal injury claims that we have handled in the past:
- Automobile tractor trailer accident causing multiple fractures and other injuries
- Automobile accidents- numerous cases involving various traumatic injuries
- Automobile/motorcycle accident resulting in paraplegia
- Bus/pedestrian accident- client who was trying to board bus sustained serious injuries after falling beneath bus and bus driver failed to stop in time.
- Bus/Taxicab accident- client, passenger in a cab, required spinal surgery after the accident.
- Elevator accidents due to misleveling of elevator
- Elevator accident caused by sudden stop and erratic movement of elevator
- Escalator accidents caused by sudden activation of safety switches on escalators.
- Escalator accident caused by client tripping on raised comb plate
- Hot water scaldings caused by improperly maintained hot water heaters, resulting in burns to minor children
- Negligence- Spinal injury sustained by novice horseback riding student due to lack of safety procedures by riding school
- Negligence- Woman suffered spinal injuries as the result of injury in poorly supervised train station
- Negligence- Spinal and other injuries sustained by hospital patient accidentally dropped by ambulance crew while being moved.
- Negligent security in hotel resulting in criminal assault of government employee staying there
- Negligent security in apartment building resulting in injuries to tenant by trespassers
- Negligent security in a DC school, resulting in rape of high school student
- Police Brutality- Fatal shooting of unarmed 18 year old by officers in Prince Georges County, MD
- Police Brutality- Police beating in DC causing neurological and other problems to client
- Police Brutality- Assault and false arrest of Maryland man by U.S. Capital police.
- Premises liability- Fracture sustained by man who fell at property due to poor lighting and lack of warning regarding hidden step down.
- Premises liability- Injuries to audience member hit on hit by falling equipment at DC theater causing TMJ injury.
- Premises liability- Woman sustained head injuries as result of being struck by wooden plank accidentally dropped by worker in lumber yard section of hardware store.
- Premises liability- Numerous cases involving injuries caused by falls at various premises as the result of negligent maintenance or design of apartment buildings, stores, hotels and other buildings
- Product Liability - Claim against manufacturer of household product used as antacid causing severe gastrointestinal injury
- Product Liability- Man sustained serious eye injury as the result of defective bungee cord slipping out of hook and striking him in the eye
- Product liability claim against manufacturer of defectively designed swivel chair
- Product liability claim against manufacturer of defectively manufactured swivel chair
- Product liability- automatic doors- claims arising out of injuries to clients struck by improperly functioning automatic doors.
- Product Liability claim due to failure of child's pajamas to comply with flammability standards.
- Slip and fall by young lawyer requiring back surgery from a fall as the result of no signs put up in delicatessen despite freshly washed floor.
- Slip and fall by tenant in apartment complex due to outdoor carpeting covered with algae, resulting in fall that caused serious fracture.
- Slip and fall of office worker walking off of elevator onto slippery floor causing permanent arm injury.
- Slip and fall in government cafeteria causing permanent injury as result of failure to clear walkway of rolled up rug
- Slips and falls in government offices as result of failure of cleaning crews to post signs
- WMATA escalator accidents- various claims arising out of persons injured on Metro escalators, including one which was the largest settlement for such a claim at the time.
- Workplace injury- Worker unloading truck sustained permanent spinal injury as result of inadequate lighting and poorly maintained mechanical loading ramp
- Wrongful death claims as result of fatal automobile accidents
