Recent Cases

Wilson v. WMATA (July 2006) (District of Columbia).
$1.1 Million verdict in case involving electrician electrocuted while performing work at the Shady Grove Metro Station in Rockville, Maryland. Defendant was found negligent in re energizing a power circuit without first notifying the Plaintiff. Plaintiff sustained electrocution-induced neck and back injuries and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Bussey v. Harbor Hospital Center, Inc. (May 2006) - $5 million jury verdict in case involving 68 year old woman who fell in her hospital room and fractured her hip, causing complications that eventually resulted in her death. Offer before trial was $50,000 and was rejected.

John Doe v. Anonymous Hospital (April 2006) - $250,000 settlement for 80 year old male patient at hospital who fell in his room and fractured his femur. Allegations of negligence involved failure of the nursing staff to properly attend to the patient’s care at the time of the fall.

John Doe v. Anonymous Concrete Manufacturing Company (November 2005) - $400,000 settlement in favor of construction worker who suffered a foot injury when a precast concrete slab he was working on collapsed due to defects in the concrete curing and consolidation processes. Expert retained by our firm was W. Gene Corley, chief engineer responsible for the evaluating the 9/11 collapse of the World Trade Centers and the Edward R. Morrow Federal Building in the Oklahoma City Bombing incident.

John Doe v. Anonymous Trucking Company (2005) - $400,000 settlement of case in which client sustained serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident caused by the driver of a commercially owned truck.

Jane Doe v. Anonymous Physician (2004) $675,000 settlement to woman who suffered permanent nerve injury to her hand and arm as a result of physician negligence during a routine surgery to remove a cyst where the nerve controlling the hand was severed.

Mahler v. Johns Hopkins Hospital (2004) - $550,000 jury verdict in favor of 32 year old male who underwent cosmetic chin augmentation procedure which resulted in permanent dysfunction of his lower lip. Settlement offer before trial was $0. Case was retried in 2004 resulting in mistrial. Case is presently on appeal.

Miller, et al. v. Otis Elevator Co., Inc. (2002) - $875,000 jury verdict in federal court for injuries sustained by two nurses at local hospital after elevator in which they were passengers malfunctions and ran into the “pit” at the bottom of the elevator shaft. No offer before trial.

The foregoing are a few examples of cases handled successfully by the firm. Of course, past experience is no guarantee of future outcomes or awards.

We have recovered tens of million of dollars for our clients in a variety of complex personal injury cases and remain one of the strongest litigation firms in the state on behalf of the victims of personal injuries of all types due to all causes.

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