We represented a woman who was on vacation in New York State when was struck in the face by a large patio umbrella. The umbrella had not been properly fastened to the base of the stand and flew out and struck our client with significant force as a result of a strong gust of wind.As…
We represented a child that was horrifically scalded by hot water. We successfully argued that the hot water heater was too high and the guardian failed to properly monitor the activities of the children in the house.
We represented a Tennessee woman who slipped and fell in a motel parking lot in Marion, Virginia. She slipped on ice that had refrozen at night after snow had melted during the day. She fractured her wrist and had a subdural hematoma and hemorrhage, which required three brain surgeries. However, she did not seek medical…
Our client was shopping at a warehouse store when a box fell from a shelf hitting him in the back of the neck. He suffered tissue swelling and cephalohematoma, which led to memory and vision difficulties and required significant medical care. The warehouse claimed that we were unable to establish that its negligence caused the…
A young boy was playing on the playground of his Washington, DC preschool during recess when, unsupervised, he fell from a set of monkey bars and fractured his left wrist and elbow. He was transported to a hospital where he underwent surgery to pin the fractures and irrigate his wounds. Unfortunately, his wounds were unable…
Our client was a five-year old girl who was traveling to Dulles Airport with her parents on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The plane was a few hours from landing when a flight attendant placed a cup of hot tea on our client’s tray table. The cup was not placed squarely in…
Our client was at a friend’s house in Charles County, Maryland when a grease fire erupted while someone was cooking French fries. Another individual who also lived at the residence came into the kitchen, grabbed the pan, and threw it outside near where our client was standing. The hot grease landed on our client’s foot,…
