We represented the families of two women who were killed in an apartment fire in Washington, DC. The two women lit an incense stick and placed it at the base of an artificial tree in their apartment. Unfortunately, the straw around the tree base caught fire and the resulting fire blocked the women’s ability to…
While driving on Idylwood Road in Falls Church, Virginia our client was struck by a vehicle driving in the opposite direction and attempting to make a U-turn in front of her. There was no traffic light, no stop sign and heavy traffic. Our client did not request an ambulance or visit the emergency room. Instead,…
We represented the parents of a woman who tragically died when the vehicle in which she was traveling was struck by a tractor trailer traveling the opposite direction on the highway. The trailer struck a guardrail at full speed, flipped onto its side and crossed several lanes of oncoming traffic. Our clients retained our firm…
Our client was a 16-year-old boy in Hagerstown, Maryland staying at his grandfather’s house. As part of a homecoming party, our client decided to build a bonfire. When doing so, our client asked his grandfather for gasoline to ignite the fire, which the grandfather provided him. In the course of trying to ignite the fire,…
We represented two men in Washington, DC, who were shot by an off duty police officer. One of the men died and the other was seriously injured. We filed suit in federal court alleging excessive use of force. Despite our clients’ use of both alcohol and cocaine almost immediately before the incident, we successfully argued…
We represented a man that died after a hospital failed to properly retrieve a dental device that he had swallowed. At the hospital, hospital physicians believed that the device had passed through his stomach and would likely pass through his digestive system. However, they did insufficient examinations to ensure that the device had not been…
The mother of our client in Alexandria, Virginia was struck by a U.S. Postal Service truck while she was crossing a street in Alexandria, Virginia. She died a short while after arriving at the hospital due to closed head injuries. She was 74 years old, lived alone, and worked part-time. We hired an investigator to…
We represented the estate of a man who was killed when an out-of-control driver careened onto the sidewalk and struck him. The responsible driver had a minimal insurance policy and the personal representative of the man’s estate was about to accept it, but first consulted with our office. We investigated the insurance available on the…
Our client was tragically killed in a tractor-trailer accident when his truck was struck by another after he slowed down. There were no witnesses other than the tractor trailer driver who struck our client and he claimed that the rear lights of our client’s car were not working at the time of the collision. A…
Our client was in an apartment in Washington, DC when a mattress caught fire through no fault of his. In an attempt to save the lives others, our client ran to get a fire extinguisher. Upon locating the extinguisher, he noted that the glass window to the cabinet housing was broken. He grabbed the extinguisher…
We represented the estate of a man who tragically died from complications following surgery on his leg. After his procedure, the man experienced extreme pain and swelling around the surgery sites, and a spike in his temperature. His sister and her husband immediately took him to see his doctor, who assured him that there was…
We obtained a $125,000 settlement on behalf of the estate of an elderly man in Henderson, North Carolina who was found dead in the middle of a roadway in North Carolina. There were no witnesses to the accident, other than the tractor-trailer driver who claimed that the elderly man was already dead when he ran…
A client in Manassas, Virginia was driving in the early morning hours of a winter day when he unexpectedly encountered a patch of ice and slid off the road. While he was standing near his vehicle, another motorist hit the same ice, slid off the road, and struck and killed our client. The police investigation…
