A man went to his primary care physician complaining of, among other things, persistent cough, night sweats, chills, and groin pain. The doctor took an x-ray, read it as showing pneumonia and not cancer, but failed to order any follow up x-rays or other testings after the man continued to have the same symptoms during…

Attorney Craig Miller of Simeone & Miller, LLP and his co-counsel secured an impressive $2,320,335.00 verdict for our birth injury client. A newborn suffered a permanent brachial plexus injury at the hands of an obstetrician/gynecologist (OBGYN) who we claimed had used excessive force and improperly done maneuvers while faced with a shoulder dystocia. While the…

We obtained a $2,000,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered an amputation of her right leg below the knee as a result of an automobile accident in the District of Columbia. Our client was a passenger in a delivery vehicle. The driver of the delivery vehicle rear-ended a truck owned by a different…

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…

Along with co-counsel, we represented a woman who gave birth to a stillborn child. She also suffered significant, permanent injuries as a result of the birth. We brought a claim alleging that there was a failure to properly monitor the client’s condition before and during the birth. We argued that, had her condition been properly…

We represented a young man who was sexually assaulted on several occasions by a boy scout troop leader. Due to the terms of a confidential settlement agreement, we cannot provide details about his case, but we were able to obtain a settlement of $975,000 through private mediation shortly after filing suit and without the need…

We represented a father, his four year old son, and the child’s grandmother. The four year old and his grandmother were walking inside a fast food restaurant when they turned a corner and slipped on a recently mopped floor that had not been marked with a “wet floor” sign or any other warning. The child…

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…

We represented the family of a man who was fatally injured when his vehicle was struck by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He died at the scene of the accident. We hired a local investigator who took a statement from the sole witness and inspected the vehicles and accident scene. When the insurance…

Our client in Washington, DC, who was in her 60’s, was admitted to the hospital with jaundice and suspected liver failure. During the course of her admission, the doctors performed a liver biopsy. Shortly after the biopsy, our client began to show symptoms associated with bleeding from the sight of the biopsy, which is a…

Our client suffered from atrial fibrillation. Her electrophysiologist therefore placed her on Tikosyn, a medication used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The doctor ultimately stopped that treatment and then re-started it. However, when he restarted the medication, he failed to keep her in the hospital for three days, as required. Our client went home,…

We represented a man who suffered a fracture to his leg that required surgery. Following the surgery, he suffered through additional complications. We were able to prove that his fall resulted from a failure of a worker to provide him with assistance which he had requested and which he obviously needed, as evidenced by his…

We represented a client who was seriously injured by a product while in the scope of his employment. He suffered significant internal injuries resulting in an extensive hospitalization. Prior to the suit, we retained an expert witness to inspect the product. We then filed a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer of the product that…

We represented a man who saw a dermatologist and underwent a Mohs procedure to remove cancerous lumps from his lip. We alleged that the dermatologist failed to properly do the procedure resulting in the spread of the client’s cancer. The dermatologist contended that he had done the procedure properly but at the time of the…

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,…

Our client was attacked and struck in the face by an assailant in Washington, D.C. He went to the emergency room complaining of a swollen jaw and was examined and discharged. Two days later he returned to the same emergency room complaining of swelling in his throat and a slight fever. He was once again…

We represented a young man who was traveling through a green light on his motorcycle in Silver Spring, Maryland. A car coming from the other direction, turned left and entered his path causing a collision. Our client was thrown from his motorcycle, sliding across the road, striking a signpost, and falling into a coma. As…

We represented a young woman who arrived at a District of Columbia hospital for what she thought would be a normal delivery of her baby. She did not have any known symptoms or risk factors for a shoulder dystocia presentation. Unfortunately, the physicians failed to take appropriate action upon encountering the shoulder dystocia and the…

We represented a father and daughter who were seriously injured in a car accident on New Year’s Day in Rockville, Maryland, when they were struck head on by a priest returning to his church from a hospital visit. The daughter suffered a fractured back and internal organ injuries that caused her to be hospitalized for…

Our client was involved in a devastating accident with an uninsured motorist in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She suffered several fractures and internal injuries, including a splenic laceration that required multiple surgeries. Her insurance company initially refused to pay any damages under its uninsured motorist policy, but we were eventually able to obtain a recovery…

Our client was traveling on his motorcycle traveling in Landover, Maryland when a driver traveling in the opposite direction failed to yield the right of way when making a left hand turn and struck our client. As a result of the impact, our client suffered fractures in his chest, skull, right leg, and both arms….

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 riding his motorcycle on Maine Avenue in Washington, DC when a Metro utility truck cut in front of him and struck him, causing him to collide with the median and two other vehicles. At the scene, the Metro utility truck driver claimed that the accident was our client’s fault. As a result…

We represented a woman who fell into an exposed ramp behind an apartment building in Washington, DC. Our client had gone to an apartment building to visit a friend in the late afternoon/early evening. After discovering that her friend was not home, our client left via the rear exit of the apartment building. While walking…

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…

We represented a man who was a passenger on an Amtrak train from New York to Washington, DC that derailed near Philadelphia. He was sleeping at the time of the derailment and woke up when he was being violently thrown by the impact of the crash. As a result of the derailment, he suffered sustained…

We represented a pregnant woman who felt unusual pain shortly before going into labor. Her doctor refused her a Caesarean section. In the process of delivering the child a shoulder dystocia was encountered. The physician failed to properly deliver the child or diagnose the shoulder dystocia. As a result, the child suffered a brachial plexus…

Our client was seriously injured in an accident with a tractor trailer. The police on the scene determined that the vehicle in which she was riding was responsible for the accident. The client suffered multiple fractures in their back, but did not require surgery. After extensive investigation, we determined that the tractor trailer driver, who…

While exiting an elevator in the Department of Treasury building where she worked, our client slipped and fell on a slippery substance. A security guard nearby told our client that the cleaning company for the building had recently mopped the area where our client fell. There were no wet floor or caution signs advising our…

We obtained a $375,000 recovery on behalf of a woman in Washington, DC who retained an attorney to file a medical malpractice claim on behalf of her late husband’s estate. The late husband was in poor health from other illnesses and the issues of malpractice and the cause of his injuries were strongly contested. Nevertheless,…

Our client was stopped due to traffic when she was rear-ended while driving in Anne Arundel, County, Maryland. As a result of the impact, she suffered a lumbar disc herniation with bilateral L5/S1 radiculitis. She also suffered from neck pain, sacroiliac sprain and muscle spasms. The negligent driver’s insurance company refused to make a fair…

We represented a woman who was struck as a pedestrian while crossing the street in a crosswalk in Washington, DC. She had an extensive medical history, including two prior surgeries to her lower back as well as an injury to her right knee for which she sought treatment just two weeks before the accident. Nearly…

We represented a woman who showed signs during her pregnancy that her baby was in danger. Her physician failed to apprise her of the risks of continuing with her pregnancy versus immediate delivery. As a result, our client’s child was stillborn. The law clearly states that all patients have the right to full information in…

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 a man in Washington, DC who was mistakenly believed to be the cause of a disruption at a restaurant in Washington DC, and who was grabbed from behind and forced to the ground, thereby injuring his knee. We filed suit against the restaurant, but the restaurant’s insurance company refused to provide coverage or…

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 woman retained our services after she fell into a pothole while crossing the street to get to her car in the District of Columbia. As a result of her fall, she required an ankle surgery, including the permanent placement of screws into her right ankle and extensive physical therapy. Our firm investigated her case…

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…

While stopped in traffic in Washington, DC, our client’s vehicle was rear-ended. As a result of the impact, she suffered significant personal injuries, including back pain and sciatica that necessitated an L5-S1 fusion surgery. The negligent driver’s insurance company failed to make a reasonable settlement offer, so we filed a lawsuit on our client’s behalf….

Our client was driving his car on the beltway in Fairfax County, Virginia when a Greyhound bus in the lane to his right unexpectedly entered his lane and forced his vehicle to scrape against the cement guardrail before coming to a rest. As a result of the accident, our client suffered injuries to his back,…

Two parents retained our firm on behalf of their five year old son, who was attacked by an unprovoked pit bull. The little boy was walking with his grandmother in a park in Fairfax County, Virginia when they came across a woman walking two dogs. The woman assured them that her dogs were friendly, but…

A client in Fairfax, Virginia was severely injured when he made a left turn in front of a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The police cited our client for failing to yield the right of way. We retained a roadway expert to conduct an examination of the accident scene that revealed a dip in…

Our client was operating a motor vehicle at the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Smoketown Road, in Prince William County, Virginia. She stopped at a stop sign and was about to move forward when the vehicle behind her accelerated too quickly and struck her vehicle in the rear. The responsible driver reassured our client…

We represented a man who sustained a clavicular hematoma and fractures of his ribs and sternum as a result of an automobile accident in which the adverse driver failed to yield the right of way. Our client’s injuries required surgery on his back and neck, leaving him in a back brace for many months. We…

A husband and wife came to a near stop due to traffic near Williams Drive in Fairfax County, Virginia and were then struck from behind. After the impact, the other driver fled the scene and was later apprehended by the police. At the time of the accident, he was legally intoxicated.The husband, who was 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 suffered several serious injuries, including contusions of his abdominal wall, kidney lesions, lower back pain, neck sprain, concussion with coma, right shoulder pain, headaches and Grand Mal and absence seizures as the result of an automobile accident on New Washington Road (Rt. 97) in Westminster, MD in Carroll County. We filed a suit…

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…

We represented a mother and father on behalf of their child, who passed away as a result of medical malpractice. The child was severely compromised and required home health care. A nurse during the course of administering home health care disconnected the child’s ventilator allowing him to be deprived of oxygen. Although oxygen levels were…

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 a husband and wife who were visiting the Washington, DC area. While driving their rental van on Route 50 with their three children in the back, traffic slowed to a stop, and their vehicle was rear-ended by the car behind them. The entire family was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center via ambulance,…

We successfully represented a class of hearing impaired individuals in Washington, DC who filed a federal class action lawsuit against two national movie theater chains. A writer for The Harvard Law Review declared our firm’s efforts on behalf of closed-captioned movies as resulting in a “historic settlement.” The Court praised the firm for “conscientiously, diligently…

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 walking in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart store in Maryland in which he worked when he was struck by a car. As a result of the collision, our client sustained a concussion and fractures to his legs, ribs, and shoulders. He required surgery on his legs and two months of inpatient…

Our client was driving on the Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County, MD attempting to drive toward Washington, DC. Another driver struck our client from the rear while attempting to merge into our client’s lane and caused our client’s vehicle to collide with the vehicle in front of her. As a result of the collision,…

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle driving in Prince George’s County, Maryland that was suddenly cut off by another vehicle that then abruptly stopped, causing a collision. The responding EMTs cut our client’s pants and boots in order to extract her from the car, and in the process discovered that her knee bone…

Our client was a building inspector working in Washington, DC, when a window – including its frame, glass, and an object behind the glass – unexpectedly fell from the third floor of a building and struck his head. He immediately felt a jolt of pain in his head and neck and sustained multiple lacerations across…

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…

We represented the mother of a young girl who suffered from autism. While at school, she was not properly supervised and fell out of a classroom window, falling approximately fifteen feet to the ground. In addition to injuries to her left hip and leg, the accident aggravated her autism. We filed suit in the Superior…

Our client was walking on 19th Street, NW attempting to cross L Street when she was struck by a motor vehicle. She was in the cross walk and had several seconds left to make it across the street, but the negligent driver struck her while attempting to make a left hand turn. As a result…

Our client was a 15-year-old girl who was visiting the United States. She was on a Segway tour of Washington, DC with her family when the driver of an automobile failed to stop at a crosswalk and struck her. As a result of the impact, she was pushed over 15 feet and knocked unconscious. She…

We represented a woman who tripped and fell on a folding table that was lying flat on the floor of a Marshall’s store in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and that was nearly identical in color to the floor. Following the incident, furniture was then placed on the table so that customers would see it was…

We represented a 12 year old boy and his mother after the boy opened an unlocked door in an abandoned area of his school and climbed above the ceiling rafters. As he and his friends explored the space, the young boy fell through the ceiling, falling 20 feet to the ground. As a result of…

Our client was riding his bicycle in Washington, DC when a Secret Service officer made a U-turn, struck him, and knocked him off his bicycle. He sustained significant injuries which necessitated multiple surgeries, including a rotator cuff tear, a wrist ligament injury, an ankle fracture, and a rib fracture. The federal government initially denied responsibility…

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…

We represented an airline worker in Alexandria, Virginia whose hand was crushed by a conveyor belt while he loaded luggage at Reagan National Airport. The conveyor belt had been used nationally for several years and there were no previously reported injuries or complaints regarding it. Nevertheless, we filed suit alleging that the defective design of…

A client in Washington, DC was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with another vehicle at an intersection. Both drivers denied responsibility for the accident. However, after filing suit against both drivers and taking their depositions, we identified the responsible driver and persuaded his insurance company to resolve our client’s case through arbitration. We…

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…

Our client was passing through an intersection on 17th Street, SE in Washington, DC and about to make a left hand turn when he was rear-ended. He suffered injuries to his neck, back, left hand and arm, as well as headaches, difficulty sleeping, and vision problems, but there was very little damage to his vehicle….

Our client was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk at the corner of 12th and E Streets, NW in the District of Columbia. A taxicab driver failed to stop in time and struck our client, knocking her to the ground.As a result of the incident, our client sustained an aggravation of pre-existing arthritis in…

Our client required medical assistance when traveling to appointments. She was picked up by an employee of a medical transport company, but the employee failed to fasten the belt necessary to secure our client in her wheelchair. When the employee later pushed the wheelchair with significant force to overcome one of its wheels which had…

Our client and her fiancé were staying in a hotel in Ocean City, Maryland when they heard what sounded like water running through the walls of their bathroom. She contacted the hotel front desk, who said they would send maintenance staff to their room. Our client decided to take a video to record the sound…

We represented a man in Washington, DC whose primary care physician failed to properly diagnose a benign rectal tumor. The responsible doctor denied liability and argued that our client’s injuries and treatment were not caused by any negligence on his part. However, after filing suit and conducting extensive discovery, we were able to obtain a…

Our client and her one year old daughter were driving on a road in Montgomery County, Maryland when an intoxicated driver traveling in the opposite direction entered their lane and struck them head-on. Our client injured her neck, chest, arms, and back, and her daughter injured her chin, neck, and stomach. Based on the clear…

We represented a woman who t-boned a driver making an improper turn from a non-turning lane in Ashburn, Virginia. The accident resulted in fractures and a ligament tear in our client’s foot that necessitated surgery, along with headaches and injuries to her neck, back, wrist, and hand. Through aggressive litigation, we were able to secure…

We represented a man who was driving on Cathedral Avenue, NW in Washington, DC, looking for a parking spot. He saw three open parking spots to the right of his lane and stopped to parallel park into one of them. However, before he started to back up and while he had his brake lights and…

We represented a young woman and her niece who were passengers in a vehicle that was involved in a serious accident in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. The adult suffered a right tibial plateau fracture and the child suffered significant gastrointestinal injuries that resulted in removal of 17 cm of her bowel. The responsible driver initially…

We represented a man who was at a complete stop in Montgomery County, Maryland when he was rear-ended with such force, that his airbags deployed and his seat broke. As a result of the accident, he sustained spine and shoulder strains, a concussion, and ligament injuries to his right wrist. We negotiated with the adverse…

Our client was walking to the bathroom in a fast food restaurant when she slipped and fell on an unknown wet substance on the floor, sustaining injuries to her back, right leg, and left hand. An employee of the restaurant was nearby mopping, but failed to put up a “wet floor” sign to warn our…

We obtained a $180,000 arbitration award for a client in Washington, DC, who was already suffering from spondylosis and degenerative disk disease, when he was injured in an automobile collision. The negligent driver retained an orthopedic surgeon to testify that the automobile accident did not injure our client any further. Nevertheless, we filed suit, persuaded…

Our client was riding his bicycle to work in Fairfax, Virginia when the driver of a car traveling in the opposite direction failed to yield the right of way and struck him. The other driver claimed she did not see our client, despite his having working lights on his bicycle. He was transported by ambulance…

A client in Washington, DC suffered lower leg fractures requiring surgery when he was struck by an automobile while riding his bicycle. The driver of the vehicle denied responsibility for the accident on the grounds that our client was outside of the crosswalk at the time of the accident. We filed suit on our client’s…

We obtained a $180,000 settlement for a woman in Hagerstown, Maryland who was seriously injured when the car in which she was a passenger went off the road while avoiding another vehicle. There was no contact between the vehicles and the police report inaccurately listed one of the drivers as a witness. However, we persuaded…

Our client was driving a company truck on the Capital Beltway in Silver Spring, Maryland when he was rear-ended. As a result of the accident, he suffered a closed head trauma; cervical, dorsal, and lumbrosacral strains; contusion to his left ribs; an internal derangement of his left knee; and persistent headaches. After he came to…

Our client’s vehicle was rear-ended while at a complete stop due to construction. The collision resulted in our client being air-lifted to a shock trauma unit. Our client suffered a concussion, a cerebral hemorrhage, and a lumbar disc herniation. She also suffered from post-concussion symptoms after the incident. We were unable to obtain a sufficient…

We represented a client in Ellicott City, Maryland whose artificial prosthesis was defective and had to be surgically replaced. Prior to filing suit, we met with representatives of the manufacturer and were able to negotiate a settlement whereby the manufacturer agreed to pay all of our client’s outstanding medical bills and liens. In addition, the…

We represented a woman who was involved in a rear end car collision. The responsible defendant rear-ended another vehicle and pushed it into our client’s vehicle. The property damage to our client’s vehicle was minor. Our client had a long history of a burning sensation in her legs prior to the accident. She had been…

Our client was a newspaper deliveryman making his morning rounds in Silver Spring, Maryland, when he tripped over a guy wire that was left over from a previous construction site. He sustained a concussion and a right elbow fracture that necessitated surgery. We filed suit and eventually brought claims against eleven companies and organizations in…

Our client went to a Super Bowl party at the home of a person who owned a dog. Unbeknownst to our client, the dog had bitten a stranger in the owner’s presence the year before. As our client entered the room where the guests were, she placed her purse on the ground and the dog…

We represented a woman who had a total knee replacement surgery to address degenerative joint disease in her left knee. The prosthetic that replaced her knee, however, was ultimately unsuccessful and failed to bond properly with her bone. As a result, she suffered from chronic knee pain and lost partial mobility of her knee. The…

Our clients, a husband and wife, were driving in Fairfax County, Virginia with their young children in the backseat when an oncoming driver lost control of his vehicle and swerved into their lane of traffic, striking their vehicle head on and forcing it off the road and into a ditch.As a result of the accident,…

We represented an elderly woman who suffered from partial paralysis and was entirely dependent on home healthcare aides to assist her. One morning, the aide who was in charge of our client was not properly supervising her and our client fell. The aide failed to report the incident to the client’s family or even a…

We obtained a $150,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who was injured when another driver ran a stop sign and struck her on the driver’s side of her car. As a result of the crash, our client suffered fractures to her foot, hematoma to her neck, and blunt force injuries to her chest and…

Our client was rear-ended while stopped at a toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike. The responsible driver was intoxicated and fled the scene, but was apprehended 18 miles from the location of the accident. Our client suffered a cervical disc herniation at the C6-C7 level, which caused him to undergo an anterior cervical discectomy…

Our client was doing laundry in her apartment building in Washington, DC. She put her laundry in the washing machines and went back to her apartment. When she went back to transfer her laundry to the dryers, all three washing machines had leaked, and water spread out of the laundry room and onto the stairway…

On a snowy morning, our client left her apartment building and walked on pavers that had been installed by the apartment complex to her car. The pavers were used regularly by residents and guests of the complex, but were not cleared of snow and ice or properly treated that morning. As a result, our client…

Our client and her passengers left home for a day at Ocean City, Maryland, with no specific estimated time of arrival. On the way, they were the first car at a stop light in the left lane. Our client was checking her mirrors while idling at the stop light and noticed a van rapidly approaching…

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…

Our client was walking out of her apartment building to her car to go to work when she slipped and fell on ice on the sidewalk. There was no other sidewalk available to her and the ice was untreated “black ice,” and extremely slippery. Prior to falling she saw the ice and tried to step…

Our client was driving on Telegraph Road in Lorton, Virginia, when a driver traveling in the opposite direction lost control of the car, crossing the median and striking our client head-on. Our client suffered four broken ribs, fractures in both feet, and dislocation of her right foot. After completing physical therapy, the injuries incapacitated our…

We represented a man who was struck by a piece of debris after a tractor trailer collided with a fire truck and the vehicle crashed into a dividing wall on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Our client’s vehicle flipped over several times as a result of being struck by the debris. Our…

Our client was a guest at a hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. She required a shower chair due to the fact that her left leg had been amputated below the knee, and she requested one three weeks before her stay. The chair was not provided to her, however, even after she made repeated requests after she…

We represented a woman who was a passenger in a car that was rear-ended by a truck driver attempting to change lanes. Our client felt neck pain following the collision, which increased and was later diagnosed as a cervical disc herniation that required surgery. After the surgery, her pain limited her abilities to perform basic…

A client in Bowie, Maryland was operating a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle when an automobile pulled out from an intersecting street and cut him off. Our client was able to avoid colliding with the vehicle that pulled out in front of him, but his evasive actions caused him to strike another automobile that was stopped at…

Our client was driving on I-495 South when a car in front of her broke down and brought traffic to a stop. She was at a complete standstill when a tractor-trailer truck rear-ended the car behind her, pushing that car into hers, and subsequently wedging her car underneath the truck in front of her. As…

Our client was operating her vehicle on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in icy and snowy conditions. She was rear-ended as she slowed due to traffic. Our client was unable to identify which vehicle struck her and both drivers behind our client denied responsibility for the accident. In addition, both potentially responsible drivers had minimal insurance policies….

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…

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on a February morning, our client stopped at a gas station to use a payphone. As he returned to his vehicle from the pay-phone, he slipped and fell on a patch of ice located on the sidewalk area of the gas station property. As a result of the accident, our client…

Our client was a business invitee at a home improvement store in Fairfax County, Virginia. She chose a heavy, marble sink attached to a vanity top to purchase. An employee of the store placed the sink and vanity top in a normal shopping cart and then pushed the cart to the checkout counter, where our…

Our client was driving on the Capitol Beltway near Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland. As our client stopped for traffic, she was rear-ended by a woman who was working at the time.As a result of the collision, our client sustained injuries to her neck, back, head, right hip, chest, right elbow, right wrist and…

We represented a man who fell on a recently mopped floor in a cafeteria in Suitland, MD. Although our client claimed that there were no cafeteria employees near the fall and no yellow warning signs present, two cafeteria employees testified in deposition that five warning signs were on the floor, the cafeteria manager was directing…

Our client was lawfully operating his motor vehicle on Little River Turnpike near its intersection with John Marr Drive in Fairfax County, Virginia. At the same time, an uninsured motorist was operating his vehicle on the Little River Turnpike Service Road near the same intersection. The uninsured motorist struck and collided with the driver side…

Our client was a passenger in the back seat of a car traveling on Annapolis Road in Maryland when a car traveling in the opposite direction failed to yield the right of way and turned left, striking the car in which our client was riding. Our client suffered from bulging and herniated disks, cervical strains,…

We represented a woman who sustained significant injuries as a result of a car accident. She had a green arrow and was making a left hand turn onto Alabama Avenue in Washington, DC, when an adverse driver ran a red light and forcefully struck her car. She sustained serious injuries from the crash, including strains…

Our client was a passenger in a taxicab in Washington, DC that was rear-ended. As a result of the accident, our client suffered numerous injuries including: cervical, thoracic and lumber strains; headaches; post- concussion syndrome; impingement of the left supraspinatus tendon; separation of the AC joint of the left shoulder; internal derangement of the right…

Our client was driving her vehicle with her son as a passenger when another driver cut her off, causing her to brake unexpectedly. As a result of her abrupt stop, two cars behind her vehicle rear-ended her, causing her spinal disc injuries and cervical and lumbar strains. Fortunately, her son suffered minor injuries. We filed…

We represented a woman who suffered as a result of dental malpractice when her dentist unnecessarily extracted 13 teeth from her mouth and proceeded to provide her with ill fitting temporary bridges and veneers to remedy the extractions. She suffered infection, nonstop pain, and embarrassment from the inferior bridges and veneers. She retained a lawyer…

Our client was driving his car on the Fairfax County Parkway in Fairfax County, Virginia and attempted to turn left onto Terminal Road, after ensuring that he had sufficient time to safely complete his turn. However, another driver was driving in the opposite direction at an excessive rate of speed, struck our client’s vehicle, and…

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle driving in Prince George’s County, Maryland that collided with another vehicle. As a result of the accident, our client suffered a torn rotator cuff, and other serious injuries. Both drivers denied responsibility for the accident. We filed suit against both drivers in Prince George’s County Circuit Court…

We represented a man who was riding his bicycle on Ohio Drive in Washington, DC when a driver, who was parked on the side of the road, suddenly opened his door. The open door struck our client and knocked him off his bike. As a result of the accident, our client sustained a joint separation…

A client in Baltimore, Maryland worked as a consultant and was requested to travel out of town with another employee. However, she explained to her supervisor that she did not feel comfortable traveling alone with the colleague due to his previous inappropriate sexual comments. Despite our client’s concerns, her employer required her to travel with…

Our client was attending an air show at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George’s County, Maryland when an unattended small utility vehicle unexpectedly struck her as she was walking. The vehicle knocked her down and rolled over her, dragging her a short distance and pinning her underneath it. As a result of the accident,…

Our client was riding in a commercial truck as a passenger. He was not working at the time, but was accompanying the driver of the truck. Just as our client was about to fall asleep, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it flipped over. As a result of the accident, our client fractured…

We represented a man who was rear-ended on his way home from work. The force of the impact pushed his vehicle into the vehicle in front of him. As a result of the collision, he sustained an injury to his lower back. A subsequent MRI revealed a large herniated disc in our client’s lumbar spine….

After our client attended a party at her friend’s house in Baltimore, Maryland, she exited the home and walked down a set of steps to the street. As she stepped off the last step onto the street, her foot slipped on the edge of a slightly raised area placed along the street by the county…

Our client was walking through a metro station in Washington, DC when she slipped on black mesh that had been hanging from an overpass and spread out over a large area of the metro station floor for eight days. Photographs taken at the scene showed yellow accordion gates underneath the black mesh. At trial, our…

Our client was walking in Brooklyn, Maryland when she tripped over a burr left in the road by a construction crew. As a result of the fall, she suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula, which in turn caused a pulmonary embolism. The embolism necessitated treatment from a blood specialist, greatly extending her recovery time…

On Christmas Eve, our client was doing some last minute shopping when he was rear-ended while waiting to make a left-hand turn into a shopping center in Bowie, Maryland. As a result of the accident, our client suffered a bulging disc and numbness in his right hand and underwent a cervical discectomy. When the other…

Our client was at a full stop when an adverse driver who was speeding and not paying full time and attention rear ended her forcefully. She suffered contusions to her chest, swelling and bruising of her knee and shoulder, and a torn rotator cuff. Because she had previous shoulder complaints, and was suffering from cancer,…

Our client was a truck driver operating his tractor-trailer on I-95 in Howard County, Maryland when the driver of another tractor-trailer fell asleep behind the wheel and rear-ended our client. As a result of the collision, our client suffered cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and shoulder strains. We filed suit, and despite the adverse tractor-trailer company filing…

Our client was shopping at a retail store in Bowie, Maryland when an automatic door closed on her as she was leaving the store. She was already in a wheelchair and was being pushed out the door by her daughter. However, the closing of the door caused her a herniated disk that required surgery and…

We represented a woman who suffered an anaphylactic reaction to a medication prescribed to her by her doctor. Our client had informed her doctor of her allergy, but the doctor claimed that she was unaware of the allergy. We filed suit and found indications in the medical records that our client disclosed the allergy to…

We represented a woman who was six months pregnant when she was hit by a driver making a right hand turn. Our client was legally crossing a street in a marked crosswalk when the accident happened. Fortunately, her child was unharmed, but the collision resulted in a fractured tibia. After waiting to ensure that the…

We represented a U.S. Secret Service officer who received a voicemail informing him that he was denied a promotion because the Service already promoted a sufficient number of employees of his race and gender. We filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and after an investigation that favored the Secret Service, we filed…

Our client parked his car on Flower Avenue in Takoma Park, Maryland. As he was getting something out of the trunk of his car, the vehicle parked behind his car was struck and pushed into his vehicle, pinning him between the two vehicles. He was able to extricate himself, but due to the accident he…

Our client was operating her motor vehicle in Washington, DC, when she attempted to lawfully make a left hand turn onto 34th Street. As she was completing the turn, however, an adverse driver ran a red light and collided with the passenger side of her car. The adverse driver denied responsibility and claimed that he…

Our client was a passenger in a motor vehicle driving on I Street, SW in Washington, DC. At approximately 2:00 p.m. a driver who was traveling in the opposite direction attempted to make a U-turn, and collided with the vehicle in which our client was a passenger. Our client did not seek any medical treatment…

A client was walking in the food court of Union Station in Washington, DC when a worker struck her from behind with his delivery cart because he could not see her over the boxes he was handling. The worker denied responsibility, claiming that our client walked into his food cart. As a result of the…

Our client was a passenger in a car when the vehicle she was riding in was t-boned by a driver making an improper turn. She sustained serious injuries from the collision, including a pelvic fracture, multiple rib contusions, a concussion, and a lumbar strain. She underwent extensive care, including multiple rounds of physical therapy, but…

We represented a woman who was driving her car in Washington, DC when an adverse driver ran a red light and struck her passenger side door. The impact was so severe she could only be removed from the car after part of the vehicle’s roof was removed. As a result of the accident, our client…

We represented a Florida resident who was traveling through Austinville, Virginia, in Wythe County on her way back to Florida, when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The driver behind the vehicle in which she was riding lost control and rear ended our client’s vehicle. The accident caused the air bags in our…

Our client was driving her vehicle in Spotsylvania, Virginia when another vehicle improperly ran her off the road, causing her vehicle to flip over several times. Our client was left with glass embedded in her face and bruises on her hands and knees. After being discharged from the hospital, she followed up with her doctor…

Our client was crossing a street in Washington, DC when she was struck by a car. She was knocked unconscious, suffered a broken left leg and a cerebral concussion. She required internal fixation by means of a metallic plate in her left leg. The police report however, stated that our client was 15 feet outside…

We represented a woman who was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk near her home in Arlington, Virginia when she was struck by a car. As a result of the accident, she suffered multiple fractures and spent significant time in a hospital and then in a nursing facility. She came to us within two…

Our client was a passenger in a car that was stopped at a red light when another driver crossed over a grass median and struck it. Our client sustained a fracture in his back, requiring surgery and intensive physical therapy. Due to the severity of our client’s injuries and the obvious negligence on the part…

Our client was a resident of New York City and visiting Washington, DC for a conference. She was riding in a taxicab when the taxi driver ran a red light and struck a vehicle owned and operated by the U.S. Park Police. Our client suffered serious injuries, including several fractures and face and scalp lacerations….

We represented a woman in Washington, DC who suffered injuries to her shoulders, neck, and back; and suffered headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision as a result of an automobile accident at an intersection. Her pain did not subside with conservative treatment, so she underwent surgery on her neck. The insurance company refused to settle her…

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…

We represented a man who was crossing 24th Street, NW in Washington, DC when he was struck by a vehicle making a left hand turn. Our client was in the crosswalk and the pedestrian light gave him permission to cross the street at the time. As a result of the accident, he injured his lower…

Our client was vacationing when he entered a restaurant early one morning to see if it was open for breakfast. The front doors were unlocked, but the lights were off. As he walked into the restaurant, a growling, unleashed pitbull ran and lunged at him. Our client turned and ran, in the process colliding with…

We represented a woman who was rear-ended while at a complete stop on 16th Street in Washington, DC. She suffered serious personal injuries, including an annular tear in her back, an injury to her ankle, and several teeth knocked loose. After filing a lawsuit against the other driver and taking depositions, we were able to…

Our client was traveling in the far left lane on Oxon Hill Road when another driver exited a shopping center without yielding and hit the front right side of her vehicle. As a result of the accident, our client suffered a L5-S1 herniated nucleus pulposus, which required her to undergo a partial hemilaminectomy surgery and…

While waiting for the vehicle in front of him to make a left turn onto Brandywine Road in Prince George’s County, Maryland, our client heard tires burning and after looking behind him, saw an F150 ram the back of him. The impact pushed his vehicle into the vehicle in from of him. He was transported…

Our client was coming to a stop on Interstate 395 in Washington, DC, near the 14th Street Bridge, when she was rear-ended and pushed into the vehicle in front of her. As a result of the impact, she injured her neck, back, head, shoulders, hips, ribcage and left knee. The responsible driver had only $50,000.00…

Our client was a pedestrian walking on Rhode Island Avenue at its intersection with Brentwood Road, in Washington, DC. Our client walked with a cane at the time and was almost half way across Brentwood Road when a negligent driver made a left-hand turn onto Rhode Island Avenue from Brentwood and struck our client’s left…

Our client was a rear seat passenger in a vehicle driven by his son on Liberia Avenue in Prince William County, Virginia. While their vehicle was at a stop for a red light, another driver struck and collided with the rear of the vehicle. The responsible driver and his insurance company denied the extent of…

Our client was walking between two parked vehicles when the driver of the vehicle in front backed up and pinned her between the two cars.As a result of the incident, our client sustained a right knee ACL tear, lateral meniscus tear, and aggravation of preexisting chondromalacia. She was transported by ambulance from the scene to…

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,…

An adverse driver drove through a stop sign and struck our client who was on his motorcycle and proceeding through an intersection with the right of way. Our client was thrown onto the hood of the adverse driver’s vehicle and hit his right knee on his handlebars.As a result of the incident, our client’s left…

Our client was operating a motor vehicle on Lee Highway at or near its intersection with Stone Road in Fairfax County, Virginia. Our client was on his way home from a work event when the Defendant rear-ended him. The Defendant had a blood alcohol content of at least 0.15 at the time she struck our…

A negligent driver failed to yield the right of way while driving on Rhode Island Avenue, NW in Washington, DC and forcibly struck our client’s vehicle. Our client lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance from the scene of the accident.As a result of the accident, our client sustained loss of consciousness, dislocation of his…

Our client was a Metro bus operator who had just finished her route. She had some downtime so was pulled over to the side of the road with her safety lights on and remained in the driver’s seat of the bus. While waiting, she was rear-ended by a man working at the time of the…

Our client was browsing the meat section at grocery store in Rockville, Maryland when she slipped on BBQ sauce that was left on the floor. The BBQ sauce had been spilled only two minutes before our client slipped on it, and the store had tried to clean it in that time. The store had place…

Our client was driving a tractor-trailer on a snowy day in the far right lane of I-81 North near North Valley Pike in Rockingham County, Virginia. Another driver passed our client in the lane immediately to his left, but lost control of her vehicle, struck a third vehicle, and came to a stop after striking…