Practice Areas

• Personal Injury Law for Tidewater Virginia and Virginia Beach
• Truck and Tractor Trailer Accidents
• Nationwide FELA Representation for Railroaders
• Legal Help in Virginia for Burn Survivors
• Slips and Falls
• Brain Injury
• Amputation & Dismemberment Injuries
• Arm & Shoulder Injuries
• Pedestrian and Bicycling Injuries
• Ankle and Knee Injuries

News

• Most Lethal Driving Mistakes
  Posted on 5/18/2009
• HTPV Recall
  Posted on 4/6/2009
• Brave Products Log Splitters Recalled
  Posted on 4/6/2009

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Case Results

Arm & Shoulder Injuries

• Broken Arm and Shattered Elbow Settlement (2008)

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Personal Injury Cases

• Jury Awards Man Run Over By Tractor Truck $1.6 Million (December 2004)

Awarded: $1.7 million

• $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for Shattered Ankle in Balcony Collapse (March 2002)

Awarded: $1.5 million

• Confidential Settlement (November 2003)

Awarded: Settled for $1.35 Million

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Railroad Injury and FELA Cases

• Brooklyn Jury Awards LIRR Trackman $3.75 Million

Awarded: $3,750,000

• D.C. jury awards $3.5 Million to Amtrak Electrician for burn injuries

Awarded: $3.5 million

• Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict

Awarded: $700,000

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Other

• Legal Malpractice Claim Settled for a Confidential Amount (2010)

Awarded: Confidential

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Library

Personal Injury Law for Tidewater Virginia and Virginia Beach

• Drunk Driving Statistics in Virginia
• Death Rate Actuary Table for Virginia, 2003

Amputation & Dismemberment Injuries

• OSHA Fact Sheet - Sources of Amputation in the Workplace

Arm & Shoulder Injuries

• Biomechanics of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Implications for Treatment

Recalls

General

• Most Lethal Driving Mistakes
• Hydroxycut
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• FELA Injuries: Common Types

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Representative Case Results

Arm & Shoulder Injuries

• Broken Arm and Shattered Elbow Settlement (2008)

Personal Injury Cases

• Jury Awards Man Run Over By Tractor Truck $1.6 Million (December 2004)

Awarded: $1.7 million

• $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for Shattered Ankle in Balcony Collapse (March 2002)

Awarded: $1.5 million

• Confidential Settlement (November 2003)

Awarded: Settled for $1.35 Million

• Richmond Wrongful Death leads to $1.2 Million Settlement (2008)

Awarded: $1,200,000

• U.S. Government Pays Structured Settlement

Awarded: $636,369

• Operation on Wrong Disc Leads to Settlement (September 2000)

Awarded: $350,000

• Insurance Company Forced to Pay for Inmate’s Injury

Awarded: Settled $200,000

• Surgical Error Settlement in NC

Awarded: $155,000

• Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Settles for $500,000 (2008)

Awarded: $500,000

• Student Recovers for Serious Injuries from Fall From Tree

Awarded: Confidential

• Shoplifter Assaulted by Guard Gets Confidential Settlement (2008)

Awarded: Confidential

• Electrocution Results in Settlement for Policy Limits-- $1 Million (2007)

Awarded: $1,000,000.00

• Parking Lot Fall Leads to $210,000 Settlement (2004)

Awarded: $210,000

• Slip and Fall Injury Settles for Six Figures (2008)

Awarded: Confidential

• Products Liability Case Settles for Confidential Amount (2010)

Awarded: Confidential

Railroad Injury and FELA Cases

• Brooklyn Jury Awards LIRR Trackman $3.75 Million

Awarded: $3,750,000

• D.C. jury awards $3.5 Million to Amtrak Electrician for burn injuries

Awarded: $3.5 million

• Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict

Awarded: $700,000

• $550,000 Settlement for CSX Conductor in Collision

Awarded: $550,000

• Conrail Pays Conductor for Trip and Fall

Awarded: $472,000

• $470,000 Verdict in Louisville for CSX Foreman's Back Injury

Awarded: $470,000

• $355,000 Verdict to NS Conductor for Chronic Back Strain

Awarded: $355,000

• $350,000 to Georgia CSX Employee After Back Surgery

Awarded: $350,000

• Amtrak Worker Settles for $270K for Respiratory Injuries

Awarded: $270,000

• Jury Awards $246,000 Against Conrail for Lifting Injury

Awarded: $246,000

• $225,000 Settlement for Smoke Inhalation

Awarded: $225,000

• Fractured Wrist to CSX Worker Leads to $200K Settlement

Awarded: $200,000

• Amtrak Warehouse Clerk receives compensation for injury

Awarded: $190,000

• $80,000 for Defective Chair Injury (January 2004)

Awarded: Settlement for $80,000

Miscellaneous

• Legal Malpractice Claim Settled for a Confidential Amount (2010)

Awarded: Confidential

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Questions

Common Personal Injury Questions

• What are the chances I'll have to go to trial?
• How do I know if I even have a case?
• What happens after I hire a law firm?

Common Railroad Injury Questions

• What if I was also at fault for my injury, am I out of luck?
• What do I have to prove under the FELA in order to be compensated?
• If I'm injured on the job, what do I recover?

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• Personal Injury Law for Tidewater Virginia and Virginia Beach
• Truck and Tractor Trailer Accidents
• Legal Help in Virginia for Burn Survivors
• Amputation & Dismemberment Injuries
• Pedestrian and Bicycling Injuries
• Railroad Unions
• Recalls
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