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Wrongful Death; Water Slide; Premises Liabilty |
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The family of a 16-year-old boy who died from a broken neck in an amusement park water slide accident retained the Firm to represent them in a wrongful death case against the defendant. Although there were very difficult factual issues, including the alleged contributory negligence of the boy himself, the Firm retained an engineering expert witness to prove that the faulty design and negligence in the improper placement of the slide were the proximate causes of the death. A negotiated settlement on behalf of the family was obtained prior to going to trial. |
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Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Attempted Robbery; Shooting |
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Two thieves attempted to rob a jewelry dealer in a retail outlet, but the jeweler defended himself and fired a handgun at the perpetrators. When the robbers fled, one of the bullets struck an innocent bystander who was shopping in the store. Fortunately, the shopper wasn’t severely injured but she was traumatized by the event and her co-worker referred her to the Firm. The Firm was able to prove that the jeweler had violated a contract with the retailer by bringing a handgun on the property, and that the retailer had failed to enforce the contract and had knowingly allowed the handgun on the property. Accordingly, the Firm presented these facts at trial, and obtained full reparations for the Client-shopper and her husband from both the jeweler and the retail company. |
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Burns; Automobile Collision; Hospital Liens |
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A nineteen-year-old young man suffered third-degree burns and internal injuries when the car in which he was a passenger ran off the road, flipped, and crashed into a telephone pole, killing the driver. With a carefully packaged pre-suit demand, the Firm convinced the driver’s liability carrier to pay the full policy limits, and the Client’s uninsured motorist carrier to pay the full policy limits on three separate policies, and obtained the dismissal of liens filed by the hospital. |
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Denial of Medical Benefits; Experimental Treatment; Health Insurance; Bad Faith Penalties |
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The Firm represented a cancer-victim’s husband who was referred to the Firm by a Judge. His wife had been diagnosed with cervical cancer and her oncologist had recommended a very expensive transplant operation. However, the family’s health insurance company refused to pay for the transplant on the grounds that the treatment was “experimental”. The Firm sued the insurer, hired medical experts to prove that the treatment was new but not experimental, and recovered the full cost of the transplant operation, plus accrued interest on the Client’s medical expenses, plus all attorneys’ fees, plus statutory bad faith damages against the Client’s health insurance company. |
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Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Misdiagnosis (South Carolina) |
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A husband and father, who had been treated for a stomach ulcer, later learned that his treating physician had misdiagnosed him and that he was, in fact, suffering from cancer. Suit was filed in the South Carolina Court, and the necessary medical experts were retained; the Firm proved the physician’s negligence and subsequently negotiated a settlement for the Client with the physician’s insurance company. |
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