Torts & Personal Injury

 

• Plaintiff, a 59-year-old plaintiff attorney, was struck crossing the street. He claimed a TBI. He had a very serious accident on a motorcycle 35 years ago which left him in a coma for 8 days, after which he had to learn to walk again and to regain his speech. He went on to law school after that and eventually opened his own practice. He claimed that as a result of this pedestrian accident, he was no longer able to practice law. Defense contends that this was a slow-speed minor incident in which the plaintiff did not lose consciousness, and had a Glasgow score of 15. The defense disputed the TBI claim and further asserted comparative fault.

• Slip and fall matter against a public entity involving claims of dangerous condition.

• Legal Malpractice arising out of alleged bad advice in drafting will, resulting in substantial and avoidable tax consequences to heirs.

• Legal malpractice arising out of failure to ensure confidentiality in the settlement of an employment dispute—resulting in the employee/Plaintiff’s having a negative employment record.

• Auto v Auto where personal injury belatedly discovered and minimal insurance policy only available.

• Auto v Auto where defense disputed causation of the injury alleged by a young woman who was an attorney for the insurance company who insured the adverse driver.

• Defamation where a woman claimed her reputation had been harmed by a false posting on social media regarding her personal extra-marital affairs.

• Legal malpractice and Fee dispute arising out of a divorce with allegations of over-charging without achieving desired result.

• Dog bite.

• Motor vehicle.

• Defamation.

• Business torts, including trade secret and unfair competition.

• Wrongful death of young woman who took her own life after allegedly being discharged prematurely from a residential treatment facility, resulting in a multi-million dollar settlement.

• School yard battery arising out of alleged lack of proper security.

• Traumatic injury to adult arising out of bicycle accident on public property.

• Sexual assault and battery as well as emotional distress against a theme park for the alleged touching of a member of the public by an employee in a seasonal “fun house”.