Personal Injury
The Personal Injury/Civil Litigation section, chaired by Attorney John A. Collins, III, represents individuals and businesses in diverse areas of litigation. Our team of experienced trial lawyers blends hard work with state-of-the-art technology to aggressively advance our client's cause.
Reputation. Experience. Knowledge. Injuries and death have devastating impacts on our clients and their families. Commercial disputes can cause financial ruin. We help people in difficult times.
Why do other lawyers refer cases to us? Because they know we'll use aggressive, cost-effective and timely approaches to resolve claims. Whether it's a personal injury contingency case or hourly commercial litigation, we strive for excellent results.
Personal Injury Practice:
Assault & Battery - the combination of the two crimes of threat (assault) and actual beating (battery). They are both also intentional civil wrongs for which the party attacked may file a suit for damages.
Auto Accidents - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries caused by the negligence and/or carelessness of drivers and uninsured motorists. An injured person may recover as damages the costs of his or her medical care and treatment, past and future lost wages, pain and suffering, and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities.
Aviation Accidents - While the most common aviation accidents are those involving commercial airlines, many accidents occur with private airplanes, as well as commercial and private helicopters. The leading causes of commercial airline accidents include engine failures, controlled flight into terrain, approach and landing, loss of control, runway incursions, and weather (including turbulence). Private or "general" aviation accidents find their causes in controlled flight into terrain, weather, pilot decision-making, loss of control, and runway incursions.
Construction/ Industrial Accidents - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries caused by the negligence, carelessness and/or intentional misconduct of builders, general contractors and sub contractors. There are many special laws and regulations which govern the responsibilities of builders and contractors. Violation of these laws and regulations establish liability against these individuals and companies. An injured person may recover as damages the costs of his or her medical care and treatment, past and future lost wages, pain and suffering, and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities.
Boating Accidents - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries caused by the negligence and/or carelessness of drivers and uninsured boaters.
Dog Bites - When a dog bites a person, the owner is responsible for any injury incurred. People injured by dog bites receive compensation for medical care, medical treatment, medical bills, as well as pain and suffering damages, loss of income and and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities, as appropriate.
Medical Malpractice- This area of law involves negligence committed by a professional health care provider—a doctor, nurse, dentist, dental office or staff, pathologist, neurologist, oncologist, cardiologist, toxicologist, pharmacologist, technician, nursing home or staff, hospital or hospital worker—whose performance of duties deviates from a standard of practice of those with similar training and experience, resulting in harm to a patient or patients.
Motorcycle Accidents - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for those individuals who are riding a motorcycle and suffer injuries caused by the negligence and/or carelessness of other drivers and uninsured motorists. An injured person may recover as damages the costs of his or her medical care and treatment, past and future lost wages, pain and suffering, and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities.
Products Liability - It is the responsibility of manufacturers, distributors and sellers of products to the public, to deliver products free of defects which harm an individual or numerous persons and to make good on that responsibility if their products are defective. These can include faulty auto brakes, contaminated baby food, exploding bottles of beer, flammable children's pajamas or lack of label warnings.
Sexual Abuse - The intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
Burn Injuries - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for burn injuries caused by the negligence of others or a defective product.
Wrongful Death - an area of law that seeks to provide compensation to the heirs of a person whose death was caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another.
Trucking Accidents - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries caused by the negligence and/or carelessness of truck drivers and uninsured motorists. An injured person may recover as damages the costs of his or her medical care and treatment, past and future lost wages, pain and suffering, and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities.
Premise Liability - Tort liability which deals with injuries sustained by individuals on someone else's property.
Slips & Falls - "Slip and fall injury" or "trip and fall injury" is the generic term for an injury that occurs when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else's property. Sometimes, these injuries may also be referred to as "slip, trip and fall" injuries. Slip and fall injuries can result from such problems as water, rain, ice, snow, grease or other slippery substance on the walking surface, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or hard to see hole in the ground.
Traumatic Brain Injuries - This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries to the head and brain caused by the negligence of others or a defective product. People who suffer head injuries or brain injuries receive compensation for medical care, medical treatment, medical bills, rehabilitation care and treatment, as well as pain and suffering damages, loss of income, and loss in the enjoyment of life's activities, as appropriate. In some cases, punitive damages are recoverable.
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