Articles Posted in Injuries

When a dog attacks and bites someone it can cause very serious and painful physical injuries. Fortunately, most dog bite victims have the ability to get compensation by bringing a lawsuit against the dog’s owner (which should be covered by their homeowner’s insurance). On this page, we will look at Maryland dog bite lawsuits and the average settlement payouts in these cases.

Maryland Dog Bite Law

In Maryland, dog owners can be held responsible for injuries caused by their dog in almost any circumstances.

This page will look at lung cancer as an injury in tort lawsuits such as medical malpractice and product liability cases. We will look at the characteristics, treatment options and prognosis of lung cancer and what the potential settlement value of this disease is in personal injury cases.

Lung Cancer Overview and Statistics 

Lung cancer is cancer that originates in the tissue of the lungs. Lung cancer is one of the most common of all types of cancer. Over 200,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed every year in the U.S., with a roughly equal split between men and women. This ranks lung cancer in the top 5 most common cancers.

This page will look at the average settlement payout value for ankle and foot injuries in auto accidents, slip and fall, and other types of personal injury lawsuits. Our personal injury lawyers have handled countless accident cases involving foot and ankle injuries and recovered millions on behalf of our clients. On this page, we will look at some general statistics for settlements and verdicts involving foot and ankle injuries. We will also explain what factors tend to drive the potential settlement value of foot and ankle injury claims, and we will summarize recent verdicts and reported settlements from foot and ankle injury cases.

Valuing Foot & Ankle Injuries in Accident Cases

Foot and ankle injuries are very common in auto accidents. The foot and ankle are often in a very vulnerable position during an impact. Injuries to the foot or ankle in a car accident cover a very wide range of severity from minors sprains to complex fractures. This results in an equally wide range of foot injury compensation payouts.

Worker’s compensation is a specialized area of law that focuses on the rights and benefits of employees who have been injured or fallen ill as a result of their jobs.

In most cases, when you are injured, you cannot sue your employer due to state laws that limit or eliminate personal injury claims against your employer.  So worker’s compensation lawyer is an attorney who specializes in this field, representing either the injured worker or the employer during compensation claims processes. The core of what a comp lawyer does revolves around ensuring that an injured worker receives all of the benefits that the law will allow.

Our law firm only focuses on severe injury or wrongful death workers’ compensation claims.  So, for most of you, thankfully, our workers’ compensation lawyers will not be able to represent you. But the information here applies to anyone who has a workers’ compensation claim and wants to better understand the process and what their workers’ compensation lawyer will do for them.

Construction sites account for countless accidents resulting in serious injuries every year, often involving permanent disabilities. Our construction accident lawyers handle construction site cases involving catastrophic injury, and we have a track record of success.

Most construction accidents are attributable to employer negligence and are resolved as workers’ compensation claims. Often, however, there are third parties that can be held liable for construction site injuries outside of worker’s comp. If you have been injured in a construction site accident, contact our construction injury attorneys to determine your options.

Common Construction Site Accidents and Causes

According to a study by Jury Verdict Research, the average gunshot wound verdict is $727,852 ($100,000 median).

For the purposes of this study, a gunshot wound is defined as soft tissue damage to the victim caused by a birdshot, a pellet gun, BB gun, or traditional gun with no organ damage, fractures, paralysis, brain damage, visual impairment, or hearing loss.

It is difficult to recover damages for an intentional gunshot wound because it is difficult to get insurance for intentional acts and it is even more difficult to claim that the company/municipality the shooter was working for was vicariously liable or there is a negligent security angle.

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative neurologic disorder that disrupts the brain’s ability to control body movements. 60,00 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the U.S. each year. Recently, Parkinson’s disease has been the primary injury in mass tort cases because new evidence has shown that the condition can be caused by long-term exposure to certain chemicals. This page will provide a medical overview of Parkinson’s disease and discuss its involvement in mass tort lawsuits.

What is Parkinson’s Disease?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a condition in which certain cells inside the brain decay and stop working properly. The specific brain cells impacted by PD are those that are responsible for the control of muscle movements. The deterioration of these cells impair the ability of the brain to send movement and coordination commands to the muscles in the body. As a result, individuals with PD suffer from non-voluntary or uncontrolled body movements such as shaking, tremors, stiffness or rigidity, and lack of coordination.

Years, ago, I wrote a blog about a frivolous Little League baseball lawsuit.  Going through that old post in 2020, I realized no one really cared seven years later.  (in fact, I started to post the old post at the end of the piece but decided it was truly worthless.

But settlement and verdicts in baseball-related personal injury lawsuits does seem of interest to many of us who spend our winters indoors playing baseball and out spring, summer, and fall out on the baseball field.  

Baseball-Related Verdicts and Settlements