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Gilman Bedigian wins a $71,392,150 recovery for apartment fire victim in Maryland.
Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland (pp. 1–10). The Defendants named are Dreyfuss Management, LLC and Riverdale Towne Apartments, LLC, both of which are alleged to own, operate, and/or manage the Lilly…
Can I Get Compensation for Emotional Distress?
A medical injury caused by negligent medical care can be traumatizing. Some medical malpractice accidents result in permanent scarring, loss of function, or disability. For the rest of the patient's life, they have to…
What To Do If You're Injured During an Urgent Care Visit
An urgent care center provides a broad level of medical care for people who need treatment for serious, but not immediately life-threatening conditions. Sometimes called walk-in care, these centers are an alternative to…
What Does Negligence Mean?
Negligence is the basis for most personal injury claims. In law, negligence is the failure to exercise due care that causes an injury. In most personal injury lawsuits and medical malpractice claims, the plaintiff needs…
Personal Injury Lawyers
Accidents and injuries can happen anywhere. People suffer injuries at home, on the job, at school, or on the road. Unfortunately, many of these injuries are caused by negligence, neglect, carelessness, or reckless…
How Long Does a Personal Injury Lawsuit Take?
After suffering an injury accident, the injury victim may be faced with immediate financial stress. The injury victim may have medical bills piling up, while facing more medical expenses in the future. The injury victim…
Sports Injuries After Indoor Restrictions
Sports were limited for a lot of people over the past year. Many school sports programs shut down and some have still not returned. Gyms and workout facilities were often closed or limited as high-risk businesses. If…
Knocked Down Street Signs Causing Accidents
If a driver runs a stop sign and causes an accident , the driver is generally liable for damages. However, what happens when the stop sign is knocked over and the driver never saw any stop signal? A knocked over stop…
Valentine's Day and Unromantic Injury Accidents
Valentine’s Day is supposed to be romantic and a time for partners or spouses to celebrate. There may be a lot of stress to make it a special night or snag a hard-to-get reservation at a nice restaurant but it is just…
Getting Back to Work and Workplace Injuries
With new safety regulations and safety technology, workers in the U.S. should be seeing fewer on the job injuries and fatalities. Unfortunately, worker fatalities have not dropped and have gone up, in some jobs…
Six More Weeks of Winter Weather Injuries in Philly?
By February, most people in Philly are done with winter. The piles of cleared snow have frozen into grey icy blocks. Each day, some snow melts into water to refreeze at night, leaving slippery sidewalks and parking lots…
Antidepressants and Suicide Risk Lawsuits
A jury in upstate New York awarded the family of a teacher $1.5 million after the teacher killed himself , which the family claimed was because of an unchecked prescription for antidepressants. According to the…
New Year Resolutions and Gym Injuries
A new year is a great time to think about getting into shape. New Year’s resolutions can give someone the focus to work on self-improvement, like eating better, getting regular exercise, or starting a gym regimen…
The Cost of a Funeral After a Fatal Accident
Death can be difficult to face even though it is eventual for all of us. As a result, most people don't plan for events surrounding death, like making a will, making burial plans , or setting aside money for a funeral…
The Cost Of Pain After An Injury
How can you put a price on pain? Juries in medical malpractice lawsuits and personal injury accidents are often required to put a dollar value on the pain and suffering an injury victim has to deal with after an…
Halloween Injuries And Accidents To Watch Out For
Who knows what Halloween will look like this year? How many kids will venture out going door-to-door for tricks and treats? Will families stay home or find ways to adapt for safe trick-or-treating? One father and…
Icy Sidewalks Can Cause Injury! Know Your Rights
If you slip and fall on an icy sidewalk this winter, and you are injured as a result of the fall, you may be entitled to compensation. Specifically, you may be able to recover the costs of your medical care, your time…
A Model In New York Brings A $5 Million Personal Injury Case Against A Hair Stylist
Michelle Kalinkina, a 23-year-old professional model, was participating in a haircutting and styling event at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City when she was injured by her hair stylist. Martino…
Woman Settles Lawsuit For Almost $200,000 After Police Officer Punches Her
A Seattle police officer, who punched a handcuffed woman in the face and left the city open to a lawsuit, has been fired.
Understanding Washington D.C.’s Mandatory Dispute Resolution Program In Personal Injury Cases
The vast majority of personal injury cases are resolved without proceeding to trial; otherwise, courts may be incapable of managing the volume of claims. In 1976, Harvard Professor Frank Sander presented a concept to…
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