Testimony Excerpts from Personal Injury Cases
Articles are divided by practice area. Please select the relevant practice area category to get access to our firm's legal articles.
- Page 1
-
A physician's assistant employed by Norfolk Southern railroad who has the responsibility for documenting whether rail workers hurt on the job are healthy enough to return to their jobs answers questions about the medical management of our NS employee client. Railroad workers injured on the job may have claims under FELA and other federal laws. Call us at (800) 752-0042 to discuss your possible case. -
A neurosurgeon who treated our CSX railroad employee client for chronic neck pain and a herniated spinal disk in his neck answers questions from our attorney about the medical treatment provided and the possible causes of the worker's health problems. The lawyer representing CSX in this FELA lawsuit also asks questions of the doctor. Neck and back injuries due to repetitive motions and stress are common among rail workers. Call us at (800) 752-0042 to discuss your possible FELA claim. -
A CSX trainmaster responsible for safety at rail yards serviced by the company's freight trains describes to our attorney the conditions at a pet food factory yard that may have led to a trip and fall injury to the railroad conductor we represented in his FELA claim. Rail yards present many injury and death risks to rail employees. Call us at (800) 752-0042 for a free consultation about your possible FELA case. -
The family of a man who died from colorectal cancer that might have gone undiagnosed by the man's primary physician filed a medical malpractice/wrongful death claim against the doctor. Here, one of our attorneys questions the defendant doctor. Doctor's mistakes can cause ill patients further injury or even death. Getting representation from an experienced medical malpractice lawyer is essential. -
The surgeon whose mistake allegedly left our client with a cut urethra answers questions from one of our firm's medical malpractice specialists about the seemingly botched hysterectomy surgery. When surgeons make mistakes or doctors and nurses neglect their duties to patients, they must be held accountable. -
A CSX conductor who suffered serious injuries when he tripped on loose fencing at a factory's rail yard relied on one of our firm's experienced FELA attorneys to question company personnel about the incident and the rail operator's investigation findings. Here, a CSX train master who responded to the accident report answers questions from our attorney. Our lawyers specialize in representing railroad workers and their survivors in cases involving FELA, ASA and LSIA claims. -
A train engineer who got injured on the job while working for the freight railroad CSX relied on one of our attorneys to represent him as he pursued his claim against his former employer. In this deposition, an occupational rehabilitation specialist working with the engineer answers question from the lawyer for CSX about the engineer's inability to return to his former profession. Several of our attorneys specialize in representing rail employees who bring injury, occupational illness and wrongful death claims against railroads such as Amtrak, BNSF, CSX and Norfolk Southern. The attorneys have succeeded in securing settlements and verdicts for workers hurt on the job and survivors by holding rail operators for negligence under the terms of FELA, the Locomotive Safety Inspection Act and other federal regulations. -
Apparent negligence by a doctor at an urgent care center left a woman with undiagnosed appendicitis. When the woman's condition worsened and she went to a hospital for life-saving surgery, she required a long stay and intensive treatment. The woman’s daughter was questioned about the case by the defendant doctor’s lawyer while a medical malpractice specialist with our firm set in on the deposition. People who suffer a ruptured appendix often die from blood infections even if they undergo emergency surgery and receive massive doses of powerful antibiotics. Misdiagnosing the condition is not a mistake a doctor or patient can shrug off This makes it essential for victims of such negligence to have access to experienced medical malpractice attorneys who can fight for the compensation misdiagnosed deserve to cover past and future health care expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering. -
When a baby delivered by a nurse midwife in Norfolk, VA, suffered a severe shoulder injury during the procedure, the infant's mother relied on one of our firm's medical malpractice attorneys to pursue her birth injury claim. In this deposition, our lawyer and a co-counselor question the defendant. Birth injuries, which include cerebral palsy, joint dislocations and anoxic (lack of oxygen) brain damage, can disable children for life and place almost unmanageable financial and emotional stresses on families. Lawyers with our firm have decades of experience ensuring that doctors and nurses whose negligence or errors cause harm to newborns are held accountable and that families receive fair compensation from insurance companies. -
In a medical malpractice case in which a surgeon allegedly made errors while removing a patient's gallbladder and was then negligent in providing appropriate post-op care, a mother serving as guardian for her mentally disabled son in Chesapeake, VA, relied on one of our attorneys for representation. Our lawyers have decades of experience providing legal advice to victims of doctors' mistakes, surgeons' errors and nurses' neglect. We also have served plaintiffs in hundreds of settlement negotiations and jury trials, fighting for people's fair compensation and taking on insurance companies.