Case Facts On May 8, 2015, Amy Dell went bar hopping in Syracuse, New York. She reportedly drank alcohol in at least five bars. After finishing her night of drinking, Ms. Dell reportedly was so intoxicated that she collapsed before…
After a car accident, some insurance claims are more difficult than others, especially when the two claimants are married. In this unique case, on the day of the accident an elderly couple, Tom and Joyce, were on their way back…
3 Cases Where Surveillance Footage Made a Difference. Regardless of the merits of the ongoing debate about the use of surveillance cameras in public places, we all know that their use is ubiquitous. Security cameras are routinely used by law…
Introduction There are so many different types of insurance that we find our clients often don’t understand some of the different coverages they carry. This case study illustrates how different coverages might impact a typical auto accident case. For background,…
INTRODUCTION Our clients in a recent auto accident case were trying to help a friend when a horrific crash nearly cost them their lives and their life savings. Many, if not most, of the auto injury cases we deal with…
With July 4 celebrations just around the corner—and using one of our cases to illustrate the point—we remind everyone how dangerous fireworks can be, especially when combined with alcohol and jealousy. This case involved a backyard barbecue, the quintessential American…
Product Liability claims are one of the important areas of personal injury law. If a defect in the design or manufacturing of a product causes an injury, typically the company that made the product will be held liable for the…
Last week in Massachusetts, a court awarded $32 million in a case in which a 43-year-old shopper was killed inside a convenience store when an 81-year-old driver crashed through the front wall of the store at high speed. The decedent’s family sued…
Unraveling the Complexities of Multiple Coverage Fred and Mary were longtime residents of Northern Virginia who were getting ready to retire full-time to Florida. They had fixed up their Reston home to sell and had bought a house on the…
CASE FACTS On a Friday afternoon, at a busy intersection in Fairfax County, Virginia, a heavily loaded utility van ran a red light at high speed and struck a Cadillac sedan in a t-bone collision, throwing it 30 yards from…
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