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Foreign Law Can Be Used in Airline Cases that Occur on Domestic Soil:

Represented the surviving heirs of two families when a plane crashed leaving New York, NY to the Dominican Republic. Both of our clients’ families lived in the Dominican Republic; however, because the crash occurred in the United States airspace, NY law governed.

The grandfather of one of the victims filed a lawsuit in New York under NY Probate Statute which allows any surviving family member to bring a wrongful death claim. Our clients were the surviving spouse of one decedent and the surviving minor child of another Decedent.

We litigated the question of rightful heirs in the Federal District Court of New York. The Court agreed with our arguments, applied a combination of New York and Dominican Law and our clients each received seven figure settlements for the loss of their loved ones.

Truck Drivers Do Not Pay Attention:

Client and his wife were both members of the U.S. Military. They were with their two children, in separate vehicles, in route to being relocated to a new base. The husband was in the lead with his wife and two minor children following him on the interstate. Traffic began to slow because of road construction. There were signs and flashing lights warning of the construction ahead and instructing drivers to slow down. The driver of an 18-wheeler ignored or did not see the warning signs and flashing lights. He failed to slow down, overrode our clients’ vehicle, crushing the vehicle, causing it to burst into flames and killing the wife and two children, while the husband was forced to watch. The trucking company attempted to blame the state Department of Transportation for creating a dangerous condition. We filed suit in State Court, litigated and won a confidential settlement against the trucking company and their driver.

A couple ran out of gas on Interstate 75 South traveling to South Florida to attend a motorcycle event. They were pulling a trailer containing the motorcycle. The Client pulled the vehicle into the emergency lane leaving the end of the trailer exposed, just adjacent to the emergency lane. A tractor trailer rounded the curve, failing to keep a proper lookout, he struck our clients’ vehicle causing the driver to sustain multiple level herniations, necessitating a multi-level discectomy and fusion. Our office arranged for funding of the surgery because the client owned a contracting business that was failing as a result of his inability to work and earn money. The trucking company always maintained that our client was equally negligent for not totally removing his vehicle from the roadway. We established through an expert that the truck driver had up to fifteen seconds to see the vehicle prior to impact. This was revealed by the video surveillance camera inside the driver’s cab. The case was set for trial when Defendants asked for mediation. Case settled at mediation for a high confidential sum.

Truck Drivers Don't Always Warn Other Drivers on the Roadway:

Mother and son were killed when an 18 wheeler was left stalled in the middle lane of Interstate 20, in Atlanta, GA, with no lights on, no emergency reflectors or lighted fusees. The driver left his vehicle unattended in this manner and crossed the interstate to get help. Our clients did not see the stalled tractor trailer and struck it in the rear. Because the tractor trailer did not have the proper equipment, the impact forced our clients’ vehicle under the trailer, horribly killing all three passengers. 

Suit was filed against the defendant trucking company and after two years of litigation, the case was settled out of Court.

Trucking Companies Don't Play Fair:

A vehicle was stalled on 285-N in the emergency lane, in the early hours of the morning on his way to work near the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport. He had exited his vehicle and was struck by the tractor trailer and killed. The truck driver never applied his brakes and struck his vehicle and traveled the length of a football field before coming to a final rest. It was never established if he had walked onto the freeway; if he was behind his truck looking for tools or was under the hood of his car trying to determine why it was stalled. After being struck by the tractor trailer, he was struck by multiple vehicles and almost completely dismembered.

The truck driver stated that he did not see the Decedent, even though the emergency flashers of his Toyota Truck were engaged. Our investigation revealed that the truck driver had been driving and logged in far beyond company protocol and CPR regulations for Interstate travel. It also revealed a witness who advised that the trucker had been driving erratic for several miles. The trucking company had a crash team on the site of the accident within moments following the collision, before the police arrived and days before we were retained. The trucking company was able to speak with the investigators on the scene and were able to have decedent’s eyes removed from the pavement and given to the coroner to facilitate a vitreous sample (a drug test utilizing the clear fluid between the lens and retina of the eye). While there was a question of chain of command, it was determined that the decedent was under the influence. An expert pathologist was able to determine that the levels of influence were nominal and should not have affected the Decedent’s judgment.

We filed suit in the Northern District of Georgia, avoided summary judgment twice and four years later, the case was settled at mediation.

Apartments with Public Swimming Pools Owe a Duty to Children:

Child drowned at an apartment complex swimming pool. The defendants argued that the apartment complex was an all adult community and that the child was a trespasser. Under Georgia Law a landowner owed no duty to a trespassing child.

The trial court dismissed the case against the apartment complex. We appealed to the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s decision. The defendant then appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court and argued that if the Court agreed with our argument, that our firm would change 100 years of established Georgia Law. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed with our argument as to a landowner’s duty to trespassing children at apartment complexes, thus overruling 100 years of law by ruling in our client’s favor.

Medical Malpractice - Hospitals and Hospital Staff Will Alter the Facts:

A thirty-five year old male presents himself to the Emergency Room in Atlanta, Georgia with complaints of chest pains, shortness of breath, lightheaded and cold sweats. He sat in the waiting room for hours before being taken to an examination room. The nurses failed to advise the attending physician that his blood pressure was severely low. He subsequently died of a cardiac event which was triggered by the fact that he was merely dehydrated.

Our Firm filed suit alleging negligence by the nurses, treating physicians and staff of the hospital. A whistleblower was able to provide testimony that the administration had met with the nurses and doctors specifically to alter the medical records and had lied that any such meeting occurred. The case settled for a confidential sum.

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