Case Studies

• $35.9 million verdict Verdict

  Paralyzed Worker

  This verdict was achieved after a two week trial for a 28-year-old construction worker who was electrocuted at a Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) power plant and then fell 8 feet from scaffolding, causing him to be paralyzed from the neck down. The power company and its insurers, AIG and AEGIS, refused to offer anything close to fair compensation to cover this young man's basic needs.

• $1.25 million verdict

  Cervical Spine Injury

  Our client suffered a serious cervical spine injury when a visibly-dead pine tree fell from the lawn of a property at which he was a tenant. After the incident, he developed chronic radicular pain and numbness in his right arm over the next six months which finally forced him to seek medical treatment and ultimately required a cervical fusion surgery. The property owner claimed to have been unaware of the tree’s condition, due to his tenant’s lack of reporting on its dangerous condition. However, in South Carolina, a landowner cannot avoid responsibility for damages caused by trees on his or her property by pointing to the tenant. This case highlights the duty of care for homeowners to inspect the trees on their property.