A 24 year old young man, working his way up at a fast food establishment, was severely injured when the store was being robbed. He sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia with its related consequences. After a long course of treament in several major trauma hospitals, he underwent extensive rehabilitation at specialized hospitals…
This is an example of how an employee can have two separate claims arising out of a work related injury if another individual or company was negligent in causing the accident and resulting injury. An employee of a large health insurance company was walking to the elevator after work when she was caused to slip…
After a fall at home, the family of an elderly woman decided to place their mother in a nursing home facility after completing rehabilitation at a local hospital. The nursing home facility was advised that their mother was a fall risk and would need two nursing home assistants to move her. Unfortunately a week after…
An employee of a defense contractor located in the District of Columbia was working as a computer network engineer when he injured his back attempting to move a computer server. In between multiple back surgeries he attempted to return to work several times but was unable to continue in his position. An ongoing course of…
While riding her bicycle down the bike lane of North Carolina Avenue in the District of Columbia, the 28 year old female bicyclist briefly observed an automobile passing her on her left. After passing her the driver parked his car on the right side of the street next to the bike lane then, without looking…
