Success Stories

Jury Awards $168,009.00 to Construction Worker
Whose Head was Trapped in a Gang Box

         

          William Lightfoot and Joshua Davenport secured a jury verdict of $168,009 in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland for a construction worker who, while retrieving tools from a gang box, broke his leg and ankle when a concrete truck collided with the box.  The right rear fender of the concrete truck caught the corner of the gang box—a large metal container used to store tools—causing the box to pivot and the doors to close.  The box was lodged between the truck’s fender and a concrete wall, pinning the construction worker’s head in the box.  The box was also pushed over the worker’s legs.  Fearing that the construction worker might be further injured if the truck were moved, co-workers used sledgehammers for seven minutes on the concrete wall to give clearance to pull the box away from the wall and free the construction worker’s head. Click here to read more about this story>>>

 

Jury Verdict Increasing Permanent Disability Award in Workers’ Compensation Appeal

 

          Joshua Davenport won a jury verdict awarding a laborer, who broke his wrist and injured his shoulder while attempting to move a large appliance onto a forklift, increased permanent partial disability benefits.  After undergoing four surgeries to repair his wrist and shoulder, the laborer filed for permanent partial disability benefits with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission.  The Commission ruled that the laborer sustained a permanent partial disability of 50%.  The laborer’s employer appealed the Commission’s decision to the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland.

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Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P. Wins Significant Appellate Victory

 

              Marc Fiedler, the appellate specialist at Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P., recently won an important victory in a medical-malpractice case.  On February 15, 2008, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld the wrongful-death jury verdict of over $750,000 in favor of the wife and son of a forty-six-year-old Metrobus operator who had died as a result of a blood clot in his heart, which probably would have been prevented if his doctor had prescribed blood-thinning drugs.  Click here to read more about this case >> 

WWII Marine Veteran Settles Case for $1.2M

             Peter C. DePaolis, Julie H. Heiden and M. Thomas McWeeny of the Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P.'s Virginia office, settled the John Doe vs. Jane Doe case in December 2007 for 1.2 million dollars after a nine hour mediation.Click here to read more about this case>>

  David Schloss Recovers Nearly $1,000,000.00 for Worker Injured in Slip and Fall

             David Schloss, one of our partners who specializes in the handling of claims for injured workers, recently successfully litigated a case involving a legal secretary who had slipped and fallen on a recently mopped floor while at work. The secretary sustained a knee injury and was later diagnosed with “reflex sympathetic dystrophy,” a relatively rare neurological condition also known as “complex regional pain syndrome.” Mr. Schloss pursued both a workers’ compensation claim against the law firm that employed his client as well as a negligence claim against the janitorial services company that had recently mopped the floor but had allegedly failed to post any wet floor warning signs. After significant litigation, Mr. Schloss was able to secure nearly $1,000,000.00 in total benefits for his client.

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Please note that each personal injury lawsuit is different. The verdicts and settlements described on this web site do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case. No law firm wins all of its cases, and we are no exception. However, our clients tell us that knowing we have obtained positive results for others, by settlement and by jury verdict, is an important consideration in deciding whether to retain our firm. We would be happy to discuss these cases and many more with you.

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