Personal Injury Lawyer

What Are Wrongful Death and Survival Claims? Bringing a legal claim after a loved one passes as the result of an accident may seem as though it will offer little consolation. There is no real way to recover what you... Read More →

How Long Will Your Personal Injury Lawsuit Take? One of the first questions that clients ask when entering the office of personal injury lawyers Bethesda MD is how long the case will take. Unfortunately, there is no clear answer to... Read More →

What Evidence Is Needed for a Personal Injury Case? Personal injury cases are quite varied. When you look for injury lawyers Reston VA, you should seek someone who has handled cases similar to yours. One thing that remains the same... Read More →

Reacting To a Car Accident: What To Do A car accident can take you by surprise, shaking you up and making it hard to think straight. After the collision, it can be easy to skip steps, but you need to... Read More →

Top 5 Questions About Car Accident Claims Car accidents can eat a hole through your wallet and cause an immense amount of stress. If you’ve recently been in one, you probably have a lot of questions, especially if it is... Read More →

How to File a Car Accident Claim Accidents happen everyday across the country, and you need to know how to file a claim when your property gets damaged or you get injured in the event. Filing a car accident claim... Read More →

Top 5 Motorcycle Injuries As of 2018, 8.3 million motorcycles were registered in the U.S. If you own one of them and thoroughly enjoy experiencing the thrill of the open road, you should realize, however, that you face an extremely... Read More →

Types of Injuries That Commonly Qualify for a Personal Injury Lawsuit Nobody wants to deal with a personal injury lawsuit, but if that’s the situation you’ve found yourself in, it’s time to take action. You are going to have large... Read More →

Are You Covered By Workers’ Comp? As an employee, you may be covered by workers’ compensation insurance if you get injured while working. This insurance specifically covers accidents that happen on the job so that employees can recover swiftly without... Read More →

Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents Motorcycles are incredibly fun to ride even though they are extremely prone to accidents. Because they are so exposed, motorcyclists are at least five times as likely to be injured in a crash than someone... Read More →

A Brief Guide to Workers’ Compensation If you are new to a job that provides workers’ compensation, you likely have questions regarding what it is and how it works. The following guide is designed to help you understand this unique... Read More →

When To Hire an Auto Accident Attorney Every car accident is distressing, no matter how minor. Under certain circumstances, hiring an attorney to deal with the incident is unnecessary. In most scenarios, finding one is the proper path to getting... Read More →

When Can You File a Claim for Workers’ Comp? Workers compensation insurance is a policy taken out by employers to protect their employees from suffering losses after an injury at work. By having this insurance, employers make sure their employees... Read More →

Reasons To Contact a Medical Malpractice Lawyer When you receive medical care, you often blindly trust the medical professional. Unfortunately, they are human and can make mistakes. If you feel that something just isn’t right after a procedure or after... Read More →

What is Medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice is an umbrella term that refers to the various ways in which a health care professional can make an error that injures the patient. Almost unbelievably, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports... Read More →

Top Forms of Medical Malpractice Suffering a physical aliment is incredibly burdensome. It’s even more disheartening when discomfort is caused by error or negligence on the part of your doctor. When this happens, you may have a legitimate case to... Read More →

What Is a Workers’ Compensation Claim? No matter how safe your work environment, injuries and accidents can still happen on the job. When they do, workers’ compensation helps employees get back on track with benefits that support their recovery. A... Read More →

Can I Make a Workers’ Compensation Claim For My Hearing Loss? Unfortunately, noise pollution is an ever increasing problem in today’s workplaces. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly a quarter of all U.S. hearing loss can... Read More →

Understanding What Workers’ Compensation Does Not Cover Workers’ Compensation insurance provides essential benefits for individuals who sustain injuries at work and cannot perform their jobs. It can also offer significant protection for employers by eliminating their employees’ right to sue... Read More →

Everything You Need to Know About Big Trucks and Why They Crash Commercial trucks play an extraordinarily large part in America’s economy. Consider the following statistics: Approximately 36.9 million commercial trucks are registered in the U.S. They drive around 305... Read More →

A Quick Guide To Handling Truck Accidents Vehicle accidents can cause serious damage, but when large trucks are involved, the results can be catastrophic. To help you deal with the accident scene and aftermath of a big truck collision, contact... Read More →

The FMCSA and Your Truck Accident Lawsuit In America, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is the government body that regulates the trucking industry. If you become hurt as the result of a truck accident, any violation of this organization’s... Read More →

Did a distracted truck driver hurt you? You might assume that an experienced commercial truck driver would know the dangers posed by distracted driving and never engage in it. Unfortunately, however, this is an erroneous assumption. Big rig drivers are... Read More →

How Do I Know If My Injury Counts as Medical Malpractice? Being injured at the hands of a medical professional can be confusing. You went to that doctor or other professional for help and walked away with a worsened condition,... Read More →

Top 5 Red Flags Indicating Nursing Home Abuse Moving your loved one to a nursing home likely is one of the most difficult decisions you will ever make. Even when no reasonable alternative exists, you nevertheless may find yourself constantly... Read More →

Trucking Accident Lawsuits and You If you are injured in a trucking accident, you deserve compensation. The process of extracting reparations may seem confusing. Here is a quick guide to truck accident lawsuits and what you should know. Truck Accident... Read More →

Finding Frederick MD Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Suppose you or someone you love is injured in a motorcycle accident caused by another person’s negligence. In that case, you need a competent and capable attorney who can help you get the compensation... Read More →

Dr. Phil’s Dog Bite Case: Harris v. McGraw D.C. Dog Bite Lawyer Television personality Dr. Phil McGraw found himself in hot water in 2013.  His wife invited a friend, Janet Harris, over to their house. Upon arriving, the McGraw’s dog bit... Read More →

Neil Armstrong’s Wrongful Death Case – What happened to the first man on the moon? Neil Armstrong is a renowned American, a loved figure in our country’s history. Upon becoming the first man to step foot on the moon, he... Read More →

Seattle family awarded $10 million in wrongful life lawsuit D.C. Birth Personal Injury Lawyer Last fall, Yesenia Pacheco and her husband, Luis, were awarded $10 million in a wrongful life settlement.  Pacheco, a refugee from El Salvador, had been receiving... Read More →

What car insurance is required in Virginia? If you are driving a car that is registered in Virginia, you have two options: either purchase insurance, or pay the Uninsured Motor Vehicle Fee.  If you elect to purchase insurance, minimum insurance... Read More →

Mayor Bowser announces $10 million in traffic safety improvements D.C. Auto Accident Lawyer In recent weeks, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced that the District will spend $10 million on traffic safety in response to “the significant increase in... Read More →

Food Laws and Poisoning D.C. Food Poisoning Lawyer Before the advent of food laws, there was little to no regulation on food entering the market. Fruit and vegetable farms used any methods available to sell more products, no matter the... Read More →

Our Favorite Legal Movies D.C. Automobile Accident Lawyer Everyone loves a good courtroom movie scene! Here are some of our favorite legal films:  Erin Brockovich Based on a true story, Julia Roberts stars as Erin Brockovich. Brockovich becomes a legal... Read More →

Types of Evidence in a Medical Malpractice Case Washington, D.C. Personal Injury Lawyer To win a medical malpractice case, your attorney must show that the doctor was negligent in his or her care. Negligence must be established by a preponderance... Read More →

Mistakes to Avoid Making After a Car Accident D.C. Auto Accident Lawyer The immediate minutes and hours following a car accident can be extremely stressful. You might be in pain, anxious about the cost of the accident, worried about the... Read More →

Rollover Car Accident Lawyer Washington D.C. Car Accident Attorney Rollover car accidents are a rare, but especially deadly type of accident. The data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that while rollovers account for only two percent... Read More →

Recent Elmiron Study Paves Way for Class Action Lawsuits D.C. Personal Injury Lawsuit Elmiron is a drug manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The medicine entered the market in 1996, and is marketed as the only FDA drug approved that treats bladder... Read More →

Failure to Warn Lawsuits Manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of a product have a duty to provide adequate warnings on their products if the product could cause foreseeable harm. If they don’t, they can be held liable for injuries.  Section 23.05... Read More →

Jury Instructions for Property Damage D.C. Car Accident Attorney In cases involving damage to real and personal property, Chapter 15 of the Washington, D.C. Jury Instructions guide jurors in their deliberations.  Before diving into the instructions, let’s cover some terminology: ... Read More →

Side Effects from the COVID-19 Vaccine: Do I Have a Lawsuit? D.C. Vaccine Lawyer Note: Cohen & Cohen does not handle these cases. We wanted to provide the information regardless. The first COVID-19 case in the United States occurred in... Read More →

Social Change Litigation Part II D.C. Personal Injury Lawyer Litigation is a tool that can be used to effectuate social change.  Here, we cover current and recent litigation across the country hoping to make the world a better place. Climate... Read More →

State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin Over the past month, Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, was on trial for the death of George Floyd. Mr. Chauvin faced charges of second-degree manslaughter, third-degree murder, and unintentional second-degree murder.  On... Read More →

What is Qualified Immunity and Why Does it Exist? The George Floyd protests of July 2020 cast a renewed light on 42 U.S.C. §1983 and qualified immunity. The former references Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code,... Read More →

Jury Instructions Punitive Damages D.C. Auto Accident Attorney In a civil case, there are three types of damages: compensatory, nominal, and punitive.  In this post, we’ll be going over punitive damages. Punitive damages are not often awarded. They are ruled... Read More →

Burden and Standards of Proof D.C. Automobile Accident Lawyer In both civil and criminal cases, the person who brings forth charges has the burden of proof, but this can shift as a case progresses. Depending on the type of case,... Read More →

District of Columbia Human Rights Act Jury Instructions 24.01 – 24.04 The Washington D.C. Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, and educational institutions. The act is based on 21 protected traits: race, color, religion, national origin,... Read More →

Personal Jurisdiction DC Car Accident Lawyer For a court to make a legally valid decision, it must have two types of jurisdiction: personal jurisdiction, and subject matter jurisdiction.   Subject matter jurisdiction is the authority a court has to hear a... Read More →

Chapter 7 Washington D.C. Jury Instructions Auto Cases D.C. Lawyer Chapter 7 of the Washington D.C. Jury Instructions lists the guidelines that jurors should use when deliberating on automobile cases.  The instructions open by discussing the duties of drivers and... Read More →

FRCP Rule 8 General Rules of Pleading In 2005, William Twombly sued Bell Atlantic Corporation and other telecommunication companies, alleging that the carriers engaged in “parallel conduct unfavorable to competition” in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.... Read More →

Litigation as a Tool to Effectuate Social Change D.C. Personal Injury Lawyer Throughout history, litigation has been used to change society.  Kassie Siegel, the director of the Climate Law Institute and its senior counsel, writes that “litigation is an essential... Read More →

Tort Law and Personal Injury Part I Tort law is “the law of civil wrongs.” The word derives from the French word for “wrong” and from the Latin word tortum, which means twisted or crooked.  A tort is a wrongful... Read More →

Failure to Diagnose Cancer Washington, D.C. Medical Malpractice Attorney In April 1991, Lesley Ivanjack was suffering from pain and loss of hearing in her right ear, and decided to visit her primary care physician. She was diagnosed with an ear... Read More →

The Coffee Case: Negligence or Not? In 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79 year-old woman, ordered coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She and her grandson pulled into a parking spot to allow her to pour cream and... Read More →

Social Media Mistakes After an Accident DC Car Accident Lawyer After an accident, insurance companies will do everything they can to pay as little as possible in a settlement. One method used to discredit the claims of the injured party... Read More →

Federal Rules of Procedure: Rule 12 Defenses and Objections The overwhelming majority of lawsuits never go to trial. Trials are expensive and time-consuming. Most cases are settled out of court, dropped, or dismissed One method used to avoid trial is... Read More →

The Discovery Rule for Medical Malpractice Cases in Washington D.C. In most medical malpractice cases in Washington D.C., the statute of limitations is three years. This means that a person has a three years from the date of the incident... Read More →

Failure to Diagnose and Misdiagnosis DC Medical Malpractice Lawyer When a person visits the doctor’s office, he or she expects to receive an accurate diagnosis, and an adequate treatment plan. Unfortunately, this is not always what happens.  Every year, 12... Read More →

Talking to Your Insurance Company After an Accident Washington D.C. Lawyer In the hours and days after an accident, you may be filled with anxiety, nerves, and physical pain. At the same time, you will likely start receiving calls from... Read More →

As we covered in a previous post, subject matter jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear a particular type of claim. Subject matter jurisdiction varies among different courts.  In today’s post, we’ll be going over jurisdiction requirements in... Read More →

COVID-19 Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Washington DC The first death from COVID-19 in the United States occurred in early February of 2020. Since then, more than 500,000 Americans have died from the virus, 136,000 of which have occurred in nursing... Read More →

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was passed in 1986, creating a vaccine court in the United States. The vaccine court cannot hear a bankruptcy case or a murder case. It does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear any... Read More →

DC Personal Injury Lawyer Slip and Fall Let’s say a person is in the grocery store. She is alone, walking down an aisle. On the ground, in the middle of the aisle lies a banana peel. The person does not... Read More →

DC Dog Bite Personal Injury Attorney Many dogs are sweet, gentle creatures around people they know. But our furry friends can feel threatened and anxious when around people they don’t. Sometimes, they bite and attack. Nearly 5 million Americans are... Read More →

Causes of Car Accident Fatalities Washington D.C. Auto Accident Lawyer According to The National Highway and Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 36,000 people died in car accidents in 2019, down two percent from 2018. It was the third... Read More →

In a previous post, we covered the first part of the Washington D.C. Jury Instructions on Negligence, up to instruction 5.06. In today’s post, we’ll be covering the remainder of the instructions.  Sections 5.07 and 5.08 discuss children. The jury... Read More →

Washington D.C. Jury Instructions for Negligence Part I Continuing with our series on covering the Washington D.C. Jury Instructions, we’ll be going over roughly the first half of Chapter 5 today, which covers negligence. Again, the judge’s “charge” to the... Read More →

Summary Judgement DC Car Accident Lawyer If a lawsuit moves to a trial in a civil case, it is usually because there is a disagreement over the facts of the case.  However, when there is no disagreement over the material... Read More →

Elder and Nursing Home Abuse DC Negligence Lawyer As family members and loved ones age and suffer declines in mental and physical strength, many begin to require special care that is too difficult for non-professionals to manage. When this occurs,... Read More →

Washington D.C. Jury Instructions Personal Injury Lawyer If you are assigned jury duty, the judge will read to you the jury instructions – his or her “charge” to the jurors. The instructions are the rules that jurors should follow when... Read More →

When do medication side effects merit a lawsuit? On the back of an Advil package, there are warnings, such as “this product may cause a severe allergic reaction”, “stomach bleeding warning”, and “heart attack warning”, to name a few. These... Read More →

Self-Driving Vehicles Washington DC Auto Accident Lawyer In 2018, a woman named Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed by Rafaela Vasquez. Ms. Vasquez was at the wheel of a self-driving Volvo, participating in Uber’s autonomous vehicle program. The vehicle did... Read More →

Defective Tires DC Car Accidents In the early 1990s, Ford was sued en masse. The allegations were that the Bridgestone/Firestone tires on Ford Explorer’s were defective, causing the vehicle to rollover and resulting in serious, fatal consequences. Over the ensuing... Read More →

Last Clear Chance Doctrine DC Car Accident In England in 1842, a man left his donkey on the side of the road. He thought that the donkey would be safe while he entered and purchased an item from a store.... Read More →

Depositions after a car accident in Washington, D.C. After a car accident occurs and a lawsuit is filed, both sides conduct “discovery,” where each party obtains information from the other. Before 1938, according to Cornell Law, “plaintiffs basically had to... Read More →

Ordinary vs. Gross Negligence Lawyer Washington DC In the legal world, negligence is an important concept. To be negligent in the eyes of the law means that you have breached your legal duty, and it has harmed another.  In this... Read More →

A car collision can cause significant injuries to virtually any part of the human body. The following are some of the most common Washington DC car crash injuries suffered in motor vehicle accidents: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Car accidents are... Read More →

Many accidents leave their victims with both physical and psychological injuries. Accidents caused by another person’s negligence can be upsetting, to say the least. It leaves victims with so many questions. If this is your experience, you might be wondering... Read More →

Welcoming a new child into the world should be one of the happiest times of your life — and many times, the event goes off without a hitch. However, sometimes complications arise during delivery. Sadly, complications during childbirth could leave... Read More →

If you were injured due to negligent medical care, you might be entitled to hold the at-fault medical professional or health care entity liable for medical negligence. However, specific factors must be present to hold these negligent parties liable for... Read More →

In an effort to pressure councils nationwide to pay a big share of an eventual settlement in the Scouts’ bankruptcy proceedings, nine new sex abuse lawsuits were filed against three local Boy Scout councils on Tuesday in New York. The... Read More →

Churches in Oregon are suing Governor Kate Brown, alleging that her coronavirus stay-at-home orders that prohibit “non-essential social and recreational gatherings” encompasses church services and are unconstitutional. The lawsuit is being led by Common Sense for Oregon, a nonprofit led... Read More →

A federal appeals court has denied the appeal of an alleged underage sexual abuse victim of deceased Jeffrey Epstein’s to revive a lawsuit that claims Florida federal prosecutors failed to consult victims when they reached a secret plea deal with... Read More →

Arguments in Governor Laura Kelly’s lawsuit against legislative leaders who overturned her executive order banning religious and funeral services of more than 10 attendees during the coronavirus pandemic are set to be heard by the Kansas Supreme Court on Saturday.... Read More →

A divide was marked on March 30 between religious liberty groups when a conservative religious liberty group jumped to the legal defense of an evangelical Christian pastor who was arrested in Florida for ignoring a stay-at-home order. In contrast to... Read More →

On Tuesday, a U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of allowing Texas to be able enforce limits on the ability for women to obtain abortions because Texas deems them as non-urgent, non-essential medical procedures. In light of the coronavirus’s rapid... Read More →

Illinois chapters of 3rd political parties, the Libertarian Party and the Green Party of the United States, have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order has interfered with the petition process necessary for their... Read More →

Joe Maldonado-Passage, also known as “Joe Exotic” has filed a federal lawsuit for $94 million in damages for his 22-year prison sentence for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and for animal abuse. The lawsuit names multiple defendants such as... Read More →

A federal lawsuit filed in Chicago on Thursday is calling for state officials to “drastically reduce Illinois’s prison population” in order to give hundreds of inmates that are particularly susceptible to contracting the coronavirus and more likely to die from... Read More →

The popular video conferencing platform, Zoom is being sued in California for allegedly giving users’ personal data to outside companies including Facebook, without fully disclosing to its customers that they were doing this. The scrutiny is not just in California,... Read More →

Several gun owner groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Gov. Gavin Newsmon and state and county health officials in an effort to block the closure of gun shops during the coronavirus outbreak. In... Read More →

A former football player at the University of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that current athletic director Paul Schmidt did nothing to stop the sexual abuse he endured from the late Dr. Robert Anderson. According to... Read More →

Several abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, have filed a lawsuit against Texas for banning abortions during the coronavirus outbreak. The order, signed by Gov. Greg Abott, requested for healthcare providers to postpone surgeries and procedures that aren’t immediately medically necessary.... Read More →

The parents of students enrolled at St. Bernard’s School in Manhattan have filed a lawsuit against the all boys private institution in an effort to get fthe former headmaster, Stuart Johnson III, back. Johnson, who has been ahead of the... Read More →

Six female physicians who work in the Yale Department of Anesthesiology have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Manuel Fontes for alleged sexual harassment. The plaintiffs claim that Fontes, an anesthesiologist and a professor at Yale’s School of Medicine, subjected them... Read More →

Five inmates have filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), arguing that they’re not doing their part in stopping their spread of coronavirus. The inmates said that the Department of Corrections should be required to tell... Read More →

On Friday, Judge John Kissinger dismissed a lawsuit to stop New Hampshire’s ban on gathering of 50 or more to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in Merrimack Superior Court and argued that... Read More →

Florida attorney Daniel Uhlfelder has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to close all beaches in Florida to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The lawsuit wants the court to force DeSantis to close all the beaches in the... Read More →

U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III dismissed a lawsuit that was filed over the suicide of a former Milton Hersey School student. Abrielle Bartels hanged herself in 2013, when she was 14. She was dismissed shortly before this... Read More →

The parents of Lise Marie Ostler, who died in jail in 2016, have settled their lawsuit against Salt Lake County for $950,000. Ostler was arrested in Draper when police approached her in a parking lot and found several syringes she... Read More →