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Wrongful Death - Losing a loved one is a terrible experience. Lawsuits arise when circumstances leading to that loss could have been avoided. We have helped many clients who seek justice for their deceased family members. Although we cannot erase our clients' grief, we can help them seek compensation because their lives are emotionally and financially impacted by their loss. Successful lawsuits may also bring about change so others will not be similarly affected. Dental Malpractice/Lingual Nerve Injury - Steven B Effres is one of the leading lawyers in the country for lawsuits involving lingual nerve damage from dental negligence. Lower wisdom tooth extractions can result in a severed or injured lingual nerve if the dentist is careless in performing the surgery to remove the tooth. Mr. Effres has obtained the highest reported jury verdict in California and Virginia for lingual nerve injury. The lingual nerve affects the sensation of the tongue and impacts the ability to taste. Attorney Effres is often consulted by lawyers throughout the country for his expertise in lingual nerve injury cases. Medical Malpractice Law - We are experienced in medical malpractice law and can help clients determine whether or not malpractice has occurred. When someone is injured as a result of the negligence or misconduct of a dental or medical professional, a breach of trust has occurred. We have expertise in ground breaking litigation, including the highest jury verdict for a severed lingual nerve in the states of California and Virginia. Legal Malpractice - Our lawyers are experienced in professional malpractice law and can help clients determine whether or not malpractice has occurred where someone is injured as a result of negligence or misconduct of individuals in the dental, legal, medical, and other professional fields. Employment Law - Employment law covers a complex network of laws that controls how employers must treat employees, former employees, and applicants for employment. We have significant experience in interpreting and construing state and Federal statutes and case law in employment discrimination and wrongful termination. If you suspect you have been terminated because of your race, religion, gender, or age, you need quality representation to exercise your rights. Elder Abuse - An increasing elderly population has led to an increased nursing home population, and with this has come an increased incidence of nursing home negligence and abuse. Governmental agencies such as the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services help oversee the care and services provided by nursing homes and both federal and state governments have established uniform standards for nursing homes and ensure the protection and safety of patients. Unfortunately, despite these governmental agencies, over one million nursing home residents are abused in some manner each year. Such actions can include negligence and active abuse. Whether the abuse consists of recurrent negligence or a single incident which causes injury, the victim has a right to damages. In most cases, the nursing home in question can lose its certification for failing to supply the expected care leading to a loss of federal funding. Nursing home abuse can include physical damage from falls, malnutrition or dehydration, bed sores, gangrene, aspiration pneumonia, over-sedation, poor medical care, or wrong medication. Just as damaging but more subtle, are lack of supervision, theft, abandonment, effective equipment, sexual assault, coercion, physical or mental abuse. All of these can lead to injury or death of the nursing home patient. Construction Accidents - Thousands of construction workers are injured or killed in construction site accidents each year. Construction companies must inspect each site with safety engineers and provide safety programs, but unfortunately accidents still occur due to the inadequacy of these provisions. When a construction site accident occurs, the owners, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers of equipment can be held responsible for inadequate safety provisions. The general contractor and all subcontractors are required to provide a reasonably safe site, to warn of hazards inherent in the site and work, to hire careful employees, to coordinate job safety and to supervise compliance with safety specifications. Manufacturers of construction equipment are responsible designing and maintaining safe products. Defective or dangerous products may include the following: scaffolding, cranes, power tools, derricks, hoists, conveyors, woodworking tools, ladders, winches, trucks, graters, scrapers, tractors, bulldozers, forklifts, back hoes, heavy equipment, boilers, pressure vessels, gas detectors and other types of construction equipment. It is often possible to find liable third parties in the event of an accident or injury. Since most sites involve many subcontractors, it is very common to locate several potential third party Defendants. The lawyer may also consider claims against the general contractor, who may be responsible for supervision and my be contractually responsible for the injury. In more complex cases, the legal principles of Agency and analysis of Corporate law may lead to sophisticated determinations as to who is technically an "employee" and who the "third parties" are in a given situation. Product Liability - Our firm has years of experience and an excellent track record of representing individuals who have been injured as a result of an unsafe product that was designed, manufactured, sold, and/or furnished by a person or company. We assist those injured individuals in bringing their claims and being fairly compensated for their injuries. Our attorneys have represented individuals injured by machinery and tools, medical products and devices, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, recreational and other products. Premise Liability - When someone is injured as a result of unsafe property or building conditions, they may have a right to make a claim for their damages against the owner of the property. All slip and fall accidents are covered by negligence law and deal with the concept of premises liability. Property owners have a "duty of care" to see that their property is safe. This includes insuring that the building has no structural defects that could cause an accident, both inside and out. In some states the property owner may also have a duty to reduce problem areas caused by weather. Structural defects can include: loose floor mats, rugs, or tiles; water on the floor; badly lit stairs or steps; cracks or holes in sidewalks or parking lots. Weather-related hazards may include standing water and icy spots. A plaintiff or claimant also has a duty to exercise reasonable care, so if any action of yours contributed to the accident, you may share in the negligence. If you experience a slip and fall accident, you should try to determine what made you fall and if it could have been anticipated and prevented. If anyone saw you fall, be sure you get the names and addresses of all witnesses. Try to note the conditions in the area - was the lighting poor, was there some substance that made you slip. If you did slip because of something on the floor, try to obtain a sample. Also, try to get pictures of the area. Report any such accident to the manager or owner and insist that they make a record of it. It is your responsibility to prove that a hazard existed and that it was the cause of your accident. If you have been seriously injured, please do not wait to contact an attorney. We welcome you to review our attorneys' credentials, and see a small sample of the results we have obtained. We look forward to the opportunity to review your legal matter to determine if Effres & Associates can help you. |