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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| Thank you for considering Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP as
your lawyer for your personal injury | wrongful death case. |
| Lieff Cabraser is committed to providing the very best
representation and support possible for our clients, and to investing the
time and resources necessary to succeed in every case. |
| Described by The American Lawyer as “one
of the nation’s premier plaintiffs’ firms,” Lieff Cabraser
consists of over fifty lawyers and a large support staff in three offices
nationwide. Since our founding in 1972, we have successfully resolved thousands
of individual personal injury and wrongful death claims in state and federal
courts throughout the country. |
| We are experienced trial lawyers that represent
only plaintiffs. In many cases, we assisted our clients in persuading the
corporate defendants to issue recalls or improve their safety procedures
for the protection of all consumers and patients. |
| Currently, we are prosecuting scores of lawsuits involving
personal injuries and wrongful deaths from all types of negligent conduct,
manufacturing errors and design defects. Our cases range from vehicle and
aviation accidents to faulty medical devices. We also represent patients
prescribed drugs with dangerous, undisclosed side effects and consumers
sickened by contaminated food products. |
| We offer our clients the following advantages: |
| The Strength of a National Law Firm |
| Lieff Cabraser is among the largest law firms in the
United States that represent only plaintiffs. Our firm enjoys a national
reputation for professional integrity and for the efficient, aggressive
and responsible prosecution of our clients’ claims. Our legal skills,
along with our ability to advance the costs in our clients’ cases,
enable us to successfully litigate against many of the country’s
largest corporations and the large defense firms that represent them. The
National Law Journal has annually ranked our firm as one of the top plaintiffs’ law
firms in the nation. We are one of only two law firms, and the only law
firm practicing injury law, to have received this award for the past five
years. |
| An Outstanding Track Record |
| Our firm has played a leading role in many of the largest
and most important civil cases in the United States over the last decade.
Lieff Cabraser has obtained over $400 million in verdicts, judgments and
settlements for our clients in individual personal injury and wrongful
death lawsuits. Since 1995 and working with co-counsel, we have achieved
verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 billion in product liability
class action lawsuits. |
| Last year, we served as lead trial counsel in a wrongful
death suit against DaimlerChrysler for failing to correct a known defect
in the transmission of its vehicles. The jury returned a $54 million verdict
against DaimlerChrysler, finding it acted with malice. This constituted
the fourth highest jury verdict in California in 2007. |
| Attentive, Personal Service |
| We work closely with our clients throughout the litigation
process to maximize and expedite their recoveries. Each client is assigned
an individual attorney who is responsible for prosecuting the case and
regularly communicating with the client. At the same time, our attorneys
work as a team, drawing upon their combined knowledge, training and skills
to provide our clients with decades of litigation experience. |
| Leaders Among Attorneys |
| Our attorneys include some of the country’s most
distinguished legal practitioners, with expertise in investigating and
filing personal injury lawsuits, prosecuting complex, cases through trial,
and negotiating and crafting settlements that achieve justice for our clients.
As a result, our attorneys are routinely appointed by federal and state
courts across America to serve as the leaders in national personal injury
and wrongful death cases. |
| Our attorneys are very active in the legal community.
Many are directors and officers of various local and national bar associations.
Many write articles, give speeches and teach courses on the various firm
practice areas. |
| A number of our attorneys have received awards and honors
for their distinguished skills and trial successes. Law & Politics magazine has recognized 14 Lieff Cabraser attorneys as Super Lawyers, outstanding
attorneys who have received the highest degree of peer recognition and
professional achievement in their respective practice areas and geographic
regions. In 2008, California Lawyer magazine honored Lieff Cabraser attorneys
Robert J. Nelson and Scott P. Nealey with the California Lawyer Attorney
of the Year (CLAY) Award. They were the only plaintiffs attorneys to receive
this award in the category of personal injury law. |
| A Premier Litigation Team |
| In addition to our more than fifty attorneys, we employ
an impressive team of legal nurse consultants, scientific and medical analysts,
investigators and legal assistants who have years of experience with personal
injury lawsuits. Our staff works with our attorneys to expeditiously obtain
and review client medical records, tabulate medical and surgical expenses,
and estimate the costs of anticipated future operations, treatments and
ongoing therapies. Our Litigation Support Department has expertise in the
latest document review and courtroom presentation technologies. |
| We also have relationships with the leading experts
in the fields of accident and disaster reconstruction, automotive safety,
product design, aviation, manufacturing, medicine and surgery, and pharmacology. |
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Personal
Injury Action: A lawsuit brought by an individual
who has suffered physical or mental harm as the result of the wrongful conduct
of another.
Wrongful Death Action: A lawsuit brought on behalf of a deceased person’s
family or beneficiaries that alleges the death was attributable to the willful
or negligent act of another.
Negligence: The failure to act with reasonable care under the circumstances.
A negligence claim focuses on the defendant's conduct, and if sufficiently egregious
can justify an award of punitive damages.
Proof of Negligence: Requires that the plaintiff demonstrate that the
defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff, the duty was breached, the breach of
duty was the cause of the damages and damages are quantifiable. Manufacturers
of products are generally held to a basic duty of exercising care to prevent
foreseeable injuries from the reasonable use of their products. |
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Our lawyers have years of experience
successfully representing clients in personal injury cases. |
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There is no charge or obligation for
our review of your case. |
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In death and serious injury cases, we
are pleased to visit you where you live, at no cost, to discuss
your legal rights and answer your questions. |
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We have retained product safety and
medical experts nationwide to assist our clients with their claims. |
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| Trademark
Notice: Personal Injury Lawyer America is an electronic newsletter
from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. Lieff Cabraser
represents clients in a wide range of cases, including personal
injury and wrongful
death lawsuits. Our personal injury attorneys
| lawyers are committed to providing the very best representation
and support possible for our clients. This website provides information
on the legal rights of the injured and the latest news on product
defects and related lawsuits. |
Lieff Cabraser
is not affiliated in any way with any trademark owner. The use of
any trademarks on this site is for product identification and information
purposes only.
About Lieff Cabraser: We have
offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our lawyers have
represented clients in personal injury, wrongful death and
rollover crashes and product defect lawsuits across America, including
residents of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada,
New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin,
West Virginia and Wyoming.
Among the cases our personal injury
attorneys are prosecuting are the Medtronic heart lead recall, the
AMO contact lens solution recall, the Peter Pan peanut butter recall, Guidant
pacemaker defects, SUV
rollover accidents, popcorn
workers lung injuries, and Ford
switch fires.
Disclaimer: The hiring of legal
professionals is an important decision that should not be based on
advertising alone. Please read our disclaimer. |
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