Attorneys William Lightfoot and Kelly Fisher represent the family of a child who died as a result of neglect by a day care worker. The litigation team is helping the family change the law to prevent death to other children. The case is reported in the following article published in the Washington Post: Read More
Attorney William Lightfoot to Teach Deposition Techniques and Strategies
Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis L.L.P managing partner William P. Lightfoot will teach advanced deposition techniques and strategies to lawyers attending a four-day program in New Orleans January 15-18. The program enhances the performance of even the most experienced trial lawyer. Lightfoot will lecture about methods for “Establishing Standards of Care and Conduct with Defense...
Read MoreBill Lightfoot Representing Fatal D.C. Pedestrian Accident Victim’s Family
Our attorney Bill Lightfoot recently filed a lawsuit over a D.C. pedestrian accident case that claimed the life of a 73-year-old man. We are seeking to recover millions for the family of the man who was struck and killed by a street sweeper in June. The 73-year-old was crossing Clay Place at the same time a...
Read MoreParalyzed Patients Walk Again with Help from ‘Bionic’ Suit
A 26-year-old man was in an ATV accident two years ago that left him with a severed spinal cord. Surgeons assumed he would never walk again. A special ‘bionic’ suit, however, is changing the game; he is now able to push his hips and legs forward using a motorized body suit called “ReWalk.” The system...
Read MoreOur Lawyers Discuss the Dangers of Defective Equipment on a Construction Site
If you are a construction worker, you use construction equipment and tools every day throughout the course of your job. Proper-working equipment is very important on construction sites, because one product’s defect can seriously injure or even kill those operating or working near the machine. http://youtu.be/GTHijSxgotU If you are at work and are injured by a...
Read MoreDriver Crashes Into Traffic Stop, Seriously Injures Prince George’s County Officer
According to CBS DC, an out-of-control, reckless driver crashed into three police cruisers, seriously injuring a 26-year-old police officer during a traffic stop in Prince George’s County. Authorities reported that the five-vehicle collision took place on Pennsylvania Avenue near Walters Lane in Forestville, Maryland. Three police officers were outside their cruisers around 9 a.m. on...
Read MoreGM Announced That Recalled Vehicles Have Even More Safety Problems
General Motors (GM) said on April 9 that the company must fix another defect involving the ignition of the small cars it has already recalled for faulty switches.
GM issued a new recall for the 2003 to 2011 cars, this time to replace another part of...
FDA Proposed Rule Could Provide Better Drug Safety for Americans
The American Association of Justice (AAJ) is in support of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule to allow generic drug manufacturers to independently update their warning labels. The US Supreme Court ruled in Pliva v. Mensing that generic drug manufacturers cannot independently update their warning labels, even when new side-effects are known....
Read MoreGroup Fights to Restore Millions for Spinal Cord Injury Research
According to The Wall Street Journal, officials have restored nearly $7 million in annual funding for spinal cord injury research after an influential lobby of paraplegics put pressure on lawmakers. The group, New Yorkers to Cure Paralysis, have tried unsuccessfully since 2010 to restore about $8.5 million in...
Read MoreTractor-Trailer Crashes and Stops Within Feet of Home
According to WNEP 16, a tractor-trailer crashed and flipped just a few feet from a residential home in Jessup, Maryland. Police officials said the truck’s brakes failed at some point going down Hill Street, causing the tractor-trailer to roll over and narrowly miss a home at the intersection of Hill Street and Constitution Avenue....
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