Catastrophic Injury

Catastrophic personal injury claims involve wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, severe burns, paralysis, loss of limb, and persistent vegetative states. These cases require immediate response and appreciation for the emotions involved.

We offer our clients immediate investigative and legal support to address all aspects of the case. This includes identification of crucial evidence and the development of a litigation strategy. Nall & Miller is recognized as a leader in handling these types of cases and bringing them to a successful conclusion.

Experience in this practice area includes:

• Defending a trucking company at trial in federal court on a claim brought by an EMT who suffered injuries rendering him a quadriplegic.
• Obtaining complete summary judgment on behalf of a national motor carrier for claims arising from a tractor-trailer accident that left the plaintiff paralyzed from the waist down. The summary judgment was upheld by the Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
• Representing clients through jury verdict in medical malpractice actions in cases alleging death, brain damage, catastrophic birth injuries, and other serious injuries.
• Representing a client involving the loss of a hand in a carpet shredding machine.
• Representing a client involving the loss of use of a leg as result of a crane failure.
• Representing numerous clients where alleged negligence resulted in the loss of a leg or impairment of parts of the body.
• Representing a client in a case involving the loss of use of the client's hand due to an electrical accident.
• Representing clients with alleged brain damage resulting from auto and truck accidents.
• Representing health care providers in cases dealing with brain damage in babies.
• Representing manufacturing clients in multiple-death fire cases.
• Representing psychiatrists and mental health care facilities at trial in "wrongful suicide" cases.
• Representing physicians in death cases involving ruptured aortic aneurysms.
• Representing physicians and health care providers in cases involving death in childbirth.
• Obtaining defense verdicts in favor of health care providers for failure to diagnose meningitis in children and adults.
• Obtaining verdicts or settlements in excess of $1 million for eleven severely injured clients.