TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: In the past 20 years, we've successfully handled cases involving virtually every aspect of medicine, birth injuries, failure to diagnose cancer, surgical errors, medication administration errors, anesthesia errors, literally every aspect of medicine.

LIZ SHEPHERD: Birth injuries are caused by a nurse's failure to recognize that the baby is in distress and call the physician, or the physician's failure to get to the hospital in a timely manner, or a physician's negligence in using the forceps or the vacuum extractor. We handle all types of birth injuries, including cerebral palsy, shoulder dystocia, which some people know as Erb's palsy, vacuum extractions and forceps deliveries.

TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Medical negligence cases are the most difficult cases to present in a courtroom. And there's a lot of reasons for that, but generally defense lawyers will tell you they're the easiest cases to defend and the hardest cases for a plaintiff to bring.

At Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Kinney and Wilt, we have the experience, we have the resources and we have the track record for being able to successfully handle cases, prepare them, try them, handle the appeals process and the insurance companies know that. And I think they take that into consideration when they value their cases.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Our firm has handled a number of cases involving injuries and deaths as a result of product defects, including trailers, tires, mining equipment, farming equipment, industrial equipment and a host of other products.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: While every case is different, in the past we've won multimillion dollar verdicts on behalf of people who have been injured by dangerous products.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: These cases need to be handled by a firm with experience because they're very difficult cases. Companies have a lot of money tied up in development and product production and they defend these cases very vigorously.

Injuries are usually the result of a design defect, a manufacturing defect or the failure to warn of a known or inherent hazard in the product. Typically, the manufacturer will try to shift the blame for the cause of the injury onto the injured person. They will claim the product was improperly used or the warning label was not followed.

We have the experts to help us build the case and prove the liability of manufacturers, designers, retailers and wholesalers who distribute these products.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Trucking firms should be held to a higher standard of care because when you've got a vehicle with that much mass and that much weight traveling at a high velocity, it's going to hurt somebody if it hits them.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Some of the common causes of truck accidents include improper maintenance and improper operation.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Improper maintenance would include tire failures, brake failures, inadequate undercarriage guarding, failure to install reflective lighting, inadequate blind spot mirrors.

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TYLER SMYTH THOMPSON: Improper operation would include issues such as speeding, driver fatigue, substance abuse, and cell phone usage. When researching a case, we review documents, we interview witnesses and police and we obtain affidavits.

Our firm's experience provides the knowledge base and the financial resources that you need in order to litigate against major insurance companies.

Randomly calling an attorney out of the phone book is about the equivalent of calling a family practitioner to perform your brain surgery. You need to call a law firm that has experience and a track record and who knows what they're doing and handles these particular types of cases.

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