McLean, VA
Personal injury Lawyer at McLean, VA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Divorce & Separation ... +5 more
OUTCOME: $115,000.00
Plaintiff a passenger in a suv was involved in a near head on crash with a vehicle driven by defendant who was intoxicated with a .356 BAC. Plaintiff incurred only soft tissue injuries. Defendant had ... only $50,000 coverage but by bringing in the defendant's employer who had allegedly loaned him the vehicle Mr. Kaydouh was able to get the plaintiff an additional $85,000 in settlement.
OUTCOME: $300,000.00 settlement for her family
The plaintiff an 80 years old woman was taking her morning walk on the Old Dominion walking and bike trail when the defendant Zhu came down a hill and crashed into her failing to give her the right of ... way and by trying to pass her too closely. Ms. Lapina immediately suffered a fatal head injury and died at the hospital a few hours later . The defendant tried to blame her but it was proven that he has his rear brakes disconnected prior to the collision and had told two different stories to the investigating authorities.
OUTCOME: Settlement $193,000.00
Plaintiff was a 62-year-old woman who went shopping with her daughter at on the opening day for a supermarket. The plaintiff was disabled, having kidney disease, liver disease, heart trouble and ... cancer. She was in the parcel pick-up area, pushing the cart along a slanted walkway, when her shopping cart went over the edge of the 4-inch curb that did not have a railing in front of it as is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. She suffered a severely fractured hip and a broken shoulder. She became a total invalid and died from other causes one month before the statute of limitations expired. Plaintiff's counsel sued in the name of her personal representative and filed suit against the owners of the shopping center, the managers, the general contractor, the subcontractor, the site planners/engineers, the architects and the tenant – seven defendants in all. Before filing suit, the plaintiff's attorney obtained all the site and architectural plans from the county and drafted a 25- page complaint, along with hundreds of requests for admission, extensive interrogatories and requests for production of documents. Plaintiff's safety consultant expert and engineer did an extensive review of the site. The plaintiff's attorney went to other supermarkets owned by one of the defendants to obtain photos of where another defendant had installed similar railings on slanted sidewalks. Faced with the extensive discovery, the defendants requested mediation. The plaintiff's premature death complicated the case. Plaintiff’s family had to piece together what had occurred and how the plaintiff had suffered during her long period of incapacity. After nine hours of mediation, a settlement was reached.
OUTCOME: Husband awarded the parties mansion and $25,000 spousal support per month for life as well as a lump sum figure of over $6,000,000 dollars representing 1/2 half of the parties assets.
Parties married 23 years husband became disabled. Wife was independently wealthy. Tried to throw the husband out of the house . Husband sought support and a fair division of the immense wealth acqui ... red by wife.
OUTCOME: Total settlement for all families injured and killed over $8,000,000.0
Father of 3 children killed in GM bus which went off the road. We argued that that the steering mechanism was not only defective but improperly designed which resulted in the 19 year bus going off the ... road.