Geoffrey D Allen's Legal Cases (5)

Civil rights

VICTORIOUS VERDICT IN CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION TRIAL

Nov 16, 2015

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict

Mr. Allen won a jury trial in November 2015, against a Metro Transit Police officer. Plaintiff claimed that he was punched and kicked by officers during the course of an arrest. The officer denied punc ... hing Plaintiff but admitted to using an open hand strike to prevent the Plaintiff from biting him. The jury found in favor of Plaintiff as to his claims of Battery and Civil Rights claims based on excessive force and awarded Plaintiff damages. The Jury also found that another officer fabricated police reports.

Personal injury

JURY TRIAL WON IN POLICE BRUTALITY

Oct 23, 2015

OUTCOME: JURY VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF

In October 2015, Mr. Allen won a jury trial in Prince George's County in which the Plaintiff alleged she broke her arm when she was thrown to the ground by a Prince George's County Police Officer outsi ... de a nightclub. All of the officers on the scene denied that they did anything to the Plaintiff and also denied seeing how she came to be injured. The jury found in favor of the Plaintiff awarding her significant damages.

Car accident

ANOTHER CASE SETTLED FOR CLIENT HIT BY POLICE CRUISER

Oct 19, 2015

OUTCOME: Settlement

In September 2015, Mr. Allen settled another case in which his client was hit by a DC police cruiser that ran a red light. The officer claimed his lights and siren were activated but this was contradic ... ted by the client and the passengers in his vehicle. The client had been rejected by a number of other lawyers before Mr. Allen accepted the case.

Class action

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT!

Sep 18, 2015

OUTCOME: Settlement

Mr. Allen settled a number of cases involving carbon monoxide poisoning in August, 2015. The poisoning was caused by a blocked water heater flu in a residential facility. Plaintiffs alleged the exposur ... e had caused brain and other injuries.

Medical malpractice

SUBSTANTIAL SETTLEMENT REACHED FOR CLIENT WHO LOST LEG AS A RESULT OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE!

Dec 15, 2014

OUTCOME: Settlement

A settlement was reached in November, 2014, by Mr. Allen for a medical malpractice claim in which a seventeen year old Plaintiff suffered an above-the-knee amputation of his leg. He had been shot by cr ... iminals during the course of a robbery and was taken to an Emergency Room where, he alleged, medical staff failed to monitor the condition of his leg. Several hours later it was discovered that he had no pulse in his foot, which indicated a serious injury to his artery. Plaintiff claimed that the delay in determining the extent of his injury led to the loss of his leg.

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