One of RAWLE & HENDERSON’S largest areas of practice is in the field of general negligence and casualty litigation. In this area, the Firm defends a wide range of personal injury and property damage litigation.

The clients served by RAWLE & HENDERSON include local and national operators of retail stores, such as supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores; common carriers and public transportation operators; motor vehicle owners and drivers; restaurants and fast food chains; municipalities; public sporting facilities; oil companies and gasoline station operators; schools; stadiums; hospitals and nursing homes; and the owners or operators of every type of facility where people conduct their lives.

The cases within the scope of this practice encompass practically every type of tort imaginable. The Firm is staffed and equipped to handle any size case in this field, and give it the attention it needs. A great many of our cases involve catastrophic injuries and losses, including claims of death, paralysis, disfigurement, and mass torts. These cases usually require a professional team with lawyers at two or more levels, supported by paralegals and other personnel. When a case needs this kind of staffing (and when a client desires it), RAWLE & HENDERSON is fully capable and ready to deliver. On the other hand, the Firm also handles many small cases in this field as well, where the work is performed primarily by a single attorney, often with the assistance of a paralegal. We believe that these cases can be handled with the same thoroughness and attention to detail, while remaining faithful to a client’s needs for economy and efficiency.

Naturally, as in any field of litigation, many negligence and casualty suits are resolved by settlement. A number of clients see RAWLE & HENDERSON, however, as the Firm they wish to use for cases that are not likely settlement candidates and whose resolution must come from the most time-honored arbiter in the legal system ­ the jury. We welcome those cases and the challenges they present. Our lawyers include senior trial attorneys who spend much of their time in court before juries on the trial of casualty cases, both large and small.