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  • 2024
    • November
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Recognized in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Celebrates Clayton Fitzsimmons' Recognition in WVU College of Law "Lawyers and Leaders" Awards
    • August
      • Bob and Clayton Fitzsimmons Recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Bob Fitzsimmons Named “Lawyer of the Year”
    • July
      • Lawsuit Filed Against Trucking Company for Driver Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury in Tractor-Trailer Collision
  • 2023
    • September
      • What Are the Costs and Long-Term Effects of Traumatic Brain Injuries?
    • July
      • How Can a Personal Injury Lawyer Help You?
    • June
      • How Are Truck Accidents More Dangerous than Car Accidents?
  • 2020
    • September
      • Fitzsimmons Center for Litigation & Advocacy Established With $1.25 Million Donation
  • 2019
    • June
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Bestowed Honorary Degree from WVU College of Law
      • Clayton Fitzsimmons Presents At West Virginia Trial Lawyer Convention On West Virginia Mass Torts and The Opioid Litigation
    • April
      • Cases Filed Against Dupont Alleging Water Contaminated with Chemical C8 /PFOA Caused Cancers
    • March
      • $1.42 Million Settlement Obtained for Plaintiff Injured in Multi-Vehicle Truck Accident
    • February
      • Fitzsimmons Foundation Donates $150,000 to the City of Wheeling for New Gateway Park
  • 2018
    • December
      • Coal Miner's Widow and Family Obtain $8.5 Million Settlement
    • November
      • FITZSIMMONS LAW FIRM LAWYERS EDIT AND PUBLISHED IN MEDICAL LEGAL HANDBOOK
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms"
    • September
      • $4.5 Million Settlement For Worker Who Developed Leukemia After Workplace Exposure to Benzene and Solvents
    • August
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Selected to 2019 Best Lawyers in America
    • July
      • Fitzsimmons Part of UCLA Research Team Studying Military Brains Has Journal Article Published
    • June
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Attorneys Once Again Recognized By Super Lawyers
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Recognized Again As One of West Virginia's Top 10 Super Lawyers
      • Clayton Fitzsimmons Invited to Speak at West Virginia Trial Lawyer Convention
    • May
      • $2 Million in Punitive Damages Assessed Against Hospital in $5.5 Million Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Jury Verdict
      • Black Lung Disease Is On the Rise Again
    • April
      • Fitzsimmons Foundation Funds New Wheeling PD K9
      • $660,000.00 JUDGMENT OBTAINED ON BEHALF OF EQUIPMENT RENTAL COMPANY
      • Wheeling Park High School Educates Students on the Dangers of Drunk Driving
    • March
      • Pope Francis Names Bob Fitzsimmons Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Oder of St. Gregory The Great
    • January
      • $9.5 Million Settlement For Worker Who Developed Occupational Cancer As A Result of Exposure to Benzene and Other Toxic Chemical
  • 2017
    • June
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Invited to Speak at the West Virginia Association for Justice's Annual Convention and Seminar
    • April
      • Falsified Driver Log Books and Driver Fatigue Lead to Fatal Tractor Trailer Collision, Lawsuit Alleges
    • March
      • Mark Colantonio Joins Fitzsimmons Law Firm
    • February
      • $1 Million Recovered in Trucking Accident Wrongful Death Lawsuit
  • 2016
    • December
      • Injured Worker Obtains $5.1 Million Settlement In Lawsuit Alleging Confined Space Violations
    • November
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Co-Authors Medical Research Paper on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy ("CTE")
    • August
      • Family Files Lawsuit Alleging Construction Site Fatality Caused by Defective Machinery and Unsafe Work Practices
      • Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Truck Driver and Trucking Company
    • February
      • $3 Million Class Action Settlement for Residents Who Lost Water During Weirton Water Crisis
    • January
      • Fatal Coal Mining Accident Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit
  • 2015
    • November
      • $2 Million Insurance Bad Faith Settlement Against Malpractice Insurer
      • $5.1 Million Ohio Product Liability Settlement for Family of Coal Miner Killed in Mining Accident
    • October
      • $8 Million Class Action Settlement in Toxic Tort / Exposure Case
    • July
      • What is Insurance Bad Faith?
      • $1 Million Settlement Obtained in Medical Negligence Case
    • June
      • $4.5 Million Settlement Obtained for Ironworker Injured in a Surface Mining Fall Accident
      • Medical Malpractice Claim Settled for $1 Million
    • May
      • Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Coal Miner Who Suffers Amputation in Coal Mining Accident
    • April
      • Plaintiff Injured In Trucking Accident Files Lawsuit Against Truck Driver Who Caused Collision By Making Illegal U-Turn
    • March
      • $1 Million Settlement Obtained in Oil and Gas Trucking Wrongful Death Lawsuit
      • Could Your Child's Birth Injury Have Been Prevented?
    • February
      • Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Toxic Chemical Release That Claims the Life of Pipefitter and Severely Injures Two Others
      • $1 Million Insurance Bad Faith Settlement Obtained For Local Small Business
      • Long History of Poor Coal Mining Conditions in West Virginia
      • $1.125 Million Insurance Bad Faith Settlement
    • January
      • Natural Gas Home Explosion Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit
      • Causes of Drilling Accidents
      • $1.35 Million Settlement in Church Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
  • 2014
    • November
      • Workers Exposed to Benzene and Other Toxic Chemicals File Lawsuit Alleging Exposure Caused Leukemia and Work-Related Cancer
      • Clayton and Bob Fitzsimmons Author Chapter in Medical Textbook on Neurological Sports Medicine
    • September
      • $1 Million Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
      • $4.9 Million Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Oil and Gas Trucking Accident
    • July
      • W.Va. Supreme Court Nominates Clayton Fitzsimmons to District One Character Committee
      • W.Va. Supreme Court Appoints Brent Wear to Board of Law Examiners
      • Preparations for Abandonment of Mine Leads to the Death of Two Miners
      • Federal Judge Rules Coal Company Involved in the Unlawful Pollution of West Virginia Waters
      • Mine Shaft Explosions and the Injuries They Cause
    • May
      • $1 Million Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement Obtained
    • March
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Successfully Obtains Remand Order in West Virginia Attorney General's Claim Against Bristol-Myers Squibb an
    • February
      • Injured Worker Files Lawsuit Alleging Confined Space Violations
      • Driving Related Fatalities On The Decline
    • January
      • Settlement Obtained In Workplace Intentional Tort Lawsuit
  • 2013
    • November
      • Exposure to Toxins in the Workplace
    • October
      • Injured Workers Settle Claims Arising from Gas Well Explosion
    • September
      • Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Surface Coal Mining Accident Lawsuit
      • Settlement Obtained in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed by the Fitzsimmons Law Firm
    • August
      • Ohio Coal Mining Fatality Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by the Fitzsimmons Law Firm
    • July
      • West Virginia's Hands Free Driving Law Now In Effect
    • June
      • Settlement Reached in Surface Mining Wrongful Death Claim
    • May
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Files "Deliberate Intention" and Product Liability Lawsuit On Behalf Of Worker Injured In Workplace Acciden
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Ironworker Paralyzed In Surface Mining Accident
    • April
      • The Steubenville Rape Case - A Story About A Young Girl's Courage
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Appointed Special Assistant Attorneys General To Prosecute Claims Against Bristol Myers and Sanofi
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Settles Lawsuit On Behalf of Worker Injured in an Oil and Gas Field Accident
    • March
      • $7.76 Million Punitive Damage Verdict Assessed Against Johnson & Johnson in Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit
    • February
      • Jury Reaches $3.35 Million Partial Verdict in Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit
      • What Should You Do If You Are In A Car Accident?
      • What Are Punitive Damages And What Purpose Do They Serve?
      • Who Can File A Wrongful Death Claim in West Virginia?
      • West Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitration Agreement in Nursing Home Abuse Case
    • January
      • Rocky Fitzsimmons Appointed State Senator
      • Intolerance in the Workplace is Unacceptable
  • 2012
    • December
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Confidential Settlement for Clients Subjected to Unfair Debt Collection Practices
      • Bob Fitzsimmons Featured on ESPN's Outside the Lines
    • November
      • What is One of the Most Dangerous Maneuver a Driver Can Make?
    • October
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Attorney Selected as Special Mediator in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Claims
    • September
      • Coal Mining Fatality Leads to Wrongful Death Claim Filed By Fitzsimmons Law Firm
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Summary Judgment on Behalf of Former WVU President
      • Protecting Our Right to Trial by Jury
    • August
      • Study Finds that Insurance Companies Manipulate Computer Programs to Pay Out Less to Policyholders
      • 18 Year Old Girl Killed in Three-Car Accident
      • Coal Mining Accident Leads to Fourth Mining Fatality in West Virginia This Year
      • Alarmingly High Fatality Rate for Tower Climbers Goes Unnoticed
    • July
      • Is Fracking Worth the Risks?
      • Enjoy Jamboree in the Hills Responsibly This Year
      • Ohio Oil and Gas Explosion Raises Questions about Safety in the Industry
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Settlement on Behalf of Worker Injured in Ladder Accident
      • What are the Most Dangerous Jobs in America?
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Lawyers Recognized as Super Lawyers
    • June
      • Federal Regulators Need to Help Ensure the Safety of our Miners
      • What are your Insurance Company's Duties?
      • Settlement Obtained in Workplace Electrocution Wrongful Death Against Mastec
      • WARNING: Oil and Gas Workers May Be at Risk to Silica Exposure at Fracking Sites
    • May
      • West Virginia Ranks As The Most Dangerous State For Workers
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Settlement in Truck Accident Case
      • Fallen Workers Remembered
      • Robert Fitzsimmons Discusses Junior Seau's Death with the Pittsburgh Tribune Review
    • April
      • April Proclaimed National Child Abuse Prevention Month
      • A Tribute to Our Miners and Their Families
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Files Suits on Behalf of Workers Injured in Gas Well Explosion
      • Sadly, Racism Still Alive in 2012
    • March
      • Bishop's Cross Awarded to Robert Fitzsimmons
      • Roof Collapse Leads to 3rd Coal Mining Fatality in 2012
      • Chesapeake Energy Investigated for Possible Violations of the Clean Water Act in West Virginia
    • February
      • Chemical Exposure at South Charleston restaurant hospitalizes 9
      • Whistleblowers & Retaliation
  • 2011
    • October
      • Welcome to our West Virginia Personal Injury Blog
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Trial
      • Robert P. Fitzsimmons Named as "Best Lawyers' 2012 Morgantown Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year"
    • August
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Recognized in 2011-2012 U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings
    • June
      • Fitzsimmons Law Firm Obtains Summary Judgment against AIG subsidiary National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2010
    • October
      • Robert P. Fitzsimmons named one of the top 75 Plaintiffs' Trial Lawyers in the Country
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