Dedicated to handling personal injury and wrongful death claims

The lawyers of Garmer & Prather believe in the American justice system and its ability to resolve disputes and to address the needs of injured parties. People turn to us to handle wrongful death and personal injury claims because we have an absolute commitment to the needs of our individual clients. We hold ourselves to a standard of professional excellence that is only possible when a firm dedicates its practice to handling a small number of carefully selected cases.

Ready to handle any type of personal injury or wrongful death claim

We dedicate our practice to protecting the legal rights of injured clients and their families in Lexington and throughout Kentucky. At Garmer & Prather, we have the experience and skills to handle complex litigation.  Among our many areas of experience, we handle personal injury and wrongful death claims related to:

• 18-wheeler accidents: Overturned trucks, truck tipping due to improper loading or oversized loads, underride accidents, speeding or reckless truck driving, accidents arising from loose cargo, coal trucks without proper braking systems
• Aviation accidents: Plane crashes, helicopter crashes
• Bariatric surgery [http://www.garmerprather.com/PracticeAreas/Bariatric-Surgery.asp] includes Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, stomach stapling, gastroplasty, and the lap-band procedure
• Birth trauma
• Brain injuries: Brain trauma, cerebral hypoxia, cerebral palsy
• Construction accidents: Defective construction equipment, negligence of contractors or subcontractors, worksite injuries
• Defective medical devices: Vena cava filter defects, pacemaker and implantable defibrillator defects, defective hip replacements, defective heart devices, defective knee replacements
• Equine and veterinary malpractice: Death or serious injury to a horse
• Medical malpractice: surgical error, , medication error, failure to diagnose, misdiagnosis
• Mining accidents: Falls, repetitive motion injuries, mine collapses, explosions or detonation system accidents, defective equipment, stripmine liability
• Nursing home abuse: Elder abuse, nursing home neglect, violations of the Kentucky Residents’ Rights Act
• Product liability: Automobile defects, medical device defects, defective drugs, defective farm and outdoor equipment
• Railroad accidents: Grade crossing collisions, train collisions, hazardous material spills
• Premises liability: Negligent or inadequate security, electric shock, swimming pool drowning accidents
• Business Torts: breach of fiduciary duty fraudulent misrepresentation, interference with contractual relations
• Commercial Litigation: Small business litigation, business fraud, Breach of contract
• Federal Tort Claims: Injuries caused by the federal government, its agencies and government employees, including Veteran’s Administration (VA) Hospitals
• Defamation:  Libel and slander
• Whistleblower: Qui tam claims, False Claims Act, Lincoln Law violations
• Boating injuries:  boat accidents, personal watercraft collisions, marina accidents, electrocution, drowning

We take a team approach to all personal injury and wrongful death cases. In addition to our own group of experienced lawyers, we enlist a variety of outside resources, including medical and economic experts, forensic investigators, and life care planners.  The team we put together will be customized to the clients' legal objectives.