Zaytoun Law Firm Areas of Practice

Motor Vehicle Accidents

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of catastrophic personal injury and death in the United States. If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, you need experienced lawyers working hard on your legal case so that you can focus on recovering from your injuries. At Zaytoun Law Firm, our attorneys have extensive experience representing people seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, including motorcycle and bicycle accidents, tractor trailer collisions, and railroad grade crossing collisions.

In all motor vehicle accidents it is essential to conduct early investigations, preserve evidence, thoroughly investigate the accident scene, and protect our client’s interests. If you or someone you know has been injured in an automobile accident due to the negligence of others, make sure you contact the police to file an accident report, get the appropriate medical care, and take photographs of your vehicle and injuries.

The attorneys at Zaytoun Law Firm are experienced in working with insurance companies and will provide aggressive representation to recover compensation for your injuries. Our attorneys and staff are dedicated to working closely with our clients through this difficult and often complicated catastrophic event.

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Bicycle Accidents

As reported by the Division of Motor Vehicles, more than 900 bicycle-motor vehicle crashes occur each year in North Carolina. Typically, most bicycle-motor vehicle accidents occur at intersections and crosswalks. Rapid growth in the Research Triangle area, along with the increasing number of cyclists on the road today significantly increases the risk of accidents involving vehicles and bicycles. Cyclists are extremely vulnerable to life threatening injuries when riding on the road, especially considering that many drivers pay little attention to cyclists and often treat them as an annoyance on the road.

Just as in an automobile accident, it is important to preserve evidence from a bicycle accident. This would include contacting the police to file an accident report, seeking proper medical care, and photographing the accident scene, damage to your bike, and your injuries. If you have been involved in a bicycle-motor vehicle collision caused by a negligent driver, contact an attorney who is also a cyclist and has extensive experience and knowledge of the laws to protect your interests.

Premises Liability

Premises liability law makes the person who is in the possession of land or premises legally responsible for accidents and injuries that occur on that property. Some examples of premises liability cases are "slip and fall" cases, amusement park injuries, or any injury which results from a hazardous condition at a business or on someone else’s property. Persons injured while at a place of business by a third party may have a claim against the business for premises liability for failure to provide a safe workplace and/or surroundings. At Zaytoun Law Firm, our attorneys will investigate and aggressively help you recover against the owners of the property who negligently exposed you to a dangerous condition.

Medical Negligence

Medical negligence occurs when a healthcare provider fails to meet certain minimum standards of care while providing medical treatment to a patient. Failure to meet these standards of care usually results in catastrophic consequences such as permanent disfigurement, paralysis, or death. Medical negligence can result from a medical practitioner’s actions or inactions and may include misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, failure to provide appropriate treatment for a medical condition and unreasonable delay in treating a diagnosed medical condition.

Medical negligence cases tend to be fiercely defended by large law firms with seemingly limitless means and funding from malpractice insurance carriers. Here at Zaytoun Law Firm, we have the experience, resources and dedication to level the playing field against the powerful medical establishment against whom we must litigate. We utilize only highly qualified North Carolina medical experts, legal nurses, and extensive medical literature resources to become fully versed in the complex medical issues involved in these cases.

If you or someone you are close to has been injured as a result of medical negligence, finding a specialized firm with the technical skills to advance your case is critical to obtaining fair compensation. The attorneys at Zaytoun Law Firm have represented numerous victims of serious medical negligence throughout the state of North Carolina, achieving just compensation for our clients and their families.

Business Litigation

Practice of the body of law that governs business and commerce requires legal counsel with the requisite skills to successfully advocate for business owners, partners, or consumers who may find themselves up against large corporate adversaries with deep financial pockets. The attorneys at Zaytoun Law Firm have represented individuals who have been victimized by fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, civil conspiracy, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. We have experience in both State Superior Court and the North Carolina Business Court, a specialized forum of the State Courts’ trial division. As your attorneys, our goal is to understand and respond to all legal issues that may be affecting you from being successful with your business activity or to seek justice for you if your rights as an owner/partner or consumer have been violated by diversion of profits, subversion of ownership interests, exploitation of development efforts, or fraud.

Specialized Medical Litigation, General Business, Medical Licensure and Regulatory Actions

Physicians often become embroiled in business controversies involving their efforts to move from one medical practice to another. We specialize in defending physicians who must negate a Covenant Not to Compete provision in their employment contracts. These anti-competitive covenants are generally frowned upon as impeding the access to medical care by the public. Even so, in some circumstances, these covenants are enforceable. We have successfully litigated on behalf of several area physicians against former employers seeking to “run them out of town” through attempted enforcement of a Covenant Not to Compete.

Physicians also are constantly investigated, even harassed, by managed care companies and Government contractors regarding their billing and coding practices. This occurs in Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurance settings. We have represented many physicians in either bringing suit or defending them from claims for reimbursement where the physicians’ billings have been alleged to be false or fraudulent by the governmental body or insurance carriers. We utilize nationally recognized coding and billing experts to provide us with in-depth regulatory knowledge to successfully prosecute or defend these highly technical regulatory actions.

Class Action Litigation

When a defective product or negligent or wrongful conduct results in widespread harm to a large number of people, the most effective method of obtaining recovery for these injuries is through class action lawsuits. This is particularly the case when the amount of compensation due to each individual victim is less than the likely cost of an individual lawsuit. Class action litigation counsel must have experience and expertise in maneuvering the restrictions of state and federal law to take on large corporate defendants and their insurance carriers, and must also fairly and effectively manage claims on behalf of a large group of plaintiffs. The lawyers of Zaytoun Law firm have successfully handled several class actions arising from defective medical products to toxic chemical explosions. These cases not only result in compensation for victims but often serve as a “wake up call” for various industries to safeguard not just profits, but public safety.

Qui Tam Whistleblower Litigation

The Federal False Claims Act, dating back to 1863 and also referred to as “Lincoln’s Law,” remains the federal law by which an individual, or “whistleblower,” with insider knowledge of fraudulent billing against a governmental agency may bring a legal action on behalf of the government. The “Qui Tam” provision of the False Claims Act, allows for compensation to the whistleblower, known as the “Relator,” once the lawsuit is filed. A successful Qui Tam lawsuit can yield from 15 to 30 percent recovery to the Relator from the total amount of damages recovered by the Government.

Qui Tam litigation is highly technical and requires legal counsel with expertise in working with State and Federal prosecutors to ensure that the case is accepted for intervention by government prosecutorial agencies. The Relator will only recover compensation if the complex statutory requirements of the False Claims Act are followed. At Zaytoun Law Firm, we have represented numerous physicians and other health care employees who have come forward to expose substantial Medicare and Medicaid fraud in the healthcare industry. Qui Tam litigation, however, is not limited to the healthcare industry, but rather may exist in other professional settings where the Government is being overcharged for goods or services. During the course of Qui Tam litigation, we fight to protect our clients from retaliation from employers for their honesty and exposing the fraudulent billing practices involved in these cases.