Practice Areas

Charleston, West Virginia Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Coal Mining, and Truck Accident Lawyers

The Difference May Be the Lawyer You Choose

The effects of personal injuries often impact individuals and families for years. In many cases, families face the prospect of losing a wage earner, a spouse, a parent, or a child.

At DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC, our attorneys are committed to recovering damages proportional to the pain, suffering, and loss suffered by our clients. We are prepared to investigate accidents, work with medical experts, and provide detailed cost-data analyses of our client's injuries. After years of fighting insurance companies in the courtroom, we can't be fooled by the tactics used by them to avoid paying a fair settlement or award to an injury victim.

We have the experience and resources needed to help you reclaim your life and future. To schedule an appointment and discuss your case, contact personal injury attorneys at DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC today.

At DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC, our lawyers are willing to fight for our clients. The following is representative of the types of cases we handle.

Wrongful Death

Our office represents surviving family members in wrongful death lawsuits involving gross negligence on the part manufacturers, mining companies, car and truck drivers, and healthcare professionals. We investigate fatalities in order to establish recklessness and gross negligence that could have and should have been prevented had the negligent party taken proper precautions and exercised reasonable judgment.

Personal Injury

Insurance companies and Big Business know that DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC is willing to fight for our clients, both in settlement negotiations and trials. We have the resources to invest what is necessary to investigate and prove your case through expert witnesses. We have the ability and experience to handle complex cases and take on the largest and most powerful defendants.

Commercial Litigation

The lawyers of DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC have recovered well over $100 Million in compensation for commercial litigation clients in West Virginia. Our firm represents commercial and business clients in cases involving breach of contract claims, fraud, misrepresentations, unfair competition, lender liability, director and officer liability, state and federal antitrust claims, unfair or deceptive trade practices, partnership disputes, tortious interference, RICO, False Claims Act,; class and derivative actions, claims involving commercial real estate and development, coal, oil and gas issues, environmental liability, and employment and discrimination

Car & Truck Accidents

Our car and truck accident lawyers represent people who are injured by the negligence or wrongful conduct of other drivers, such as speeding, unsafe lane changes, running lights and stop signs, and drunk driving.

Coal Mining & Industrial Accidents

Throughout our firm's history, DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC has stood up for the rights of men and women of West Virginia who have been injured in coal mining and other industrial accidents or whose property has been damaged by mining or other construction activities. If you were injured at work, you may have a personal injury claim against your employer in addition to a workers' compensation claim a or against a third party, such as an equipment manufacturer or a contractor. Filing a personal injury lawsuit will enable you to recover damages for full wage replacement, as well as pain and suffering and other losses.

Medical Malpractice

To prove medical malpractice, your attorney has to show that your doctor or hospital failed to follow an appropriate standard of care and that this failure caused your injury. We have a great deal of experience bringing medical malpractice cases in West Virginia. We represent clients in regard to birth injuries, misdiagnoses, surgical errors, and emergency room errors.

Employment Law

Our employment law attorneys pursue justice for hard-working men and women in West Virginia who are mistreated by their employers. We prosecute cases against employers who subject their employees to such abuses as discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation for reporting a safety violation at work, and wrongful termination.

Defective Products

If you or a loved one is injured by a product or machine that is defective or unreasonably dangerous, you have a right to be compensated by the company that manufactured the product, the distributor that sold the product, or both.

Railroad Accidents / FELA Claims

Railroad workers are not covered by workers' compensation benefits when injured on the job. Under the requirements of the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), injured railroad workers are eligible to receive benefits for on-the-job-injuries in cases involving negligence on the part of their employer. Our office investigates railroad accidents and prepares FELA claims for injured railroad workers.

Sports Law

The firm also has a highly personalized sports law practice, which provides agent and contract advisory services to professional athletes such as Randy Moss of the Oakland Raiders, Chris Massey of the St. Louis Rams, and several NBA players.

Contact an aggressive and skilled lawyer at DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero.