Cunningham Bounds, LLC

About this office:

Cunningham Bounds, LLC represents victims in cases involving catastrophic injury caused by work-related accidents, defective products, truck and automobile accidents, and medical malpractice. The firm also has expertise in business litigation, complex litigation, and national and state class action litigation involving defective products and consumer rights.

Founded in 1958, and representing plaintiffs exclusively since 1973, Cunningham Bounds has a long and successful history of helping those who have been injured by the wrongdoing of others. The firm consists of 18 attorneys, a support staff of more than 30 people, and a full-time investigative team that includes several former law enforcement officers.

Most recently, Cunningham Bounds achieved a $40 million wrongful death verdict against Kia Motors of American, Kia Motors Corporation and DBI/Celltrion. The complaint was filed by the mother of a 16 year-old who was driving a Kia Sephia with defective seatbelt buckles that Kia had failed to recall. In 2009, the firm secured a $20 million verdict in a medical wrongful death case for the family of a woman who died after her anesthesia care team failed to follow the accepted standards of care in administering her anesthesia. In 2008, the firm obtained a $192 million verdict for a local chemist whose invention was stolen by a German chemical company. In 2007, the firm obtained a verdict of $50 million for the family of a local man who was killed by a water heater that exploded. That same year, the firm obtained a $108 million verdict for a local company whose landfill was poisoned by hazardous waste improperly dumped by the defendants. According to various legal periodicals, several of these verdicts were among the largest verdicts in the United States in the years in which they were handed down.

The firm is continually ranked as a top litigation firm in publications such as Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Benchmark Litigation. Eleven of the firm's attorneys have achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell, nine of the firm's attorneys are listed in Best Lawyers in America®, and ten of the firm's attorneys are listed in Alabama's Super Lawyers. In addition, our firm's attorneys participate at all levels of national, state and local civic and professional organizations, including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the National Board of Trial Advocacy, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Litigation Counsel of America, the American Association for Justice, the Alabama Association for Justice, the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, and the Inns of Court.

Airplane Crash Litigation; Aviation Accidents; Helicopter Crash Litigation; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Class Actions; Consumer Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Civil Fraud; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice; Medical Negligence; Medication Errors; Nursing Negligence; Birth Trauma; Negligence; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Torts; Sports Injury; Transportation; Truck Accidents; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Bad Faith; Personal Injury; Industrial Accidents; Wrongful Death.

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