Providence, RI Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorneys
Tenacious injury representation with a record of success
Decof & Decof are persistent advocates for the families and victims of personal injuries in Providence, RI, and MA. Our attorneys maintain a record of success that includes the largest jury verdict for an injury in Rhode Island.
Since the firm’s inception in 1975, our lawyers have handled countless state and local Providence, RI injury cases. Handling so many different cases has helped our attorneys amass extensive knowledge and trial experience.
We handle a wide range of injury claims, including the following:
Alcohol-related injuries
Decof & Decof fights to make sure the law holds drunk drivers and the people providing their alcohol responsible when their illegal conduct causes injuries or death. Our knowledge of personal injury, motor vehicle, and dram shop law gives us an advantage litigating auto accident cases involving alcohol.
We also pursue cases where intoxication-related assaults resulted in your personal injury damages.
Boating accidents and injuries to seamen
We apply our extensive knowledge of boating laws as we vigorously protect the rights of people injured or killed by negligent boaters. Our experience extends to protecting the rights of dock workers and seamen injured or killed while working aboard vessels. We understand how to pursue claims under the Jones Act, Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and general maritime law.
Burn injuries
Decof & Decof obtains compensation from the parties responsible for the following situations where innocent victims are burned:
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Electrocutions
Electrical accidents can occur almost anywhere, including constructions sites, your workplace, residences, and businesses. They can result in burns, nerve damage, muscle injuries, and even death. We help protect the right of electrocution victims.
Explosions
Decof & Decof help to obtain compensation for the losses victims and their families experience after an explosion, whether the blast took place at work, in a public place, or in a home.
Fires
Injuries from fires can be severe and require extensive hospital stays, skin grafts, plastic surgery, and long-term care. Our firm ensures fire victims receive full compensation for their injuries.
Gas and electricity injuries
Utility companies are responsible for ensuring the safety of their gas and electrical lines. When these agents fail to maintain utility lines, causing a personal injury in Providence, RI, or MA, Decof & Decof help you hold them accountable.
Hunting accidents
When hunting accidents occur, Decof & Decof conducts a thorough investigation to determine responsible parties. The evidence we collect helps obtain compensation from the hunter and even from a victim’s homeowners insurance when applicable.
Inadequate security
Building and business owners are responsible for providing adequate lighting and security to protect tenants and visitors. Our attorneys have handled numerous cases where premises owners failed to provide appropriate lighting or safety measures, resulting in an injury or death.
School/university/child care negligence
Children spend the majority of their day in school or under someone else’s care. Parents expect that educators and other caregivers will keep their children safe. When a school, college, or day care center is negligent and causes a child’s injury or death, our firm does not hesitate to pursue the damages from the responsible party.
Slip and fall injuries
Decof & Decof helps clients to hold property owners and tenants liable when they fail to keep their commercial, residential, or public property in a reasonably safe condition as required by law. Neglecting property maintenance is a prominent cause of personal injuries in Providence, RI, and MA and our law firm regularly pursues compensation for slip and fall victims.
Swimming pool accidents
Pool owners are required to ensure their swimming area is inaccessible to small children, qualified individuals are supervising swimmers, and the pool is reasonably free of hazards. Owners that do not meet their responsibilities may be liable for Providence, RI personal injuries ranging anywhere from diving accidents to drowning. Our firm represents victims of a wide range of swimming pool injuries and their families.
Decof & Decof's significant personal injury cases
- Confidential settlement, believed to be the largest personal injury settlement in Rhode Island, on behalf of a 13-year-old child, and her family, who suffered catastrophic injuries when she was struck by a motor vehicle operated by an intoxicated driver and owned by a leasing company
- Multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of the family of a man who was electrocuted and killed as a result of a utility company’s negligent placement and maintenance of high-voltage electrical wires
Please see Our Record of Success to read more of our personal injury verdicts and settlements.
