Washington, D.C. Car Accident Lawyer – Gregory Stuck, Esq.

A Trial Attorney Admitted in the District of Columbia

Gregory Stuck is licensed in Washington, D.C. and represents people seriously injured in crashes in the District. D.C. matters are handled by appointment and remotely, with local counsel associated where a case benefits from it, and with the same trial-first preparation behind every case the firm takes.

One Percent Can Cost You Everything

D.C. is one of the last jurisdictions in America applying pure contributory negligence: if a jury finds you even slightly at fault, you recover nothing. The Court of Appeals has been blunt that the District recognizes no degrees of contributory negligence. This is why adjusters in D.C. push so hard for a recorded statement, and why the single most important thing you can do after a crash is talk to a lawyer before talking to any insurance company. In the right facts, the last clear chance doctrine can still save a case, but that argument has to be built with evidence, not improvised later.

Pedestrians and Cyclists Have a Different Rule

Under D.C. Code 50-2204.52, pedestrians and vulnerable road users, including people on bicycles and scooters, struck by motor vehicles are outside the contributory negligence trap: their claims survive unless their own fault exceeded the combined fault of everyone else. Whether that statute covers you is often the most valuable question in a D.C. traffic case, and it gets answered in the first conversation.

Deadlines, Including One Most People Miss

Most injury claims carry a three-year deadline under D.C. Code 12-301. But a claim involving the District itself, a government vehicle, a dangerous sidewalk, public property, requires written notice within six months under D.C. Code 12-309. Miss it and the claim is gone regardless of the three years. There is no cap on compensatory damages in the District. The authorities are collected in the Washington, D.C. Law Reference.

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Contingency representation, no attorney fee unless we recover. Case costs and expenses are explained in the written fee agreement. Call (407) 630-8692.