This Father’s Day, thousands of dads will receive a “No. 1 Dad” mug to sip coffee out of at the office. But the following dads took that “No. 1” to a new level. Brian Munn gave his son a liver transplant. When doctors discovered that baby Caleb Munn had a rare disease called biliary atresia, they told his parents that he was unlikely to survive past age 2 without a liver transplant. Luckily, his father was a perfect match, and he eagerly donated part of his liver in March 2015 to save his son’s life. Greg Alexander battled a bear for his son’s life. While camping in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Greg Alexander was startled awake at dawn by the screams of his 16-year-old son, Gabriel. He rushed out of his hammock to see a black bear dragging his son away by the head. Without hesitation, he kicked the beast in the side, and when that didn’t work, he leapt onto its back and started punching it in the face. When the bear finally released Gabriel, Greg threw rocks until FATHERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THEIR KIDS 3 Awesome Dads In 2010, a power plant in Middletown, Connecticut, exploded, killing six people. Kleen Energy Systems had been constructing the plant for over two years and was just four months away from being operational when the 620-megawatt power plant was eviscerated. The local fire marshal ruled that the explosion was the result of a “blowdown” — a process where natural gas is purged from a pipeline to test its functionality. An inadvertent spark, or potentially a propane heater, ignited the gas being blown out and caused an explosion that nearby residents referred to as “a sonic boom.” We came face-to-face with this incident when an employee of one of the leading contractors responsible for the accident rear-ended our client. The company the worker was employed at established a precedent during that 2010 litigation that benefited our case. Our client had sustained injuries to his lower back and suffered mild brain trauma resulting from a concussion, so restitution was not an option — it was necessary. As the proceedings developed, the defendant’s legal team attempted to settle for pennies on the dollar. While we thought there might have been a willingness to double the last offer before the verdict, we knew this case was meant to finish in the hands of a jury. We Serious Injuries
it fled. His son was hurt but made a full recovery in the hospital over the coming weeks. Artur Magomedov saved his daughters from ISIS. Artur Magomedov was devastated to discover that his wife had taken his 3- and 10-year-old daughters from their home in Dagestan under the cover of night, flown to Turkey, and crossed into Syria to join ISIS. But he resolved to get his kids back. After a long, hazardous journey, he arrived in Tabqa to embrace his two daughters. To leave the caliphate — under penalty of death — they hitched a ride to the border one night and crawled along a railway line until they were within 70 meters of the border. Then they ran under fire from Turkish border guards until they could scramble into tall grasses. After some help from the Russian consulate in Istanbul, they made it back home, together again and safe.
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continued to do our due diligence and fight for our client with skilled and comprehensive representation. The jury rendered its verdict, and the final figure was nearly eight times the value of the last offer the defendant had presented. Serious injuries deserve serious experience, and that’s exactly what we were able to provide for this client. If you know someone who needs our service, contact us today.
Attorneys Paul Levin & Kelly Kasheta
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