Peck Baxter represents individuals and families whose lives have been changed by serious injury, abuse, misconduct, or the wrongful death of a loved one. Our personal injury practice combines experienced litigation and trial counsel with a determined approach to holding individuals, businesses, insurance companies, governmental entities, and other responsible parties accountable.

We understand that the most serious personal injury cases are about far more than medical bills. A catastrophic injury can affect a person's ability to work, care for a family, and enjoy the life they had before an accident. A wrongful death can permanently alter the lives of those left behind. We take the time to understand the full human and financial consequences of a loss and build each case accordingly.

Wrongful Death

Wrongful death is a significant focus of our personal injury practice. Peck Baxter represents families following fatal accidents and other preventable deaths caused by negligence, dangerous conduct, defective products, abuse, or other wrongful acts.

No legal proceeding can compensate a family for the loss of someone they love. A wrongful death claim can, however, provide a means of holding responsible parties accountable and pursuing compensation for the financial and other legally recoverable losses resulting from that death.

These cases often require immediate investigation and careful preservation of evidence. Our attorneys work to determine what happened, identify every potentially responsible party and source of recovery, and develop the evidence necessary to present the family's case through settlement or trial.

Motor Vehicle & Transportation Accidents

Peck Baxter represents people seriously injured in auto, motorcycle, bicycle, trucking, pedestrian, bus, and public transportation accidents.

Transportation cases can range from relatively straightforward collisions to complex catastrophic-injury and wrongful-death litigation involving commercial carriers, multiple defendants, governmental entities, disputed liability, and substantial insurance coverage. Trucking and commercial transportation cases, in particular, may require investigation into driver conduct, company practices, maintenance, electronic records, and compliance with applicable safety requirements.

Our attorneys investigate these cases with litigation in mind and pursue claims against all parties whose conduct contributed to the injury.

Construction Accidents & Dangerous Products

Serious injuries can also result from unsafe worksites, defective equipment, dangerous consumer products, and failures to adequately warn or protect the people who use them.

Peck Baxter represents clients in construction accident and product liability matters involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. These cases may involve manufacturers, contractors, property owners, employers, distributors, and other parties whose conduct contributed to an unsafe condition or defective product.

We work with appropriate experts and investigators to understand how an accident occurred, preserve critical evidence, and determine where legal responsibility lies.

Insurance Disputes & Bad Faith

Obtaining compensation often means dealing directly with insurance companies whose financial interests are fundamentally different from those of the injured person.

Peck Baxter represents clients in insurance disputes and claims involving improper denials, unreasonable delays, inadequate investigation, coverage disputes, and alleged bad-faith insurance practices. Our litigation experience allows us to evaluate not only the underlying injury claim but also the conduct of the insurer responsible for handling it.

We prepare claims carefully, document damages thoroughly, and pursue insurers for the benefits and compensation our clients are legally entitled to seek.

Abuse, Sexual Assault & Institutional Misconduct

Peck Baxter represents survivors and families in civil cases involving sexual abuse, rape, institutional abuse, and other serious misconduct. These cases require experienced legal counsel as well as discretion and sensitivity toward the individuals involved.

Claims may extend beyond the individual perpetrator to institutions or organizations whose actions or failures contributed to the harm. We investigate potential responsibility carefully and pursue appropriate civil remedies while respecting the intensely personal nature of these cases.

Jail Deaths, Excessive Force & Police Misconduct

Our attorneys also represent individuals and families in serious civil claims involving jail deaths, excessive force, police shootings, and other alleged misconduct by law enforcement or governmental actors.

These cases can involve complicated factual records, constitutional issues, governmental defenses, and specialized procedural requirements. They frequently require prompt investigation, preservation of video and electronic evidence, review of governmental policies and training, and careful examination of the circumstances surrounding the use of force or a death in custody.

Our Approach

Insurance companies, corporations, and governmental entities often have experienced lawyers and investigators protecting their interests from the moment an incident occurs. Our clients deserve equally determined advocates.

Peck Baxter approaches significant personal injury matters as litigators. We investigate early, preserve evidence, identify responsible parties, evaluate available insurance and other sources of recovery, work with qualified experts when necessary, and develop damages based on the complete impact an injury or death has had on our client or their family.

We pursue fair resolutions when they can be achieved through negotiation. But we prepare cases with trial in mind. When an insurer or responsible party refuses to fairly resolve a claim, our attorneys are prepared to pursue the case through litigation and trial.

For our clients, these cases are personal. For us, that means the responsibility to pursue them is personal as well.