Introduction

Lawrence David Abramson and Thomas J. OConnell bring more than 60 years of combined legal experience to the Columbus, Ohio personal injury practice they have built at 695 Bryden Road. Their caseload spans the expected range of motor vehicle accidents and premises liability, but extends into less commonly handled categories that most plaintiff firms do not pursue: anesthesia errors, pharmacy and prescription mistakes, and dedicated child injury cases including playground accidents and burn injuries. That breadth reflects a practice built on depth rather than volume, where unusual or medically complex claims find the same serious attention as a straightforward rear-end collision.

Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice and Complex Medical Cases

The firm handles medical negligence cases across a wide spectrum, including categories that require specialized expert witnesses and detailed analysis of clinical decision-making:

Anesthesia errors are among the most serious and legally demanding of all medical malpractice claims. Anesthesiologists manage a narrow window of safe sedation; errors in dosing, monitoring, or airway management can cause brain damage, cardiac arrest, or death. These cases require anesthesiology experts who can reconstruct exactly what happened and where the standard of care was breached.

Surgical errors encompass wrong-site surgery, retained surgical instruments, negligent technique, and failures in post-operative monitoring. The consequences range from additional corrective procedures to permanent disability.

Birth injuries occur when medical mismanagement during labor and delivery causes harm to the infant, the mother, or both. Oxygen deprivation, improper use of forceps or vacuum extractors, and delayed cesarean decisions can produce injuries with lifelong consequences.

Pharmacy and prescription errors are a distinct and growing category. These cases arise when a pharmacist dispenses the wrong medication, the wrong dose, or a drug that interacts dangerously with another medication in the patient’s profile. Electronic prescribing has reduced but not eliminated these errors, and the consequences can be severe.

Auto, Truck, and Motorcycle Accidents

Motor vehicle cases form a core part of the practice. The firm handles car accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents across Ohio, including cases involving serious injuries and fatalities. Truck accident cases are more complex than standard auto matters, often requiring investigation into driver logs, maintenance records, load documentation, and employer policies.

Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord damage can result from vehicle crashes, falls, workplace accidents, and assaults. These cases require both medical complexity and economic analysis: the lifetime costs of care for a serious TBI or spinal injury often dwarf the initial economic damages. The firm pursues full compensation reflecting both present and future needs.

Wrongful Death

When negligence or intentional conduct causes a person’s death, surviving family members have the right to bring wrongful death claims in Ohio. These claims can recover economic losses (the income the deceased would have earned) and non-economic losses (the value of the companionship, care, and relationship the survivors have lost).

Child Injury Cases

This is a practice area that receives specific emphasis at Abramson & OConnell. Children are injured in ways that adults often are not: playground equipment failures, burn accidents, dog attacks, and abuse situations. These cases require particular sensitivity and also particular legal attention because children cannot bring their own claims and the statute of limitations may run differently for minors.

Playground accident cases involve equipment defects, improper installation, inadequate supervision, or unsafe surfacing. Burn injury cases for children can arise from defective consumer products, unsafe property conditions, or negligent supervision in institutional settings.

Premises Liability and Product Liability

Property owners have a duty to maintain reasonably safe conditions. When they fail and someone is injured, the firm pursues the resulting claim. Product liability cases arise when defective goods, defective design, or inadequate warnings cause harm.

Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Motorcycle Accidents

Unprotected road users face disproportionate injury severity in collisions with vehicles. The firm handles these cases with attention to the bias that sometimes affects liability assessments when cyclists or motorcyclists are injured.

Catastrophic Injuries and Nursing Home Abuse

Catastrophic injury cases involve permanent or life-altering harm: amputations, severe burns, paralysis, and organ damage. Nursing home abuse cases address the specific harm caused to elderly and disabled residents in care facilities.

Drunk Driver Injuries

Claims against impaired drivers may support both compensatory and punitive damages. Punitive damages, available in Ohio for conduct that is willful or wanton, can significantly increase a recovery in egregious drunk driving cases.

Attorneys

Lawrence David Abramson and Thomas J. OConnell have over 60 years of combined experience in Ohio personal injury law. Free case evaluations allow prospective clients to discuss the facts of their situation without any financial obligation.

Location and Service Area

Law Offices of Abramson & OConnell
695 Bryden Road, Columbus, OH 43205

The firm serves clients throughout Ohio.

Client Focus

The firm’s clients include car accident victims, people who were harmed by medical providers they trusted, families who lost a loved one to negligence, children and their parents dealing with serious injuries, and elderly residents of care facilities who were abused or neglected. The breadth of the practice reflects a commitment to not turning away people with legitimate claims simply because the legal theory is more demanding.

FAQ

What is the statute of limitations for a personal injury case in Ohio?
Ohio generally allows two years from the date of injury to file a personal injury claim. Medical malpractice claims also carry a one-year discovery rule, meaning claims may be filed within one year of when the plaintiff discovered or should have discovered the malpractice. Minor children have extended timelines. Consulting an attorney promptly is important to preserve your rights.

How do pharmacy errors create legal liability?
Pharmacies and pharmacists have a duty of care to verify prescriptions, dispense the correct medication and dose, and identify dangerous drug interactions. When that duty is breached and a patient is harmed, the pharmacy can be liable for the resulting damage. These cases require records from the pharmacy, the prescribing physician, and the treating providers who addressed the resulting harm.

What makes anesthesia error cases different from other medical malpractice claims?
The technical complexity is higher: the standard of care for anesthesia requires understanding of pharmacology, airway management, and patient monitoring that most jurors have no frame of reference for. These cases require well-qualified expert witnesses and thorough preparation. They also tend to involve serious harm, which makes the stakes high for both sides.

Can a child’s injury claim be filed by the parents?
Yes. Parents or legal guardians have the right to bring personal injury claims on behalf of injured minor children. Ohio also provides that the statute of limitations for a minor’s own claim does not begin running until the minor turns 18, though this does not affect the parents’ ability to bring the claim on the child’s behalf during minority.

Does the firm handle cases outside of Columbus?
Yes. The firm serves clients throughout Ohio.

Closing

Six decades of combined experience between two attorneys who have built their practice on taking the cases others hesitate to touch: anesthesia errors, pediatric burns, pharmacy mistakes, wrongful death. Abramson & OConnell’s Columbus office handles whatever Ohio personal injury matter requires serious legal work, from a straightforward intersection crash to a complex birth injury claim with lifetime damages. Call 614-461-6066 to schedule a free case evaluation.

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