What is a Plaintiff?
A plaintiff is the individual suing in a court or legal case, typically the injured party. They are the person or party who initiates a lawsuit in a court of law by filing a complaint against one or more defendants, alleging that they have caused harm or violated the plaintiff’s legal rights.
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, a plaintiff is “the party who brings a suit in a court of law.” As such, the plaintiff is seeking a legal remedy for their grievance, which could include monetary compensation, an injunction, or other court orders to address the harm caused.
Beyond themselves, the decisions in a plaintiff’s case has the power to bring about positive change. The plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education, challenged and rectified racial segregation in public schools. However, because they bring the case, which can have a significant impact, the plaintiff has the burden of proof. This means it is the plaintiff’s duty to establish the facts of the case and demonstrate that the defendant’s actions have caused harm, typically through the presentation of evidence and legal arguments.
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$12 Million Bad Faith Insurance Action
Munley Law obtained a jury verdict of $12 million for our client, who was badly injured at work when a forklift struck her.
The forklift was retrofitted with a faulty alarm system and had backed up without warning, striking her. The accident resulted in the amputation of her left leg.
The company that sold her employer the forklift was notified, as was their insurance company. The insurance company claimed a lack of coverage and refused to cover the associated costs of the accident but gave no notice to the insured.
As a result of the accident, Munley Law sued the company that sold her employer the forklift and the forklift seller’s insurer for bad faith. The case went to trial, revealing that the employer had purchased the forklift at resale and was informed by the seller that its backup alarm was missing. The seller agreed to put an alarm on the forklift, […]
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$2 Million Fatal Truck Accident Verdict
A jury awarded $2 million to our clients, the estate of a car accident victim whose fatal crash was caused by a reckless truck driver in an oversized and unpermitted tractor trailer.
According to the case facts, the victim was struck by a tractor trailer making a reckless left-hand turn from a stop sign. The force of the impact caused the victim’s car to roll over on the driver’s side, entrapping the driver. The driver suffered an immediate and extensive traumatic injury, resulting in his death.
He left behind a wife and child. The victim’s wife lost not only her husband but future income and benefits with his death.
Representing the plaintiff’s estate and the victim’s wife, the tuck accident attorneys at Munley Law made the case that the semi-tractor trailer was oversized and overweight and that the defendant did not have the necessary state permits to operate the vehicle. […]
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$3 Million Product Liability Settlement
Partner Daniel Munley was able to reach a $3 million product liability settlement with an industrial manufacturer for our client, a young man whose arm was amputated after being caught between components of a dangerously modified piece of box-crushing equipment.
Our client and his co-worker were compacting cardboard boxes for recycling with a mechanical baler at the distribution center where they worked. The machine was improperly assembled with the chamber door on the wrong side—the manufacturer was supposed to ensure that the control panel must be located on the same side as the chamber door and latch plate to give an operator a clear view. When his co-worker operated the control panel, he could not see or locate our client and closed the latch plate, crushing and amputating the plaintiff’s dominant left arm.
Daniel Munley showed that the manufacturer not only redesigned the baler machine to fit in the customer’s facility by choosing an unsafe configuration but did so knowingly, […]
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$3.1 Million Truck Accident Verdict
Truck accident lawyer Marion Munley was able to obtain a $3.1 million verdict for our client, who was rear-ended by a tractor trailer in a one-lane construction zone.
The injury victim was driving through the construction zone when he was hit from behind twice by a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer had claimed to have lost sight of our client’s car when it was in his blind spot. The truck had hit the plaintiff’s car at 20 miles per hour.
As a result, our client suffered serious and permanent injuries, including head and back trauma and a cerebrospinal fluid leak, blurred vision, headache, and other debilitating symptoms. Our client was forced to undergo indefinite medical treatment as a result of the accident, which interfered with his ability to work and his quality of life.
The truck driver said he was looking back to ensure the flatbed he was driving wasn’t hitting anything in the construction zone. […]
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Munley Law Partners Listed in 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers Guide
Munley Law is pleased to announce that all five partners were named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide.
The following attorneys have been named to the list for the following categories:
- Senior Partner Marion Munley for Personal Injury. This is the sixth consecutive year that Marion has been named to the guide.
- Partner Daniel W. Munley for Motor Vehicle. This is the fifth year Daniel has been named a Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer.
- Managing Partner Caroline Munley for Personal Injury. This is the third time Caroline has been named to the Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide.
- Partner J. Christopher Munley for Motor Vehicle. This is the second time Christopher has been named in the guide.
- Partner Robert W. Munley III for Personal Injury and Motor Vehicle. This is the second year Robert has been named in the guide. […]
