Clapp, Desjardins & Ely, pllc

Unique Cases

Clapp, Desjardins & Ely, pllc, has worked hard to establish a national reputation in the premise of liability law. Attorneys from our firm have taken a leading role in many recent disaster cases. Jack Clapp or Doug Desjardins was either lead counsel or a member of the trial team representing injured plaintiffs of their families in the following crashes: United Airlines 232 (Sioux City crash); CSX/Amtrak Disaster in Silver Spring, Maryland; and the ValuJet 592 litigation filed in St. Louis, Missouri.

Members of our firm have represented victims and surviving family members in connection with numerous other premise liability tragedies including:

• Garfield Alloys explosion and uncontrolled magnesium fire December 29, 2003 - Garfield Heights, Ohio
• McGean Chemical Plant leak, October 22, 2002 - Newburgh Heights, Ohio
• El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline explosion and fire, August 19, 2000 - near Carlsbad, New Mexico
• RMI titanium fire and toxic exposure, August 23, 199 - Ashtabula, Ohio
• Conrail/Lonza train disaster and toxic chemical spill, January 4, 1996 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania
• Conrail train disaster and toxic chemical spill, August 17, 1994 - Mentor, Ohio