The Law Offices of James P. McCarthy concentrates its practice in personal injury litigation. Personal injury litigation involves lawsuits alleging injury to a person as a result of someone's negligence. The firm handles cases in all areas of personal injury litigation such as:

Medical Malpractice: This area involves injury to persons as a result of a doctor or nurse's negligence. Examples include the misdiagnosis of cancer, surgical errors, and birth trauma.

Product Liability: This area of law involves injuries that occur from dangerous and defective products such as automobiles, industrial machines, and swimming pools.

Automobile Accidents: This area involves injuries that result from the negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Construction Site Accidents: This generally involves injuries that occur as result of failing to provide a safe construction site such as improperly secured scaffolding and improperly protected openings.

Lead Paint: Ingestion of lead paint by a child can result in serious learning disabilities. This type of case involves lawsuits against landowners that have failed to de-lead their apartments resulting in lead paint ingestion by children.

Sports Injury: These types of cases generally involve injuries that result from negligent coaching techniques, supervision, and training as well as defective protective equipment such as padding and helmets.