The Law Offices of David G. Concannon, LLC

The Law Offices of David G. Concannon, LLC has a successful track record representing clients in a variety of personal injury actions, including wrongful death and survival actions, sports injuries, scuba diving accidents, product liability and premises liability matters.  The firm has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts throughout the United States.  Each case is aggressively investigated, and the firm explores every aspect of the facts and law, often months before a case is ever initiated.  We expect and maintain close client involvement throughout the investigation, discovery and trial.  Our practice is not based on volume; it is based on results.  Consequently, the firm has earned a reputation for achieving excellent results for its clients in all aspects of personal injury actions.

Bratcher v. Sosumeaso, Intl., et al. - The firm represented Capt. Robert Bratcher, a retiree who was injured when he was ejected from the basket of a hot air balloon operated by the United States Hot Air Balloon Team during a crash in Lancaster COunty, Pennsylvania in May 2007.  Capt. Bratcher sued the balloon's operators, owner and pilot to recover compensatory and punitive damages for massive injuries he sustained as a result of the crash.  The case settled shortly after a complaint was filed in federal court.

Raimo v. Uwatec - The firm represented Robert Raimo in litigation against Johnson Outdoors, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Uwatec and Scubapro, for knowingly concealing a dangerous defect in the company's flagship product, the Aladin Air X Nitrox dive computer, for more than seven years.  Raimo was the seventh diver injured by the defect, which the defendants discovered nearly seven years before Raimo was injured.  However, Johnson Outdoors, Uwatec and Scubapro never warned divers about the defect or issued a public recall.  Consequently, Raimo suffered from serious decompression sickness when he relied on his Air X Nitrox to dive safely, without knowing that a defect in the computer's software was causing it to underestimate his no decompression limits and display false information to him during his dives.  Uwatec issued a public recall of the Aladin Air X Nitrox the day after Raimo filed a class action lawsuit demanding a recall.  The case settled on the eve of trial.

Barrett v. Ambient Pressure Diving, Ltd., et al. - The wife of a scuba instructor who died while wearing an Inspiration closed circuit rebreather, filed this wrongful death case against a dozen defendants represented by the firm, alleging that the defendants provided faulty scuba instruction and a defective product to her husband more than five months before his death.  The case was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by the federal court in Pennsylvania and transferred to New Hampshire.  After the transfer, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her defective training allegations against all of the defendants, and all of her claims against all but one of the firm's clients.  

In November 2008, a two week jury trial was held on the plaintiff's remaining products liability claims against the firm's client, Ambient Pressure Diving, Ltd., in Concord, New Hampshire.  The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before entering a defense verdict.