Hatton, Mark G.

The focus of Bill's practice has been in the following areas. Some of these cases received local and national media attention and some may be viewed on the firm's website. Regardless of the type of case, each received committed individual treatment from Bill and his staff.

Underground and Surface Coal Mine Accidents
Prior to practicing law, Bill worked in an underground coal mine where he learned coal mining practices and procedures. This experience has helped him successfully represent many clients who have been seriously injured or killed in underground mining explosions and other accidents. Many of these involved improper mining techniques and/or the disregard for safety practices and procedures and all could have been avoided.

Bill has also represented surface miners who have been injured and killed while around or on improperly designed, constructed and/or maintained haul roads and highwalls as well as negligently maintained or jury-rigged surface mining equipment.

Heavy Equipment and Defective Products
Bill has successfully prosecuted cases involving industrial and heavy equipment-related accidents involving rock trucks, well service vehicles, continuous miners, excavators and other heavy equipment.

Additionally, he has represented people seriously injured or killed by products that were defectively designed, constructed and/or maintained. Some of these case have involved defective trucks and other vehicles, respiratory devices, lifting equipment, polycarbonate material, etc.

Medical Mistakes and Nursing Home Abuse
Bill has successfully represented people who were seriously injured or killed from improper medical, surgical and other procedures performed in hospitals, clinics and labs. Also, he has represented clients whose disease was not diagnosed in a timely fashion as well as clients who were diagnosed with an incorrect disease and sustained injuries from unnecessary treatments. Additionally, he has successfully represented victims of nursing home neglect and abuse as well as their family members and their estates.

Chemical Exposure
Bill has represented persons exposed to and suffering from diseases associated with exposure to toxic substances, such as silica, asbestos, Benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons and chemicals. In these cases, Bill has successfully recovered for victims suffering from certain types of leukemia or lung cancer that are directly related to the exposure to toxic chemicals. Many widows and families have received not only lost medical expenses and lost wages, but precedent setting recoveries.