DAVID YARBOROUGH Founder and Attorney

David has collected jury verdicts and settlements totaling more than $150 Million for his catastrophically injured clients in cases involving bad faith against insurance companies; product liability from rollovers, defective seatbelts and industrial machine injuries; toxic chemical spills by railroad companies; medical, dental and hospital malpractice; trucking and auto accidents; nursing home and daycare negligence; air and water borne bacteria exposure causing Legionnaire's Disease; dram shop negligence by bars and restaurants for violating alcohol liability laws; and negligence by retail stores, energy companies, apartment complexes, hotels, and construction contractors for job-site, balcony collapse and premises injuries. He and his law firm were recently recognized by VerdictSearch for achieving one of the top 100 verdicts in the United States stemming from their $35.9 Million Dollar verdict against PEPCO in Montgomery Co., Maryland. His practice today focuses on representing people who have suffered catastrophic injuries or death. Prior to founding Yarborough Applegate, David was a Partner at another Charleston-based law firm where he practiced for a decade handling cases for both Plaintiffs and Defendants. As a defense trial lawyer, David was part of a national trial team defending products liability cases in trials across the United States. His experience of having handled national litigation, and having represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts around the country provides him a varied perspective in discovery strategy, negotiations, and trial.