Matthew Stapleton

Matt Stapleton is an attorney with Stapleton Law Office. Matt was born and raised in Huntington, WV. He grew up in the tri-state community, which is still his home today. Matt’s largest area of work is in personal injury cases such as car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall cases, interstate accidents, semi-truck wrecks, dog bites/animal attaches, pedestrian injuries, wrongful death, and drunk/high driver incidents. He typically handles millions of dollars worth of settlements each year and consistently is up against the largest insurance agencies in the country and world. Matt’s second area of focus in his practice is consumer protection. Matt enjoys protecting the people from abusive, harassing, and unfair practices by the big banks and creditors. If you need legal help call Matt today at (304)529-1130.

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West Virginia

Since 2013

4th Circuit

Since 2013

United States District Court for Southern West Virginia

Since 2013

Attorney

Stapleton Law Offices

2013 - Current

Law Clerk

Mundy & Associates

2011 - 2011

West Virginia University

J.D. (2013) | Personal Injury and Consumer Protection

2010 - 2013

Marshall University

B.A. (2010) | Accounting

2006 - 2010

Top 10 Under 40 Personal Injury Lawyer

National Trial Lawyers

Rising Star in the field of Personal Injury

The American Institute of Legal Advocates

"10 Best Attorneys" in Personal injury for West Virginia

American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys

West Virginia Association for Justice

Current

West Virginia State Bar

Current

Adkins v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 434 F.Supp.3d 419 (S.D. W.Va. 2020)

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals oral argument

Member

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Member

Southern District of West Virginia

Member

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Q. Walmart injury

May 23, 2023

A: This would be a premises liability case against walmart for having an unsafe condition on their property. If there was not any medical treatment it will be hard to prove any kind of substantial injury. Unless there was some kind of large cut or significant scarring, without any treatment it will likely be viewed as a nominal claim. Most attorneys will not take an injury claim where there is no corresponding medical treatment short of there being some kind of large and obviously related injury they did not require medical attention.

Q. I stepped in a hole & fell at the Chevy dealership and severely sprained my ankle. What are our legal options?

May 23, 2023

A: You can bring a premises liability case against the dealership/property owner. In WV, all places open to the public have a duty to keep their premises in a reasonable safe condition. However, if the hole was open and obvious you will not be able to bring a case. If the hazard, which was not open and obvious, causes injury the owner or person controlling the property can be liable.

Q. Doctors office is trying to enforce a 3 strike policy with missing appointments

May 23, 2023

A: Physicians have the right to end the Patient Physician relationship. The only time there me be a legal issue is for patient abandonment where a patient must prove that the physician ended the relationship at a critical stage in the patient’s treatment without good reason or sufficient notice to allow a patient to find another physician, and the patient was injured as a result.