Dollar, Burns & Becker is now among the very select law practices that have earned the registry’s highest rating and have been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field.

Increased media attention to sensational verdicts has made jurors more skeptical of personal injury claims, according to plaintiffs’ attorneys.

Ruptured gas tanks and flammable cleaning supplies caught fire and sent flames 50 feet into the air. Besides Wetzel and McGaha, eight others died in the accident.