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Verdicts and Settlements
Plaintiffs' Cases
Medical Malpractice:
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| $4,000,000.00 |
settlement; brain
injury to an infant due to delay in
delivering the baby |
| $4,000,000.00 |
settlement on
behalf of a brain injured infant and his
family due to improper post-partum care
of the mother and baby leading to
jaundice of the child and brain injury
from liver dysfunction. |
| $2,775,000.00 |
settlement (on
fifth day of trial) for a man who
sustained burn injuries and sequelae to
his trachea during laser surgery due to
the negligence of five medical care
providers at three different hospitals. |
| $1,200,000.00 |
settlement; an
infant who sustained a brain injury due
to delay in delivery because of improper
reading of fetal monitor strips. |
| $1,150,000.00 |
settlement;
medical malpractice and wrongful death
claim for a man who died due to
misinterpretation of an echocardiogram. |
| $1,050,000.00 |
settlement; man
who sustained a heart attack and needed
a heart transplant due to the negligence
of a cardiologist and thoracic surgeon. |
| $990,000.00 |
settlement;
failure to diagnose and treat an
elementary school student with Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever resulting in
neurological and minor brain injuries. |
| $975,000.00 |
settlement; claim
of an elderly woman against a
neurosurgeon for failure to recognize
and treat a spinal abscess resulting
after back surgery. |
| $875,000.00 |
settlement of
wrongful death claim; man who received
substandard care from his family doctor
resulting in the delay in treatment of
cardiac disease, ultimately resulting in
his premature death. |
| $800,000.00 |
settlement;
elderly man due to failure to diagnose a
primary cancer tumor at the knee, which
metastasized and resulted in death. |
| $750,000.00 |
settlement;
medical negligence claim of a woman who
sustained injuries to her leg due to the
alleged negligence of a vascular surgeon
in diagnosis and treatment of the
vascular condition. |
| $650,000.00 |
settlement;
injury to the extremity of an infant due
to failure to manage the delivery
expediently when shoulders became lodged
in the pelvis. |
| $650,000.00 |
settlement;
survival and wrongful death claims of
female housewife in her late 50's, whose
death was caused by the negligence of a
physician who failed to diagnose and
treat lung cancer. |
| $600,000.00 |
settlement; woman
who developed Coumadin-induced skin
necrosis of her calf due to the
negligence of two medical care
providers. |
| $590,000.00 |
settlement of
wrongful death claim; man who died as a
result of failure to timely diagnose and
treat gastrointestinal cancer. |
| $550,000.00 |
settlement;
mother's delivery of baby was improperly
delayed causing injuries to an infant
who had hereditary abnormalities. |
| $500,000.00 |
settlement; brain
injury to an infant at birth where
mother was managed for premature rupture
of membranes for two days in a clinic
setting before a Cesarean section was
performed. |
| $500,000.00 |
settlement of a
medical negligence claim; man who
developed a vascular necrosis of both
hips following alleged negligent
administration of steroids for treatment
of back pain. |
| $475,000.00 |
settlement for an
elderly diabetic who lost part of her
lower leg due to inappropriate vascular
surgery. |
| $474,999.99 |
settlement for an
elderly man due to improper urologic
surgery resulting in significant injury. |
| $450,000.00 |
settlement for a
family of a child due to negligence in
the delivery of the child resulting in
neurologic injury. |
| $410,000.00 |
settlement for
next of kin due to failed back surgery
on a single man resulting in multiple
complications and ultimately death due
to multiple causes. |
| $370,000.00 |
settlement to
family of a deceased middle-aged lady
who was a chronic pain management
patient against a family physician for
improperly refusing to wean her from
addictive narcotic medication, resulting
in suicide. |
| $350,000.00 |
settlement for a
14 year old boy who fractured his hip
during a baseball game and there was a
delay in diagnosing him until the
fracture went on to compromise the blood
supply in the hip joint, resulting in
premature artificial hip replacement at
age 16. |
| $349,937.02 |
verdict plus
pre-judgment interest for estate of
middle-aged man for delay in recognizing
and treating a heart attack at an
emergency room resulting in death and
despite non-compliance of the decedent
with medical care and health habits. |
| $325,000.00 |
settlement on
behalf of a middle-aged lady for
complications arising out of an
improperly performed gallbladder
surgery. |
| $300,000.00 |
Pre-suit
settlement of a medical malpractice
wrongful death claim of a 19-day-old
premature infant due to alleged
negligence in the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit of a hospital |
| $295,000.00 |
33 year old who
had just had her third child had a very
rare heart complication from the
pregnancy called peri-partum
cardiomyopathy. This was properly
diagnosed and treated at a metropolitan
hospital. The patient very quickly
responded to treatment and although the
heart condition was potentially serious,
the patient was discharged home. The
major issue in the case was whether or
not proper communication between the
hospital, the cardiomyopathy clinic and
the patient occurred before discharge.
Unfortunately, the day after discharge,
the patient has a very rare heart event
at home and passed away. After
significant discovery and with no claim
of negligence in the actual medical
management of the condition, but only in
communication, we were successful in
obtaining settlement for the family |
| $225,000.00 |
43-year-old nurse
with no symptoms had a routine physical
showing elevated liver enzymes. After an
extensive workup and consultation with
four difference urologists, surgery for
a presumed kidney tumor was scheduled
and begun. Unfortunately, the patient
crashed because the tumor was actually
an adrenal gland tumor. The patient
passed away. Substantial defense
considering five treating or consulting
physicians made the same error |
| $225,000.00 |
68-year-old
single lady having only symptomatic care
by a family doctor’s office over the
years. Had lab work which showed
elevated blood sugar which was
unappreciated by the family physician’s
office and the follow up was delayed.
There was a significant issue of proper
compliance by the patient. The patient
suffered a diabetic coma and died. A
settlement was achieved on behalf of
decedent’s estate |
| $215,000.00 |
33-year-old with
a long history of multiple abdominal and
female related problems had unnecessary
ovary removal that ended in significant
infection |
| $205,000.00 |
settlement of a
medical negligence claim of a man in his
late 60s due to alleged failure to
timely diagnose and treat an epidural
hematoma which developed after a knee
manipulation resulting in incomplete
paraplegia, cauda equina syndrome and
neurogenic bowel and bladder |
| $200,000.00 |
settlement for
the family of an infant who suffered an
arm injury because of failed attempts to
properly dislodge the shoulders during
delivery of the baby. This was a Federal
Tort Claim against the federal
government |
| $162,500.00 |
62-year-old lady
misdiagnosed with cancer and placed in
Hospice for 30 days. Had the same
treatment, but had to give up her
apartment and some other personal
luxuries. |
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Personal Injury:
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| $1,375,000.00 |
settlement (after
trial but before verdict); rendered
quadriplegic a woman due to negligent
failure to maintain the premises where
the defendant’s and plaintiff’s
negligence were vigorously disputed. |
| $1,200,000.00 |
settlement of a
wrongful death claim; man was a
passenger in a motor vehicle and killed
due to the negligence of another driver. |
| $1,082,000.00 |
verdict; man who
sustained herniated disks in his neck
and low back from a rear-end collision. |
| $975,000.00 |
settlement; man
who sustained severe burn injuries due
to the negligent operation of an oil
tanker which went left-of-center and
exploded. |
| $850,000.00 |
settlement of a
wrongful death claim; man whose death
was caused by an intentional tort
arising out of an explosion at a
chemical plant. |
| $825,000.00 |
settlement; man
who sustained broken wrists and elbows
and a fractured lower back, due to the
negligence of a heating contractor in
failing to barricade a hole in a roof on
a construction site. |
| $565,000.00 |
settlement;
mentally retarded client who sustained
second and third degree burns from his
chest to his knees, due to the
negligence of a caretaker who left him
alone in a hot shower. |
| $475,000.00 |
settlement of a
claim of a 50-year old executive for
post-traumatic stress disorder and major
depression resulting from a head-on
motor vehicle collision. |
| $450,000.00 |
jury verdict
($9,000 in medical bills) for a man who
sustained a mild traumatic brain injury
due to a rear-end collision. |
| $445,000.00 |
settlement of a
personal injury claim for a man who was
injured in a fall from an aerial work
platform due to the alleged negligence
of the entity which provided the aerial
work platform to him and to the alleged
intentional tort of his employer. |
| $290,000.00 |
65-year-old was
stepping off a curb in a turnaround in a
hotel in Phoenix, AZ when she was struck
by the corner of a car driven by the
hotel valet resulting in fractures of
the tibia and fibula and aggravation of
a pre-existing torn rotator cuff
resulting in earlier surgery than would
have been necessary |
| $245,000.00 |
settlement of a
personal injury claim of a woman in her
mid 40s who sustained an injury to her
foot as a result of a motor vehicle
collision |
| $240,000.00 |
settlement of a
personal injury claim arising out of a
motor vehicle collision for a man who
sustained orthopedic injuries as a
result thereof |
| $200,000.00 |
settlement of a
personal injury claim arising out of a
collision between a motor vehicle and a
horse arising out of the alleged
negligence of the owner of the horse in
failing to barricade the horse within
his property |
| $120,000.00 |
verdict in the
Court of Claims for a prisoner who
sustained burns while working in the
prison kitchen due to alleged negligence
of prison employees |
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