CASE STUDIES/VERDICTS
The legal system provides a process by which individuals can seek full and fair compensation for the injuries sustained by them or their loved ones. We are dedicated to using all means to obtain a just and full result on behalf of our clients. In dealing with these complex cases we are often confronted with multiple means to obtain these just ends. Often a case is resolved by jury trial, which is a matter of public record, or by settlement in which the parties often agree to keep the resolution of the matter confidential.
VERDICTS
$13,000,000.00: ($8.2 million verdict plus delayed damages during appeal) Automobile products liability award against General Motors as the result of a post collision fuel fed fire that caused the death of a husband, wife and infant son
$7,500,000.00 : Auto product liability case in which seatback failed resulting in severe injuries
$7,200,000.00: (Post-trial settlement after a $6.5 million verdict) Medical malpractice action for negligent monitoring and disconnect from respirator of a then 21-year-old resulting in permanent and devastating neurologic and cognitive function.
$5,000,000.00 : Automobile products liability case in which automobile manufacturer settled the case involving a rollover of SUV in which a seat belted passenger was ejected from the vehicle suffering severe closed head injury and is in a persistent vegetative state
$3,981,087.00 : Wrongful death at construction site and insurance bad faith claims
$3,500,000.00 : Hospital and surgeon settle for injuries to infant when surgeon performing surgery for esophageal fistula mistakenly severed child's left mail stem bronchus resulting in severe permanent injuries
$3,400,000.00 : Failure to timely treat infection, resulting in quadriplegia and eventual death
$3,400,000.00 : Failure to diagnose increased intracranial pressure in child resulting in severe and permanent neurologic damage
$3,400,000.00 : Newborn suffered peri-natal and intrauterine asphyxia and acute hypoxia resulting in cerebral palsy with dystonia
$3,300,000.00 : Patient was improperly diagnosed with brain cancer and forced to undergo unnecessary radiation therapy that caused permanent brain damage
$3,250,000.00 : Auto products liability case in which seatbelt failed causing severe injuries.
$3,000,000.00 : Automobile products liability case. Automobile manufacturer settled case involving rollover of SUV causing driver to be ejected from the vehicle onto roadway suffering fatal injuries
$2,800,000.00 : Auto products liability case in which driver died due to positional asphyxia following roll over and roof crush
$2,750,000.00 : Hospital and physician agree to settle suit brought by patient whose abdominal surgery was mismanaged resulting in massive abdominal infection with resultant permanent loss of abdomen tissue and muscle
$2,700,000.00 : Hospital and physician agree to settle case involving severe brain damage suffered by 2 year old admitted to emergency room in status epilepticus which was mismanaged resulting in permanent brain damage
$2,660,000.00 : Failure to timely diagnose and treat intracranial pressure leading to bilateral blindness in a child
$2,525,000.00 : Aggregate settlement. Patient suffered bilateral blindness following back surgery
$2,525,000.00 : Auto products liability case in which seatback failed resulting in severe personal injuries
$2,500,000.00 : Auto products liability case. Severe injuries suffered as a result of defects.
$2,300,000.00 : Newborn suffered a birth related asphyxia resulting in being born blind and deaf
$2,250,000.00 : Failure to order appropriate tests and treat accordingly
$2,215,000.00 : Severe injuries suffered as a result of auto accident
$2,000,200.00 : Newborn suffered acute peri-natal asphyxia during birth
$1,975,000.00 : Injuries suffered in auto accident resulting in permanent and significant disabilities.
$1,750,000.00 : Auto products liability case involving a defective seatback resulting in quadriplegia
$1,500,000.00 : Negligent management of labor and delivery resulting in newborn suffering permanent neurologic injurie
$1,500,000.00 : Failure to properly perform cardiac by-pass resulting in a stroke.
$1,310,212.00 : Failure to diagnose Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
$1,280,000.00 : Severe brain damage suffered during an auto accident
$1,200, 000.00 : Failure to timely diagnose and treat cardiac symptoms
$1,018,357.00 : Wrongful death due to defective tree stand
$1,000,000.00 : Failure to timely diagnose and treat pernicious anemia
$982,258.00 : Wrongful death due to unsafe work site
$950,000.00 : Failure to diagnose breast cancer
$900,000.00 : Automobile products liability case in which client suffered severe bodily injury after being ejected from vehicle during rollover with seatbelt on.
$870,389.00 : Severe injuries as a result of defective boots
$850,000.00 : Failure to treat an infection resulting in sepsis and death
$850,000.00 : Failure to properly administer anesthesia resulting in severe and extensive personal injuries
$800,000.00 : Failure to properly monitor stages of labor and delivery resulting in infant death
$800,000.00 : A combination medical malpractice and medical products liability case in which synthetic sling was placed under the urethra and bladder wherein the sling material was faulty and inserted too tightly.
$775,000.00 : Auto products liability. Death due to roll over.
$775,000.00 : Injuries suffered due to auto accident
$750,000.00 : Failure to timely diagnose melanoma
$750,000.00 : Failure to diagnose sever diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in both eyes
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