Medical Malpractice
The facts of every case are different. That means that a past record of success in another case is not a guarantee of a similar result in your case or in any future case. It also means that the amount of a verdict or settlement is dependent on factors which are specific to each case. We have listed below a limited number of recent settlements and court verdicts simply to represent the types of success we have had in the past in medical malpractice cases. Call us today to find out whether you have a case.
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$17.4M
Jury verdict for a woman who was left with permanent pain and disability after a student doctor delivered her baby through her bladder.
$15 million
Settlement for a 36 year old physician whose systemic bacterial infection was not timely diagnosed and treated, leaving him with multiple amputations, severe hearing loss, multi-organ failure and multiple subsequent surgeries.
$6.5 million
Settlement in a case involving a failure to diagnose an epidural abscess, resulting in tetraplegia.
$5.6 million
Settlement in a case involving failure to continuously monitor a patient’s cardiac and respiratory status, leading to a delayed discovery of brain hemorrhage, resulting in the patient becoming permanent brain injured.
$4M
Settlement in a case involving a man rendered paraplegic by a delay in diagnosing and treating a spinal cord infection.
$3 million
Settlement for the family of a child born with cerebral palsy after a negligently delayed delivery. The baby suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and will require comprehensive care throughout his life.
$2.4 million
Settlement to patient whose diagnosis of cancer was delayed four years due to failure to communicate results of abnormal MRI.
$2.4M
Settlement for surviving spouse and two minor children of patient who was discharged from emergency room with life threatening infection.
$2.3 million
Jury verdict for a 53 year old male stroke victim whose stroke could have been avoided if timely treatment for his transient ischemia had occurred.
$2.3 million
Jury verdict to the family of a 27 year old man who was left untreated in a hospital for 18 hours until he died from an overwhelming blood infection.
$2.1 million
Jury verdict to a woman following improper repair of a hiatal hernia.
$2 million
Settlement for a 41 year old woman who hemorrhaged to death post-childbirth because her obstetrician failed to stop her bleed or remove her uterus.
$1.9 million
Settlement from a hospital and emergency room physician for the permanent brain damage of a 55 year old man who was sent home untreated with an overwhelming blood infection.
$1.8M
Jury verdict to worker who had abnormal findings on lung scan which was reported as normal and ended up having pulmonary embolism and became severely disabled.
$1.75 million
Settlement to a 60 year old man for failing to diagnose and treat post-operative complications after back surgery causing nerve damage and paraplegia.
$1.53 million
Jury verdict in federal court on behalf of a client whose urologist negligently failed to diagnose a flesh-eating bacteria known as necrotizing fasciitis.
$1.4M
Settlement for a 77 year old woman who died after her surgeon failed to come and see her for 12 hours after she was called and told of her surgical emergency.
$1.275 million
Settlement for the family of a 39 year old woman who was not appropriately monitored post-surgery and died from a cardiac arrest.
$1.2 million
Jury verdict against a cardiologist who perforated a patient’s aorta during a cardiac catheterization procedure.
$1.2 million
Settlement to a young woman for injuries and disfigurement to her pelvic area as a result of failing to diagnose and treat a bacterial infection.
$1.1M
Settlement for the parents of a nineteen year old daughter who died a week following heart surgery because her coumadin levels were not properly monitored.
$1 million
Settlement to surviving wife and adult children of patient who underwent cardiac catheterization which caused perforation of artery and hemorrhage resulting in death.