Case Results
Verdicts/Settlements $250,000 and Higher
$3,800,000
Failure to diagnose and properly treat bacterial endocarditis.
Settlement Obtained when No Negligence Found by Other Firms
$3,200,000
Verdict/settlement ob/gyn and nursing negligence involving birth of premature baby.
$2,950,000
Failure to properly treat lupus.
$2,700,000
Birth injury.
$2,650,000
Failure to diagnose and treat a severe subarachnoid hemorrhage; death.
$2,650,000
Failure to properly perform an intubation; death.
$2,500,000
Failure to diagnose and treat spinal subdural hematoma resulting in paraplegia.
$2,400,000
Verdict; failure to diagnose lumbar herniated disc causing cauda equina syndrome.
$2,000,000
Failure to diagnose and treat arterial clotting causing loss of both lower legs.
Settlement Obtained when No Negligence Found by Other Firms
$1,650,000
Food poisoning; death.
$1,590,000
Failure to diagnose and treat bowel perforation following bariatric surgery; death.
Settlement Obtained when No Negligence Found by Other Firms
$1,500,000
Verdict – lack of informed consent and negligence in performing appendectomy.
$1,475,000
Failure to properly perform anesthesia during oral surgery.
$1,150,000
Improper suturing of renal artery in kidney transplant; death.
$1,070,000
Radiation overdose during cancer therapy.
$1,025,000
Severe hemorrhage following catheter removal; death.
$1,000,000
Failure to diagnose and treat intestinal perforation in kidney transplant donor.
Settlement Obtained when No Negligence Found by Other Firms
$1,000,000
Failure to diagnose and properly treat compartment syndrome in young boy.
$1,000,000
Failure to diagnose and timely treat acute myocardial infarctions; death.
$1,000,000
Failure to diagnose and treat pulmonary embolism following radical prostatectomy; death.
$800,000
Improperly performed hemilaminectomies.
$750,000
Concussion; no loss of consciousness; traumatic brain injury – motor vehicle accident (uninsured motorist claim), obtained full policy limits.
$740,000
Deliveryman’s fall through negligently maintained steps; shoulder injury.
$703,000
Arbitration award – motor vehicle accident/ankle and heel fracture.
$700,000
Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism; death.
$600,000
Nursing home negligence; pressure ulcers; death.
$575,000
Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism; death.
$550,000
Product liability – industrial vacuum explosion causing serious leg injury.
$500,000
Failure to diagnose lung cancer; death.
$500,000
In-trial settlement - failure to properly perform laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia surgery.
$500,000
Failure to properly treat injection injury to non-dominant hand causing significant loss of use.
$500,000
Exposure to carcinogenic coke oven emissions; death.
$450,000
Failure to diagnose and treat small bowel obstruction; death.
Settlement Obtained when No Negligence Found by Other Firms
$441,000
Verdict – herniated cervical disc surgery causing spinal cord trauma to man on social security disability.
$400,000
Failure to properly perform a therapeutic/diagnostic paracentesis of patient on liver transplant list; death.
$400,000
Motor vehicle accident displaced/highly comminuted fracture of tibia and fracture of fibula.
$370,000
Failure to properly treat kidney stone resulting in loss of kidney.
$365,000
Motor vehicle accident causing severe wrist injury/multiple surgeries and deformity.
$362,000
Permitting premature weight bearing on fractured femur 84 year old woman/fracture non-union.
$341,000
Dram shop act – minor; death.
$325,000
Failure to diagnose and treat step throat infection causing heart valve damage.
$320,000
Verdict; failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism; death.
$300,000
Failure to timely diagnose and properly treat abdominal aortic aneurysm; death.
$290,000
Failure to diagnose left hip/pelvis fractures on x-ray.
$280,000
Podiatry malpractice.
$275,000
Transection of facial nerve during parotidectomy.
$275,000
Failing to properly perform kidney biopsy; death of elderly man.
$275,000
Failure to properly treat bug bite infection in paraplegic man / lengthy hospitalization.
$267,500
Failure to properly perform sclerotherapy of facial/scalp varicose veins.
$262,500
Failure to timely diagnose carcinoma of the colon; death.