Verdicts & Settlements
Dangerous Drugs – $100+ Million Settlement
Recoveries for victims of dangerous drugs and pharmaceutical products, including Baycol, Rezulin, Fen Phen, breast implants and latex gloves.
Breach of Oral Contract – $48 Million Verdict
Verdict reached on behalf of Heritage Propane Partners for breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy arising over the bidding process and ultimate sale of South Carolina propane businesses.
Failure to Diagnose – $24 Million Verdict
The largest medical malpractice jury verdict ever won in the District of Columbia, obtained for a child who suffered brain damage and cerebral palsy because her doctors failed to properly diagnose and respond to an airway obstruction.
Cancer Misdiagnosis – Millions in Verdicts & Settlements
Tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts obtained in delayed and misdiagnosis of cancer cases. These cases involved lung, breast, prostate, and numerous other forms of cancer.
Mismanagement Labor & Delivery – $15.5 Million Verdict
The largest birth injury verdict ever in Minnesota, obtained on behalf of a child who suffered brain damage and developed cerebral palsy as a result of mismanagement of labor and delivery.
Delayed Delivery – $15 Million Settlement
Settlement obtained in a case involving an obstetrician’s failure to come to the hospital to deliver a baby in a timely manner. The delay caused brain damage that was ultimately diagnosed as cerebral palsy.
Fetal Monitoring Errors – $13.5 Million Verdict
This record jury verdict in Iowa was obtained for a child’s cerebral palsy caused by brain injury as the result of inconsistent fetal heart monitoring during birth.
Legal Malpractice – $12 Million
Defendants failed to secure expert witnesses and prosecute case on a timely basis. Underlying case was a malpractice case that involved mismanaged anesthesia resulting in death.
Failure to Respond to Uterine Rupture – $10.8 Million Verdict
Jury verdict for a child who suffers from cerebral palsy and mental retardation due to a failure to respond to signs and symptoms of a uterine rupture.
Mismanagement of Labor and Delivery – $10 million
Warning signs of an impending potential obstetrical emergency that developed during labor, which including unrelenting, continuous abdominal pain, were not fully appreciated and responded to in an emergency manner, which was required under the circumstances.
Birth Injury – $9.3 Million Verdict
Jury awards record verdict in Minnesota for child’s cerebral palsy caused by brain injury sustained during birth.
Sonogram Misinterpretation -$9 Million Settlement
Settlement reached in a case involving the misinterpretation of a prenatal sonogram that resulted in the birth of a child with severe, life-long brain damage.
Airway Obstruction – $8.25 million
Recovery for failure to properly respond to airway obstruction resulting in brain damage at birth.
Asphyxiation at Birth – $8 Million Settlement
Settlement reached on behalf of a baby asphyxiated at birth because of the failure to timely and appropriately use a vacuum extraction device or forceps to speed up vaginal delivery.
Placental Abruption Mishandled – $7.3 million
Recovery for a child because of a failure to respond in a timely manner to signs of placental abruption resulting in severe brain damage
Diagnostic Procedure Injury – $6 million
Settlement obtained for infliction of spinal injury during diagnostic procedure - Negligently performed discogram of neck produced a spinal abscess which was not diagnosed or treated promptly. The patient who was in his 60’s suffered permanent spinal injury that left him a quadriplegic.
Failure to Perform Emergency C-Section – $6 Million Settlement
Recovery of $6 million after medical staff failed to appropriately interpret and respond to evidence of fetal compromise and perform emergency C-section, resulting in brain damage.
Surgical Delay – $5.9 million
Verdict on behalf of a 62-year-old woman and her husband after surgeon and hospital failed to diagnose and perform surgery to treat a spinal epidural hematoma (blood clot), following back surgery, in a timely manner, resulting in permanent damage.
Failure to Detect Defects – $5.5 million
Recovery for the parents of a child in a wrongful birth case because of failure to detect severe brain defects that appeared on prenatal ultrasound film.
Anesthesia Mistake – $5.5 million
Recovery for a man who suffered quadriplegia and brain damage due to anesthesia malpractice.
Labor and Delivery Mismanagement – $5 million
Recovery for a child who suffered cerebral palsy and mental retardation because of a mismanaged labor and delivery.
Failure to Manage Infection – $4.75 million
Failure to manage signs and symptoms of infection that developed shortly after delivery, resulting in meningitis
Anesthesia Negligence – $4.65 Million Verdict
Verdict reached on behalf of a child due to the negligent decision to use a slow acting form of anesthesia for an emergency cesarean section. The inordinate delay caused the baby to suffer neurological injury that was later diagnosed as cerebral palsy.
Death of a Child- $4.6 Million Verdict
Verdict reached in a case of obstetrical malpractice that resulted in the death of a child.
Radiation Therapy Error – $4.5 million
Settlement obtained for excess unnecessary radiation therapy. An erroneous decision to administer radiation therapy to a woman’s pelvic area was compounded by inadequate shielding of her spine. This young mother developed significant limitations in the use of her legs.
Medication Mismanagement – $4.5 million
Settlement obtained for mismanagement of medication. Adolescent who had asthma was treated with excessive doses of medication leading to seizures and brain damage.
Sonogram Misread – $4.5 Million Settlement
Settlement obtained for a baby whose prenatal sonogram was misread, resulting in lack of advance preparation to provide adequate oxygen support at the time of his birth.
Severe Dehydration at Birth – $4.25 million
Recover for a child who has brain damage and seizure disorder because of a negligent failure to respond to severe dehydration in a newborn.
Surgical Negligence/Legal Malpractice – $4 million
Recovery for a member of the Armed Forces whose prior attorney mishandled his medical negligence case involving surgical negligence that rendered him quadriplegic.
Labor and Delivery Mismanagement – $4 million
Recovery for a child who suffers cerebral palsy and mental retardation due to a mismanaged labor and delivery.
Tractor-Trailer Collision – $2.5 million
Settlement obtained in tractor-trailer collision. A young woman sitting in her car well on the shoulder of the road suffered facial burns after being rear-ended by a tractor-trailer that negligently veered off the road.
Personal Injury – $2.5 Million Verdict
Verdict reached on behalf of two boys injured at a traffic scene due to improper police procedures.
Medication Overdose Error – $2 million
Verdict obtained for wrongful death of child who died from complications of brain damage that was caused by a massive overdose of medication he received for treatment of a condition associated with his premature birth.
Vacuum Extraction Negligence – $1.85 million
caused significant intracranial bleeds that in turn caused pulmonary and cardiac complications and death.
Trucking Accident – Multimillion Dollar Confidential Settlement
Settlement reached on behalf of a driver run off the road by a hazardous waste truck.
Toy Defect Infant Death – $1.5 million settlement
Settlement obtained in death of infant. The baby suffocated in crib after fabric ball that was negligently merely glued and not sewn onto stuffed Christmas bear’s Santa cap detached, lodging in his throat and obstructing his airway
Negligent Operation of an Aircraft – $1 Million Verdict
Verdict reached in Federal court for two paramedics injured in a helicopter crash due to pilot error.