Thursday, April 23, 2009

Personal Injury cases resulting from Medical Malpractice

A $17,250,000 verdict for a man who was rendered partially incontinent as a result of medical malpractice in failing to diagnose a spinal malformation.

A $2,000,000 settlement on behalf of a young man whose wife died due to negligent anesthesia care during a routine D & C.

A $2,200,000 settlement for a man whose physician caused a one day delay in diagnosing a brain tumor.

A $4,000,000 verdict for a man who was negligently discharged from a medical center when he was suffering from a psychotic episode. He was struck by a train and suffered the loss of both legs.

A $5,500,000 settlement for a young child brain injured at birth due to medical malpractice.

A $4,800,000 verdict for a woman whose doctor treated her cancer with coffee enemas. Of note is that this is one of the few medical malpractice cases in which a punitive damage verdict was achieved.

A $103,000,000 verdict (one of the largest ever) in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a baby brain damaged at birth.

A $4,000,000 settlement for a man who was brain damaged because his doctor failed to diagnose a subdural hematoma resulting in brain damage.

A $2,300,000 settlement on behalf of a woman whose doctors failed to timely diagnose her breast cancer.

A $5,000,000 settlement for a woman injured by a drunk driver. She also suffered partial paralysis as a result of the negligence of her treating physicians.

A $3,000,000 settlement (insurance policy limits) for a woman who lost her leg as a result of improperly performed arthroscopic surgery of her knee.

A $3,000,000 settlement for the estate of a woman who died during childbirth as a result of the physician's failure to diagnose internal bleeding.

A $1,750,000 settlement in a medical/dental malpractice case involving failure to prevent bacterial endocarditis.

$1,575,000 on behalf of a woman whose doctors failed to make a timely diagnosis of her breast cancer.

A $2,175,000 on behalf of a man whose wife died because her doctors failed to diagnosis her benign meningoma.

A $1,800,000 for a young boy who suffered an Erb's Palsy due to the doctor's negligence during delivery.

A $1,450,000 for a woman whose doctors were negligent in failing to diagnose her breast cancer.

A verdict of $2,125,000 for the estate of a man who died because of dental malpractice.

A$6,000,000 settlement in Bergen County, New Jersey (one of the largest in state history) in a combination motor vehicle accident/medical malpractice case for a 61 year old woman who sustained a herniated disc as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident. She subsequently underwent a neurosurgical procedure to remove the herniated disc during which the surgeon
slipped and lacerated the dura of her spinal cord.

A $8,000,000 settlement on behalf of an 18-year old boy in a medical malpractice lawsuit where a physician prescribed the medication Depakote without monitoring the boy’s liver functions despite the known effects of Depakote on the liver. As a result of the failure to monitor the liver functions, the plaintiff sustained complete liver failure requiring a liver transplant and a hepatic encephalopathy resulting in brain damage.

A $90,939,857 jury verdict for a child whose cerebral palsy was due to the failure of an obstetrician to diagnose placental abruption and who thus delayed the cesarean section that was necessary to rescue the baby who was suffering from a lack of oxygen.

A $9.5 million settlement for brain damage to a professional young woman who had surgery for her uterine fibroids but then but then had her endotracheal tube removed prematurely so that she stopped breathing on her way to the recovery room.

A $4.75 million settlement in an obstetrical malpractice case in which a baby’s brain damage was due both to the obstetrician’s failure to diagnose fetal distress during labor and to the pediatricians’ failure to resuscitate the newborn baby properly.

A $3.9 million settlement for a brain-damaged baby who was undergoing abdominal surgery when the doctor ordered a medication which caused the baby to suffer from a respiratory arrest.

A $3,000,000.00, settlement the available proceeds from the municipality for a brain damaged baby. Failure to recognize fetal distress, failure to perform a C section.

Plaintiff, a 27 year old male was rendered paraplegic as a result of defendants’ failure to diagnose an AVM (spinal cord vascular malformation) which was evident on MRI studies the case settled against the radiologists and treating neurologist for $4,250,000.00 (the total coverage of the radiologists was $4,000,000.00). The action will continue against two hospitals.

A $3.9 million for a newborn rendered brain damaged, excessive drug administration (Fentanyl) following surgery for intestinal obstruction (meconium ileus) caused respiratory compromise; failure to timely resuscitate.

A $ 4.75 million for a brain damaged baby fetal distress and failure to properly resuscitate.

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