Settlements Verdicts

Medical Malpractice — Landmark Case

• First lawsuit in U.S. linking hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) to the brain injury of a newborn.
• Settled for 22 million

Building Explosion — Propane Gas Leak:

• Injury to worker
• No odor detected
• Established that oxidation of newly painted propane storage tank caused odorant in propane gas to become odorless. A fact known to the Propane Gas Industry since the 1940s but kept secret. There is still no warning.
• Settled

Maritime Law — Death At Sea:

• Crew member thrown overboard in Atlantic Ocean
• Result of shipboard fight allowed to continue
• Settled

Medical Malpractice — Medication

• VA Hospital
• Negligent monitoring of patient given Depakote
• Severe liver damage
• Death resulting
• Settled

Medical Malpractice — Obstetrics

• Severe brain injury to newborn
• Obstetrician failed to test pregnant mother shortly before delivery for bacterial infections
• Newborn infected upon delivery
• Settled

Medical Malpractice — Psychiatric

• Improper administration of Haldol
• Death resulting
• Settled

Nursing Home Malpractice

• Internal bleeding caused by improper dosage of Heparin
• Death resulting
• Settled

Nursing Home Malpractice

• Bedsores
• Infection
• Death resulting
• Settled

Medical Malpractice — Resulting From A Motor Vehicle Accident

• Emergency room
• Chest injury
• Failure to treat promptly
• Paraplegia
• Settled

Medical Malpractice

• Robbery — stab wound to heart
• Emergency room, failure to treat
• Death resulting
• Settled

Dental Malpractice — Tooth Infection

• Abscess
• Ludwigs Angina (abscess travels to throat causing suffocation)
• Death resulting
• Verdict at trial