$2,500,000 Verdict (reduced to the statutory cap of $2,300,000)

June 22, 2020
Hiral Atha

An orthopedic surgeon inadvertently sutured a patient’s common peroneal nerve during an ACL repair and meniscectomy. The nerve injury caused the patient to develop a foot drop and she incurred approximately $100,000 in past and future medical expenses. After obtaining a default judgment for our client, we tried the damages case to a jury. The jury returned a verdict of $2,500,000.

Medical Malpractice

$800,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

An orthopedic medical malpractice case where the orthopedist was alleged to have caused an acromion fracture during the performance of a rotator cuff surgery. The plaintiff also alleged that he failed to timely diagnose and treat the fracture.

$1,000,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

$850,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

A medical malpractice case where a widow and adult children alleged that their family member died as a result of a healthcare provider’s negligence.

$815,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where our client’s vascular surgeon failed to timely treat his vascular disease. As a result, the patient required emergent surgery. The case settled shortly before trial.

$700,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where an anesthesiologist failed to treat low blood pressure during spinal surgery. The Decedent went into acute renal failure, had to be admitted to the ICU and then died from multi-system organ failure.

$600,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where a physician failed to timely diagnose our client’s arm fracture. When surgery was performed on our client’s arm, full range of motion was not restored. Our client alleged that had surgery been performed sooner, the outcome would have been better.

$500,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

A wrongful death medical malpractice case where a physician did not timely work-up and treat an elderly patient’s pulmonary embolus.

$375,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where an emergency room physician failed to adequately treat a throat infection. Over the course of approximately 24 hours, our client developed abscesses in her throat and required re-admission to the hospital, intubation, and surgical drainage.

$350,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where our client suffered a fall and fractured hip at a nursing home.

$300,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case where our client’s ureter was injured during a hysterectomy.