$2,750,000 Verdict (reduced to the statutory cap of $2,050,000)

June 23, 2020
Hiral Atha

Medical malpractice case involving the death of a young man and father of two from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolus. The Defendant ER doctor failed to order the appropriate tests and studies to diagnose the Decedent’s condition. As a result, his pulmonary embolus went undiagnosed and untreated resulting in his death several weeks later.

Medical Malpractice

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

Medical Malpractice

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.

$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.

$400,000 Verdict

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case that involved an interventional radiologist who performed an unnecessary procedure on the patient’s right leg. Instead of just treating the left leg, the radiologist intervened on the right leg. This resulted in a number of complications including amputation of the patient’s right leg and death.

$387,000 Verdict

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice case involving improper performance of a hysterectomy. The surgery caused a vesico-vaginal fistula (continuous an involuntary discharge of urine into the vagina) which the OB-GYN failed to detect during the hysterectomy. The OB-GYN attempted to correct it on her own without involving a urologist or other specialist. This resulted in a delay in treating and correcting the fistula. The patient leaked urine continuously for several months before a urologist corrected the condition.

$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 Verdict

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice involving the failure to treat a priapism. The patient suffered permanent urologic injuries as a result.

$300,000 Settlement

Medical Malpractice

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

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