SETTLEMENTS & VERDICTS
Medical Malpractice - Landmark Case
- First law suit 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 resulted
- 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
- Bed Sores
- 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
