Verdicts and Settlements

Delivery truck driver  Settlement for a worker who suffered multiple permanent neck, back and head injuries after a truck collided with his parked delivery truck, causing a load of bricks to fall onto his head and body.

Dentist's failure to diagnose benign tumor  Settlement for 10-year-old patient whose tumor doubled in size as a result of delay in diagnosis.

Dog bite to adult  Settlement for injuries to 44-year-old attacked by neighbor's Akita.

Electrocution to construction worker on a residential construction site  Settlement for an excavation worker who attempted to place caution tape over low hanging electrical wires, to warn operators of other construction vehicles.

Emergency room negligence  A physician's failure to perform emergency CT to diagnose spinal cord compression resulted in paraplegia; settled before trial.

Failure to diagnose acute coronary episode  Settlement against a primary care physician following the death of a father of two children who died from myocardial infarction as a result of the defendant's failure to appreciate the severity and cause of the patient's complaints and failure to properly interpret the patient's EKG readings.

Failure to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease  Settlement against primary care physician for family of patient with multiple high risk factors who died from myocardial infarction.

Failure to diagnose fetal distress  Settlement from obstetrician for brain-injured child for failure to perform C-section sooner.

Failure to diagnose hyperbilirubinemia in newborn  Settlement for bilateral hearing loss in newborn where lab test showed elevated levels but lab and physicians failed to act.

Failure to diagnose intra-abdominal injury in emergency room  Settlement for family of 59-year-old cardiac patient who died after falling from a ladder. Internal bleeding caused a heart attack.