Attorney Charles Edward Schmidt's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Liening v Satar

Sep 24, 2014

OUTCOME: Defense verdict

Plaintiff underwent cataract surgery in her right eye. The implant was diopters too strong making her significantly near sighted. Defendant physician offered to replace the implant but she refused, ... instead filing a lawsuit. The defense claimed that there was a programming error in the IOL Master. The plaintiff claimed that she had preexisting conditions that contraindicated the surgery in the first place. The jury deliberated for 45 minutes before delivering a defense verdict.

Medical malpractice

Lenz v Jones

Sep 16, 2010

OUTCOME: Defense verdict

Wrongful death action brought on behalf of the estate of a 53 year old man who died twenty four hours after being discharged from a three day hospital admission. The patient was diagnosed as having su ... ffered a thrombus that spontaneously re-perfused. Plaintiff claimed he actually had coronary artery spasm, called Prinzmetal’s variant angina, and should have been discharged on additional medications. Defendant contended that his death was unexpected and unavoidable due to a possible recurrent thrombus or arrhythemia. After one hour of deliberations the jury returned with its verdict. Defense verdict.

Medical malpractice

Bombardo v Juergens

Nov 24, 2009

OUTCOME: Defense verdict

Wrongful death action brought on behalf of the estate of a 37 year old woman who died in her sleep. She had been under the care of a pain management clinic and was using various narcotic and CNS depre ... ssants medications. Three months before her death she began having unexplained black out spells, for which a work up was in progress but no cause determined. Plaintiff claimed she should have been hospitalized for further evaluation in a protected environment. Defendants claimed she was appropriately worked up, that the medications were not the cause of death, and that her untimely death was completely unexpected. Five experts, in addition to two defendant physicians, testified in a trial lasting nearly three weeks. Defense verdict.

Charles Edward Schmidt's Legal Cases (3)

Liening v Satar

Lenz v Jones

Bombardo v Juergens