Dale Steven Appell

Dale Steven Appell's Legal Cases (9)

Tampa, FL

Car accident Lawyer at Tampa, FL

Practice Areas: Car Accidents, Medical Malpractice ... +3 more

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Medical malpractice

Medical Malpractice -- Blindness

Feb 18, 2018

OUTCOME: $ 3,000,000

An optician incorrectly diagnoses the cause of our client's blurry vision, despite a handwritten note from another medical provider that the client was suffering from a serious medical condition that c ... an cause permanent blindness. Instead of addressing the emergency condition, the optician increases the strength of the client's prescription glasses and tells her to come back in a year. Two months later she is irreversibly blind. In deposition, the optician had no plausible explanation as to why he didn't identify and address the medical condition that led to our client's blindness.

Medical malpractice

Medical Malpractice--Product Liability

Jan 20, 2017

OUTCOME: $ 3,000,000

Case involved injury to an infant. The case is governed by a non-disclosure agreement.

Car accident

Motorcycle Accident--Wrongful Death

Nov 10, 2015

OUTCOME: $ 2,100,000

Our firm represented the estate of a motorcyclist killed when a 17 year old defendant drove into the path of our client's motorcycle. Upon being retained, our firm immediately hired an accident recons ... truction engineer who interviewed numerous witnesses. The engineer also went to the scene of the collision to gather valuable evidence and take measurements which proved that the young automobile driver was fully at fault for the wrongful death of our young client.

Personal injury

Auto Accident - - Neck Surgery

Aug 18, 2015

OUTCOME: $ 700,000

A rear end collision caused my client to need a cervical spine fusion with plating that limited the range of motion of her neck. Despite extensive prior neck problems, we were able to show how the acc ... ident aggravated her pre-existing injury to the neck.

Medical malpractice

Medical Malpractice--Loss of Hearing

Mar 12, 2014

OUTCOME: $ 725,000

Plaintiff was given an antibiotic in the hospital that is well known to cause hearing loss with long term use. The antibiotic should have been discontinued in the hospital. Unfortunately, the releasi ... ng doctor wrote that the antibiotic should be continued even as the plaintiff went to several other medical providers complaining of hearing loss. Eventually the mistake was discovered, but too late to save the hearing of this older Plaintiff. The Plaintiff would have likely received a significantly greater outcome but for Florida's cap on pain and suffering of $500,000 that had been enacted several years before this incident and only recently was declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court.

Car accident

Auto Accident - - Wrongful Death

Jun 11, 2013

OUTCOME: $ 1,125,000

Our client was killed when a driver entered the roadway failing to yield. Liability was strongly contested. Our experts gathered information from several witnesses, from the vehicles and from the acc ... ident scene that made for a convincing case that a significant portion of the liability fell on the other driver.

Car accident

Auto Accident - - Back Surgery

Feb 22, 2012

OUTCOME: $ 975,000

Our client was involved in two auto accidents within a 4 month period that resulted in the need for surgery to the client’s spine and knee. The defendants strongly contested causation claiming that th ... e surgeries were the natural progression of pre-existing injuries, although the client had received only chiropractic treatment prior to the auto accidents.

Car accident

Auto Accident -- Wrongful Death

Sep 18, 2011

OUTCOME: $ 1,500,000

Young client was driving home one evening. A truck on a side road failed to yield and our client rammed into the truck. He died at the scene. The truck driver claimed that he was properly stopped at ... the crossroad stop sign and that he cut off our young client only because his lights were off and he was speeding. After the family contacted us, we immediately hired an auto reconstruction expert who examined the truck's "black box". Through an analysis of the information contained in the box including video, we were able to prove that the truck never even stopped at the stop sign. We also immediately got in touch with a witness to prove that our client's lights were on and that he wasn't speeding.

Medical malpractice

Dental Malpractice - - Jaw Infection

Sep 14, 2010

OUTCOME: $ 675,000

The oral surgeon failed to follow the established standard of care when performing surgery on our client resulting in an infection and eventual need to replace the client’s bottom jaw bone. The oral ... surgeon’s liability was clearly established after our firm hired an expert who proved that the oral surgeon deviated from the established standard of care. The client's outcome would have been significantly higher had Florida not passed a law that applies only to medical malpractice cases capping damages at $500,000.

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