Attorney Brooks Cutter's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Hairston v. U.C. Davis

Nov 10, 2011

OUTCOME: Verdict of $7.6 million

Young woman with a spinal growth was misdiagnosed and ended up paralyzed as a result.

Defective and dangerous products

$240 Million Settlement - Defective Medical Device

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OUTCOME: $240 Million Settlement

Trial attorney Brooks Cutter took a lead role in a nationwide case against Boston Scientific and Guidant following a recall of the manufacturer’s pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators. Brooks was appoi ... nted to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for this Multi-District Litigation (MDL), and was also designated as bellwether trial counsel. He represented more than 5,000 individuals who had defective Guidant cardiac defibrillators and claimed shares of the $240 million fund as part of a 2008 nationwide settlement.

Defective and dangerous products

$220 Million Settlement - Defective Medical Device

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OUTCOME: $220 Million Settlement

Appointed by the Federal Court to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis product liability case on behalf of patients injured by defective defibrillator leads, which settled ... for $220 million.

Consumer protection

$23.5 Million Settlement in Whistleblower Case

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$23.5 million Qui Tam settlement for government fraud claims brought against Medtronic, Inc, one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, on behalf of one of four whistleblowers.

Class action

$83 Million in Class Action Settlement

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OUTCOME: $83 Million Settlement

Attorney Brooks Cutter recently served as co-lead counsel with Robert Buccola of Dreyer Babich Buccola & Wood on behalf of a class of policyholders against CSAA for its failure to waive deductibles for ... its insured. The amount of the settlement could be up to $83 million, but will be determined by the number of qualifying claims that are filed.

Car accident

$596K for Injured Motorcyclist

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OUTCOME: $596K awarded to victim

A San Francisco jury awarded $596K to a motorcyclist seriously injured when a car failed to ‘yield the right of way’.