Boston, MA
Personal injury Lawyer at Boston, MA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Settlement
Pre-suit settlement for 61-year-old man who suffered major stroke after his care team failed to administer an ordered medication for two days while he was a hospital inpatient following cardiac surgery ... .
OUTCOME: Verdict
Following a two-week trial in Suffolk County Superior Court, SUGARMAN Principals Benjamin Zimmermann and David McCormack obtained a $30.55 million jury verdict on behalf of a child who suffered permane ... nt and catastrophic brain injuries during his mother’s labor and delivery. The jury agreed that the nurse responsible for monitoring the baby’s heart rate and well-being during labor had failed to ensure that the baby was responding appropriately and that the nurse’s failure to comply with the standard of care resulted in the baby’s severe oxygen deprivation going undetected. The jury awarded damages for both the young boy and his parents.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Pre-trial settlement on behalf of family of a woman killed in a drunk driving accident as well as on behalf of two others who suffered serious injuries in the same crash. The drunk driver became intoxi ... cated at a Boston bar and was attempting to drop off her passengers when she crossed a double yellow line on the Jamaicaway and struck another vehicle head on. The drunk driver’s blood alcohol level was later found to be almost three times the legal limit.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement arising out of a workplace accident in which the plaintiff suffered crush injuries to his foot after being run over by a forklift. The plaintiff’s original attorneys failed to file suit with ... in the statute of limitations, resulting in the dismissal of the plaintiff’s lawsuit against the forklift operator.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement against Lowell-area radiologist for long-time smoker who underwent X-rays due to history of shoulder pain. X-rays revealed suspicious mass in patient’s left lung, but radiologist interprete ... d the X-rays as being normal, resulting in a 28 month delay in diagnosis.
OUTCOME: Arbitration Award
$2.2 million arbitration award in a wrongful death/medical malpractice lawsuit for the family of a 68-year-old man who passed away just 12 hours following a routine hip replacement surgery. The patient ... died from complications of respiratory depression caused by the standard post-operative administration of narcotic pain medications. The defendant nurse failed to notify a doctor or take appropriate clinical interventions once the patient began exhibiting signs of respiratory depression.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement in nuisance and negligent trespass case for plaintiffs who sustained significant property damage and resulting loss of business income when a massive earthen slope broke free during an exten ... sive rain storm. The slope failure occurred due to a neighboring landowner's failure to properly maintain its land, which led to the formation of unnatural depressions on the land that pooled water and over-saturated the adjacent slope during the rain storm.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement for family of 34 year old severely disabled man who accidentally asphyxiated himself in the metal rails of his bed after his caretakers left him unattended for several hours.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement for young mother and her family against a neurosurgeon who failed to properly place a lumbar interbody graft during a fusion surgery. Post-operative diagnostic studies revealed that the graf ... t was displaced and deforming her iliac vein and arteries. The patient subsequently underwent two life threatening procedures and was left with significant neurological injuries.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Settlement against a primary care physician and a for-profit hospital following the death of a 35-year-old mother of two children who died of septic shock as a result of the defendants' failure to prop ... erly initiate antibiotic treatment or administer diagnostic testing.