Kaul v. Cedar Mills Medical Clinic
Oct 17, 2005OUTCOME: $7.5 Million jury verdict
Newborn plaintiff was not timely treated for hypovolemia and hypoxemia and suffered severe brain damage
Milwaukee, WI
Personal injury Lawyer at Milwaukee, WI
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accidents
OUTCOME: $7.5 Million jury verdict
Newborn plaintiff was not timely treated for hypovolemia and hypoxemia and suffered severe brain damage
OUTCOME:
Insurance bad faith case resulting in $3,500,000 punitive damage verdict for Church whose insurer denied coverage for serious personal injury accident caused by teacher within scope of her employment. ... Insurer had bound coverage for HIred and Non-owned vehicles but denied coverage because clerical error resulted in policy documents not reflecting the coverage. Court granted Summary Judgement for Plaintiffs on bad faith and case went to jury on punitive damages only. Verdict upheld on appeal by Wisconsin Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Successful outcome as explained below!
Successfully protected Trinity-Freistadt Lutheran Church as attorney in Waukesha County Circuit Court proceedings involving insurance company's attempt to avoid covering church in accident with signifi ... cant liability exposure. In same case, after insurance company refused client's settlement offer, Atty. Holtz consulted and worked with another law firm (Domnitz and Mawicke, S.C.) in successful bad faith action against same insurance company resulting in multi-million dollar punitive damage jury verdict for church client and decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court to uphold same. This prominent case has received national attention in redefining insurance companies' obligations to their insureds and the consequences of a disregard of these insureds' rights.