Attorney Richard L. Anderson's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Medical Malpractice – Anesthesia (Regional/Local) Error Anoxic Brain Injury; Attendant Care

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OUTCOME: $4,775,000.00

Recovery for a young woman (plaintiff/client) admitted to a small rural hospital in North Carolina for routine childbirth. Errors occurred during the placement and management of the epidural catheter, ... which led to cardio-respiratory arrest. The defendant’s anesthesiologist and the nurse anesthetist failed to resuscitate the client promptly. As a result, the client suffered a devastating brain injury due to a lack of oxygen resulting in significant ongoing medical and attendant care. Experts in anesthesiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation (PM&R), life care planning, and economics assisted in evaluating the case. The attorney for the client settled the case three weeks before trial.

Workers compensation

Workers’ Compensation – Construction Worker Injury – Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) – Quadriplegia – Attendant Care

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OUTCOME: $2,500,000.00

Recovery on behalf of a construction worker (plaintiff/client) from Texas who was paralyzed following a fall from a construction site roof in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Despite being unable to ... care for himself, the workers’ compensation insurance carrier refused to pay the client’s wife for the 24-hours per day of attendant care she unexpectedly had to provide for her husband. After a hearing before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the case settled.

Wrongful death

Wrongful Death - Trucking Accident

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OUTCOME: $2,000,000.00

In this case, settlement recovery is on behalf of a young man (plaintiff/client) from Charlotte, North Carolina. The plaintiff was rear-ended and killed in a car versus tractor-trailer truck accident i ... n New Mexico. Investigation revealed that the tractor-trailer truck parked, without any lights turned on, in the travel lane of Interstate 40. The driver of the 18-wheeler had little to no experience without further adequate training. The plaintiff’s attorney filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of New Mexico. The case settled for the full policy limits of following a seven-hour mediation before a federal judge.

Personal injury

Motor Vehicle Accident - Spinal Cord Injury, Quadriplegia

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OUTCOME: $3,000,000.00

Recovery for a married construction worker (plaintiff/client). The client’s motor-vehicle accident resulted in quadriplegia due to cargo falling from an 18 wheeler on Highway 74 in Anson County, North ... Carolina. Plaintiff was driving at night when his vehicle was passed by an 18-wheeler transporting poultry cages. One of the cages fell from the 18-wheeler onto the roof of our client’s car, crushing the plaintiff’s spine. The plaintiff’s attorney retained multiple experts who determined that the defendant’s trucking company and the truck driver failed to properly and adequately secure its load. They found the defendant company’s cargo restraint system was outdated, rusted, and in disrepair. Defendants paid a $3 million settlement before trial.

Richard L. Anderson's Legal Cases (4)

Medical Malpractice – Anesthesia (Regional/Local) Error Anoxic Brain Injury; Attendant Care

Workers’ Compensation – Construction Worker Injury – Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) – Quadriplegia – Attendant Care

Wrongful Death - Trucking Accident

Motor Vehicle Accident - Spinal Cord Injury, Quadriplegia