Estate of Curtis Burkhart v. Brumlet, et al
Jan 01, 2016OUTCOME: $800,000.00
Client suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries and severe road rash after being ejected from vehicle in multi-car collision.
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OUTCOME: $800,000.00
Client suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries and severe road rash after being ejected from vehicle in multi-car collision.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Ms. Yeary suffered a fractured hip when a nurse's aid changing her bed linens rolled her out of bed onto the floor. The same nursing home allowed her surgical incision site to become infected, necessi ... tating an above-knee amputation.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Elderly resident was allowed to fall and suffer a broken hip. Upon his return to the nursing home from the hospital, an untrained nurse administered two doses of Oxyfast, a narcotic prescription paink ... iller, at twenty times the prescribed dosage, killing the client. Our lawsuit led to state sanctions and a massive change in personnel, enhancing the safety of other residents in the facility.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
A disabled child in the Defendant's care was permitted to develop pressure ulcers and to aspirate tube feed that led to his death.
OUTCOME: $200,000 Settlement
Fifty-four year-old maintenance worker was sitting at stoplight when his pickup truck was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. Client suffered momentary loss of consciousness at scene, and afterward compl ... ained of headaches, neck pain, light sensitivity and depression. He incurred medical expenses of $17,616.93.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Client entered hospital for short-term rehabilitation and weaning from a ventilator. Hospital staff failed to implement appropriate pressure ulcer preventions, and client developed a severe wound that ... required extensive surgery. Experts we retained argued that this injury and the trauma of surgery and anesthesia caused multi-system failure that ultimately claimed the client’s life.
OUTCOME: $875,000.00
Seventy-year-old semi-retired accountant was killed when another vehicle crossed the center line and struck his motorcycle head-on. The settlement far exceeded the value of the client's future earning ... potential.
OUTCOME: $150,000
Elderly client suffered subdural hematoma in motor vehicle crash. The liability and underinsured motorist insurance carriers disputed the seriousness of the injury until we retained a neurosurgical ex ... pert to address the future implications for our client. The insurance companies ultimately paid their policy limits.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Nursing home staff left a bottle of toxic cleaning solution next to a drinking cup on the tray table of an elderly Alzheimer’s patient. As should have been expected, the ninety-four year-old patient d ... rank some of the pink solution. A toxicologist identified the cause of client’s death as metabolic acidosis due to ingestion of benzethonium chloride.