Attorney Robert J. Drakulich's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Doe v. Doe Corp., an out-patient endoscopy center

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OUTCOME: This case reached a confidential settlement.

Mr. Drakulich was one of the core members of the trial team that successfully represented numerous patients who tragically contracted the deadly Hepatitis C virus after getting what they thought would ... be a routine colonoscopy at a local endoscopy center. The doctors at the endoscopy center were alleged to have recklessly double dipped their needles into extra-large vials of the anesthesia. These extra-large vials were only intended for use of a single patient when he or she had to be sedated overnight. However, it was cheaper to buy (and sell) the extra-large vials than multiple small ones. Patients were seriously harmed as a result. The manufacturer of the anesthesia was alleged to be aware of the doctors’ practice, yet nonetheless continued to sell to them anyway. This led to the largest outbreak of Hepatitis in the history of our country and the primary doctor being criminally prosecuted and convicted.

Personal injury

Doe v. Doe Corp., a prominent luxury hotel

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OUTCOME: The case settled for a confidential amount prior to the filing of the action.

Mr. Drakulich was one of the lead lawyers who successfully represented a hotel guest who alleged to have been taken hostage and raped by the hotel’s security guard. Prior to being employed at the hotel ... , the security guard had posted sexually hostile messages on his publicly accessible social media accounts thereby creating a case of first impression as to the employer’s duties to investigate social media postings.

Wrongful death

The Estate of Doe, et al. v. Doe Power Co.

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OUTCOME: On the eve of trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.

Mr. Drakulich was one of the core members of the trial team that successfully represented the families of five highly decorated and distinguished rescue soldiers who, during a nighttime training missio ... n, tragically died in a helicopter crash after striking unmarked power lines.

Slip and fall accident

Doe v. Doe Railroad Co.

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OUTCOME: $750,000.00 Gross Jury Verdict

As lead trial counsel, Mr. Drakulich successfully represented a railroad engineer who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (which injury was disputed) in a slip and fall case. At the end of the case, ... the jury returned a gross verdict of three quarters of a million dollars, which was over 10 times the final settlement offer made by the Defendant before trial.

Nursing home abuse and neglect

The Estate of Doe v. Doe Corp., a Skilled Nursing Facility

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OUTCOME: Two months before trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.

As lead trial counsel, Mr. Drakulich successfully represented the family of a disabled man who was living in a a skilled nursing facility who developed stage four bedsores leading to an infection, unco ... ntrolled weight loss, an above the knee leg amputation, and tragically his death.

Defective and dangerous products

The Estate of Doe v. Doe Corp., a Medical Device Manufacturer

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OUTCOME: A month before trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.

As lead trial counsel, Mr. Drakulich successfully represented the family of a man who had a modular artificial hip implanted that disarticulated (i.e. came apart at the modular joint) on three differen ... t occasions, which led to multiple revision surgeries that caused a severe infection and ultimately his death.

Litigation

Doe v. Doe Law Firm

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OUTCOME: Second Circuit Appeal Affirmed Trial Court Win

As lead trial counsel, Mr. Drakulich successfully represented one of the largest plaintiff law firms in the country in a hundred-million-dollar fraud case. Mr. Drakulich won the case in the District o ... f Nevada as well as a second action filed in the Southern District of New York. Finally, Mr. Drakulich won the appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Robert J. Drakulich's Legal Cases (7)