Confidential Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case
Jan 01, 2008OUTCOME:
Patient continually given antibiotic that he was allergic to in multiple health care locations.
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Andrew Ralph Young's Legal Cases (32)
Cleveland, OH
Trucking accident Lawyer at Cleveland, OH
Practice Areas: Trucking Accident, Wrongful Death ... +3 more
Victim of Trucking Accident Receives $550,000 Settlement
Jan 01, 2008OUTCOME: $550,000
the Plaintiff was driving a Peterbilt truck which he owned and operated. At that time, the Defendant was driving his car southbound on a state route. The Defendant negligently failed to control his car ... , traveled left of center and struck the front ride side of the Plaintiff’s truck.
Recovered Settlement of $84,000 for Victim of Auto Accident
Jan 01, 2008OUTCOME: $84,000
the Plaintiff was operating her Cleveland Police Department vehicle, with overhead lights and siren activated, lawfully traveling southbound. At that same time and place, the Defendant was traveling ea ... stbound on the same road and negligently failed to yield, thereby causing a collision to occur.
Verdict Against Allstate Insured
Aug 20, 2007OUTCOME: $36,081.60
Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle struck from behind. Plaintiff suffered from a neck sprain radiating pain into her shoulder and down her arm. She had approximately $9,400 in medical bills for med ... ical treatment as it relates to her injuries from the car accident. She was ultimately diagnosed with an unresolved neck strain. Plaintiff also lost $1,600 in sick time from her job as a math teacher for high school students. Defense counsel disputed the extent and nature of plaintiff's injuries because of an underlying pre-existing condition of multiple sclerosis and degenerative disc disease. Prior to the trial, the last demand was $32,000 and the last offer made by Allstate Insurance Company was $13,912.
Wrongful Death Verdict Over $2,000,000.00
Jun 01, 2007OUTCOME: Jury Awarded $2,287,000
After a four day trial, a jury awarded $2,287,000 on behalf of the husband, two minor children, and an adult daughter of a 46-year-old woman who died as a result of the negligence of Marietta Emergimed ... , Inc. On March 23, 2002, the emergency room group of Marietta Memorial Hospital failed to inform a patient that she might have lung cancer. The patient went to the emergency room complaining of cough and fever. The results of a chest x-ray showed pneumonia and a shadow that potentially could be cancer. The patient was given discharge instructions to follow-up with a primary care physician and obtain a repeat chest x-ray. However, the discharge instructions appeared to be the routine discharge instructions for nothing more than pneumonia. A legal dispute ensued over whether or not the patient was told that she might have cancer and whether or not the patient was herself responsible for not obtaining a repeat chest x-ray. The jury found that the emergency room group "failed to adequately convey potential severity of abnormal x-ray findings (increased markings) and need for immediate follow up to the patient." The jury also apportioned some fault on the patient for "failure to take responsibility of her own health care." The jury found the emergency room group 90% at fault and apportioned 10% responsibility on the patient, reducing the overall award down to $2,058,300.
Negligent Driver Causes Fatal Accident
Jan 01, 2007OUTCOME: 214,000
the Plaintiff’s decedent was riding in a car with multiple passengers going from Michigan to Ohio. The Defendant, the driver of the car, had fallen asleep at the wheel and drifted into the next lane. M ... oments before, another car had made a lane change into that lane with no cars insight. The Defendant’s car hit the back of the other car, causing it to hit the guard rail and turn over.
Heart Damage Due to Medical Malpractice
Jan 01, 2007OUTCOME:
The Plaintiff's heart condition was not diagnosed in a timely manner.
Trial Verdict: Passenger Wins Against Drunk Driver
Mar 06, 2006OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of $550,000
Our client was awarded $550,000 by a Lorain County jury against a drunk driver in a single car roll-over accident. The plaintiff was a passenger in the drunk driver's car. The jury found that the defen ... dant failed to reasonably control his vehicle after a tread detached from his right rear tire. A tire company was added as a defendant because the drunk driver alleged the tire tread detachment was the cause of the accident. The tire company argued that the tire tread detached due to the age and misuse of the tire, not due to a product defect. The plaintiff's expert opined that, despite the tire's age and condition, it was defective in design as it did not have belt edge enhancement features to delay the tread separation. The jury found against plaintiff on his claim against the tire manufacturer but in favor of the plaintiff on his claim against the driver. The plaintiff's injuries included head trauma requiring lengthy hospital stays and facial lacerations in need of future revision surgeries. The jury apportioned 80% of the fault to the drunk driver, and 20% of the fault to the plaintiff for riding with a drunk driver. As a result, the award was reduced by 20% to $440,000.
Dangerous Train Platform Causes Fatal Accident
Jan 01, 2006OUTCOME: $125,000
the Plaintiff’s decedent fell from a defective, dangerous, and unsafe platform at Defendant RTA’s Rapid Transit Train Station, falling between a defective, unsafe and unguarded space existing between t ... wo connected or coupled RTA passenger train cars, and was then negligently dragged by the RTA train out of the station and along the tracks causing him to suffer serious, traumatic injuries and death.
Verdict Against State Farm
Oct 26, 2005OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of $316,082
Automobile Collision where plaintiff was struck by an uninsured motorist. Plaintiff brought a claim against his own insurance company, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, for uninsured moto ... rist coverage for his injuries sustained in the accident. The jury found that the plaintiff sustained a wrist sprain and lower lumbar disc related injuries requiring physical therapy, nerve block injections, and additional treatment. Defendant insurance company admitted that the wrist sprain was related to the accident but denied that the lower lumbar injuries were related to the accident. Prior to the trial, the last offer made by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company was $5,000.