Hospital Negligence

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME: $2.2 million Verdict

Doctors failed to diagnose and treat a 51-year-old man for a heart condition leading to his untimely death.

Negligence during Breech Birth

Jan 01, 2000

OUTCOME: $9 Million Verdict

Mother's Death After Childbirth

Jan 01, 1999

OUTCOME: $2.5 Million Award

OB-GYN failed or order immediate c-section after warnings signs.

Informed Concent Case

Jan 01, 1998

OUTCOME: $3 Million Verdict

Whitehead v. McGrane

N/A

OUTCOME: $3.5 Million Dollar Verdict

Argued that a sixty-year old woman with prior lower back pain resulting from an improper post-operative pain medication injection, had permanent sciatic nerve damage causing devastating nerve and ultim ... ately muscle wasting damage to her left leg that left her a prisoner in her own home.

Visconti v. U.S. Health Care

N/A

OUTCOME:

Argued that HMO's cannot seek protection under Federal ERISA laws, and therefore, they can be responsible to pay money damages under State laws for negligently preventing or allowing doctors to properl ... y treat patients. The case was argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and before this landmark decision, HMOs could not be held accountable to patients under State law medical negligence claims. The case later settled out of court.