Attorney Robert Edward Sanders's Legal Cases

Insurance

Demetre v. Indiana Insurance Co.

Oct 22, 2013

OUTCOME: Jury verdict for the Plaintiff, Demetre, for damages totaling over $3 million.

First Party Bad Faith Case, in which Indiana Insurance Co. waged a three year legal battle against its own insured to avoid it duties of defense and indemnification under a home owner's policy. At tria ... l, the proof showed that Indiana' position was based on nothing but "speculation and assumptions." Although Indiana ultimately paid money to the 3d party claimant to settle the case, the jury agreed that justice delayed was justice denied and that Mr. Demetre had sustained substantial damages as a result of Indiana's unreasonable conduct.

Car accident

Negligent Parking Operations of Concert Center Causes Crash

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OUTCOME: $14,000,000 jury verdict for Plaintiff

Wife was seriously and permanently injured when the auto she and her husband occupied was rear-ended at high speed while stopped in a queue of traffic on I-275 between Newport, Kentucky, and Cincinnat ... i, Ohio. Proof showed that the way Riverbend handled inbound traffic for music concerts was causing dangerous traffic back-ups on the interstate highway bridge.

Personal injury

Rainwater v. Confidential Defendant

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OUTCOME: $5,140,797 settlement

Home burned due to Defective Heat Tape. Products Liability Settlement Against Manufacturer: A child suffered signigicant burns when his family’s mobile home was set on fire by defective heat tape the f ... amily was using to keep their pipes from freezing in winter.

Medical malpractice

Prescription Medical Malpractice / Automobile Collision Verdict:

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OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiffs: $4,100,000

A physician prescribed large doses of pain medication to a patient and continued to increase her dosage whenever she asked for it. She became addicted. The doctor’s staff then taught the woman to overr ... ide her pain pump so she could receive as much pain medication as she wanted. She was operating a vehicle while high on pain meds, leading to a crash that killed a young boy, permanently disabled his mother, and left the patient with disabling injuries.

Trucking accident

Tractor Trailer Drives Recklessly / Motor Vehicle Collision

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $4,000,000

Settlement Against Major National Truckline: On a rainy morning, a tractor trailer was speeding around a clearly marked, dangerous curve. There were several warnings to slow down before entering the cu ... rve, including flashing lights. The driver disregarded the warnings and lost control of his truck. The semi-trailer jack-knifed, struck a car travelling in the opposite direction, and killed a man. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Trucking accident

Dump Truck Kills Student Crossing Street.

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OUTCOME: Trial Verdict for Plaintiff: $3,675,000

Trucking Negligence: A young girl attempted to cross the street to get to school. She was crossing in an area where there was no crosswalk. A dump truck with defective brakes struck and killed the chil ... d.

Medical malpractice

Failure to Diagnose Infection. Medical Malpractice Jury Trial Verdict:

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OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiff: $3,321,000

A young woman had what appeared to be an irritating pimple. When she tried to open the sore, a bacterial, blood-bore infection resulted. She developed a fever and other symptoms of infection. She went ... to an urgent care center, where the doctor failed to appreciate the seriousness of her illness. Life-saving antibiotics were not prescribed and important tests overlooked. Blood test results that should have alerted doctors to the presence of life-treatening sepsis were ignored. Because her condition was not diagnosed or treated, she died after a valiant battle for life.

Defective and dangerous products

Products Liability Settlement Against Japanese Manufacturer:

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $3,200,000

ATV Steering Shaft Failure: Two teenage boys were riding double on an ATV on a farm field access road. Without warning the steering shaft broke, causing an immediate and total loss of steering control. ... The ATV flipped over and the boys were ejected. One of the youngsters suffered thoracic spine fracture that left him a paraplegic. The Japanese manufacturing company that manufactured the ATV settled with our client rather than face a jury trial.

Defective and dangerous products

Liability Settlement Against U.S. Automobile Manufacturer

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $2,000,000

Seat Collapses in Automobile– Death of Child Seated in Rear Seat. Products : A family was stopped at a traffic light when they were rear-ended at a very low speed. The front seat collapsed and impact f ... orces threw the father into the back seat of the vehicle, where his body struck his daughter. The force of the impact with her father’s body crushed the little girl’s heart. She bled to death in her father’s arms as he struggled to get her to a hospital.

Medical malpractice

Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer.

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $2,000,000

Medical Malpractice Settlement: A young woman went in for a routine PAP smear examination. A national Pap-testing laboratory misread the test, resulting in the failure to diagnose cervical cancer. The ... lab report said the patient she did not cancer, but she did. The cancer progressed and the patient died, leaving three little girls without a mother.

Robert Edward Sanders's Legal Cases (15)

Demetre v. Indiana Insurance Co.

Negligent Parking Operations of Concert Center Causes Crash

Rainwater v. Confidential Defendant

Prescription Medical Malpractice / Automobile Collision Verdict:

Tractor Trailer Drives Recklessly / Motor Vehicle Collision

Dump Truck Kills Student Crossing Street.

Failure to Diagnose Infection. Medical Malpractice Jury Trial Verdict:

Products Liability Settlement Against Japanese Manufacturer:

Liability Settlement Against U.S. Automobile Manufacturer

Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer.