Our Track Record
Medical Malpractice
Obstetrical Medical Malpractice
Child suffered brain damage as a result of "high-forceps" delivery during birth.
Settlement: $ 15,000,000
Child Suffers Fractured Skull At Birth
An infant born in a high-risk pregnancy was delivered with forceps instead of by caesarian section. As a result, the new born suffered a fractured skull that resulted in severe and permanent neurological damage. This case settled at a private mediation shortly before trial for $7 million.
Settlement: $ 7,000,000
Failure To Diagnose Bowel Perforation
A 46 year old woman underwent surgery for an ovarian cyst and during the procedure her bowel was perforated. The hospital failed to diagnose the perforation for more than four days, by which time she developed an infection that resulted in her paralysis. The case settled before trial for $6.5 million.
Settlement: $ 6,500,000
Failure To Treat Infant's Infection
A newborn was not provided with appropriate antibiotic therapy prenatally, or at birth, which caused him to develop serious infection at 10 days of age. When this was finally recognized by the first hospital that treated him, the infant was transferred to a second hospital. The second hospital successfully treated the infection, but the infant was left with devastating effects of infection that resulted in severe neurological deficit and the loss of both legs. The case settled against the first hospital, and the doctors treating him there, for $3.45 million.
Settlement: $ 3,450,000
Failure To Properly Monitor Cardiac Patient
A 49 year old Russian immigrant was admitted to a hospital and placed on a heart monitor. He then suffered cardiac arrest which left him brain damaged. The case settled against the hospital and attending physicians for $2.5 million.
Settlement: $ 2,500,000
Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer
A 68 year old retiree went to the hospital presenting with a cancerous tumor of his appendix. In the hospital he received the wrong surgery, removing too little of his intestines, and post operatively no appropriate follow-up care. As a result, the cancer spread and he died less than one year after its recurrence. This case settled for $2 million.
Settlement: $ 2,000,000
Patient Died From Improper Intubation During Surgery
The firm represented the family of a 36 year old woman who had suffered for many years with advanced rheumatoid arthritis. She became pregnant and immediately after giving birth via c-section went into cardiac arrest because of improper intubation. She lapsed into a coma and died thereafter, leaving the child to whom she had just given birth. The case resolved at a pre-trial conference for $2,000,000.
Settlement: $ 2,000,000
Plastic Surgery
Patient died undergoing a "face lift" cosmetic surgery. Malpractice Action settled.
Settlement: $ 2,000,000
Failure To Diagnose Infant at Birth
A child was born in a hospital which failed to diagnose his congenital toxoplasmosis, despite one week in the neonatal intensive care unit where several abnormal test results were obtained. As a result, the child subsequently developed visual impairment, motor dysfunction and brain damage. The case settled at trial for $1.95 million.
Settlement: $ 1,950,000
Improper Caesarian Section
A medical malpractice action in New Jersey in which a pregnant woman lapsed into a coma during childbirth when her obstetrician could not locate the source of her internal bleeding. The matter settled for $1.760 million.
Settlement: $ 1,760,000
Misdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer
Due to a 13 month delay in diagnosis, plaintiff's breast cancer spread to her lymph nodes, causing her to undergo additional surgery and chemotherapy, and reducing the probability of her 10 year survival from more than 90 percent to less than 50 percent. The jury returned a verdict of $6 million which, pursuant to New Jersey law, was reduced to $3 million on the basis of an apportionment between the plaintiff's pre-existing cancer and the damage done by the defendant's medical malpractice. With pre-judgment interest, the judgment entered was approximately $3.5 million. Thereafter, the case was settled for $1.7 million of a $2 million insurance policy. Our research indicates that this was the highest verdict in the State of New Jersey for a failure to diagnose a Stage-1 breast cancer case.
Settlement: $ 1,700,000
Failure to Properly Treat Asthma Attack Victim
A 32 year old disabled woman, married, with one child, was admitted to the Emergency Room due to an asthma attack. The technician set the ventilator improperly, causing the women's death.
Settlement: $ 1,600,000
Excessive Medication During Hospital Care
A 67 year old man assaulted in a restaurant, then went to a hospital for treatment where he was given an excessive dose of procardia, a blood pressure medication, which put him into a coma. That case settled against the restaurant and the hospital, during trial, for $1.475 million.
Settlement: $ 1,475,000
Mother Bleeds To Death After Caesarian Section
A 21 year old woman gave birth to her first child by caesarian section. The obstetrician failed to properly close the incision causing the woman to die a few hours later from internal bleeding, leaving behind her infant daughter. This case settled before trial for $1.475 million.
Settlement: $ 1,475,000
Failure To Diagnose Heart Condition After Surgery
A 46 year old dialysis patient underwent heart valve surgery, however, he was discharged from the hospital before being diagnosed with pericardial effusion. After he returned to the hospital the next day, appropriate treatment was again delayed. The patient then lapsed into a coma and died a few months later, leaving a wife and one child. This case settled at trial for $1.25 million.
Settlement: $ 1,250,000
Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer
A 44 year old carpenter had been treated at a Municipal Hospital Clinic for a variety of ailments over the course of approximately 5 years. During that time, the doctors at the clinic failed to diagnose his developing colon cancer which, ultimately, resulted in his death. The hospital attempted to avoid liability by arguing there was no "continuous course of treatment" and, therefore, the statute of limitations had run on any malpractice claim. We prevailed on that legal argument and the case then settled for $1.25 million.
Settlement: $ 1,250,000
Failure To Diagnose Embolism
A 60 year old man, while hospitalized for a recurrence of colon cancer, developed an embolism and consequently lost a portion of his left leg. That matter settled during trial for $1.2 million.
Settlement: $ 1,200,000
Failure To Diagnose Ankle Fracture
The firm represented a 59 year old retiree who hurt his ankle in a fall and then went to the hospital for treatment. At the hospital, he was x-rayed and the fracture was diagnosed. Unfortunately, the hospital did not treat the fracture and discharged the patient without advising the patient he had sustained a fracture. By the time the patient was advised that he had sustained a fractured ankle, he had developed a malunion. This resulted in an ankle fusion and complications for various, pre-existing conditions. The case was settled at a pre-trial conference for $1.2 million.
Settlement: $ 1,200,000
Overprescribing and Oversupplying Narcotic Medication
In a medical malpractice action in New Jersey, the firm sued a doctor and a pharmacy for overprescribing and oversupplying narcotic medication to a 44 year old man. As a result, the man was rendered an addict, the stress of which contributed to a heart attack that caused his demise. The action settled at a pre-trial conference for $1,050,000.
Settlement: $ 1,050,000
Improper Asthma Treatment
A 51 year old housewife who suffered an asthma attack and died after she received improper resuscitation in a hospital emergency room. The hospital alleged she died because she did not take her asthma medication, however, that case settled for $1 million
Settlement: $ 1,000,000
Inadequate Asthma Treatment Leads To Asphyxiation
A 60 year old housewife suffered an asthma attack and was rushed to a hospital emergency room. In attempting to revive her, the wrong medication and improper intubation was administered and as a result, she suffocated and died, leaving her husband and adult children. This case settled for $1 million.
Settlement: $ 1,000,000
