Case Results

$68 million
Jury verdict in Fresno County for failure to comply with hospital standards for patient safety, leaving elderly man in permanent coma. Jury also awarded punitive damages.

22 million

Robyn Frankel vs. Palo Alto Medical Foundation Group, Jury verdict for paralysis caused to patient after an unnecessary procedure

10.8 million

Confidential settlement for an adult who suffered catastrophic injury from a stroke

7 Million

Plus Settlement: Negligent performance of intubation post-operatively, resulting in severe brain damage to minor child.

5.5 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose acute blood loss after cancer surgery resulting in brain damage to physician

5.5 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat kernicterus resulting in severe brain damage of child

4.25 million

Settlement for failure to quickly respond to a minor plaintiff’s hyperthermia after surgery resulting in catastrophic injuries including brain damage

4 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose fetal distress resulting in minor plaintiff suffering from severe static encephalopathy

3.5 million

Settlement for a minor suffering from athetoid cerebral palsy.

3.85 million

Settlement for negligent performance of brain surgery resulting in brain damage

3 million

Settlement for a birth injury that resulted in catastrophic injuries to the minor plaintiff including brain damage

2.3 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose myocardial infarction resulting in death

2.2 million

Settlement for failure to report suspected child abuse resulting in moderate brain damage of child

2.05 million (policy limits)

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat hyperbilirubinemia in an infant resulting in cerebral palsy and deafness

1.85 million

Settlement for failure to negligently diagnose and treat hypoxia in patient in drug rehab center resulting in brain damage

1.65 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat pulmonary embolism resulting in death of young husband and father

1.5 million

Settlement for injuries sustained by a minor plaintiff as a result of the failure to appreciate the presence of a chloroma spinal mass, in a patient with presumed acute myeloid leukemia, before proceeding with a spinal tap and subsequently failing to timely respond to the minor plaintiff’s persistent complaints of severe back pain and lower extremity weakness.

1.4 million (policy limits from physician)

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat fetal distress resulting in mild brain damage to infant

1.3 million

Settlement for failure to properly diagnose pulmonary distress in quadriplegic resulting in additional deficits

1.1 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat osteomyelitis resulting in mild motor deficits in elderly man

1.1 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat promptly cardiac problems resulting in the death of an elderly gentlemen leaving behind a wife and two sons

1.1 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat breast cancer resulting in radical double mastectomy

1.0 million

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat eye infection resulting in partial blindness in nurse

1.0 million (policy limits)

Settlement for failure to diagnose fetal distress resulting in mild brain damage of child

925k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat prostate cancer in dentist causing increased morbidity

875k

Settlement for negligent performance of regional pain block resulting in nerve damage and pain

800k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat kidney failure resulting in death

750k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat an epidural abscess resulting in paraplegia

750k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat dissection of aorta in man resulting in death

750k

Settlement for victim of motorcycle accident resulting in need for spinal surgery. Insurance coverage was highly disputed.

750k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat cardiac tamponade after cardiac surgery resulting in death

700k

Settlement for plaintiff who underwent what should have been routine surgery for gastro esophageal reflux disease or “GERD”. What followed this routine surgery was a ruptured esophagus and septic infection that required 7 months of continuous hospitalization, and multiple surgeries to bring plaintiff back from literally the “brink of death,” as described by plaintiff’s own doctors.

700k

Settlement for the injuries sustained by plaintiff as a result of the improper treatment she received, resulting in a failure to diagnose and treat adenocarcinoma of the colon, with metastatic spread to the liver. Plaintiff is now considered incurable and terminal.

700k

Settlement for negligent performance of laser surgery resulting in air embolism and death of young mother

685k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat infection after colonoscopy resulting in death

650K

Settlement for wrongful death case of a husband and father for a family living in Stockton. Failure to diagnose and treat hepatitis B, which led to fatal liver cancer.

605K

Settlement: Failure to diagnose spinal infection, resulting in neurologic damage to legs, paralysis, in a 73-year-old man.

600k

Settlement (during trial) for wrongful death as a result of negligently performed occipital block

600k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat coagulopathy resulting in stroke and mild brain damage

600k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat aneurysm in husband and father resulting in death

530k

Settlement for failure to diagnose myocardial infarction in man resulting in need for emergency coronary artery bypass surgery

500k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat neuroendocrine cancer resulting in death

500k

Settlement for negligent performance of hand surgery resulting in functional deficits in attorney

450k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat bowel perforation after gallbladder surgery resulting in ICU stay

400k

Settlement in elder abuse case for failure to diagnose and treat pulmonary infection resulting in death of elderly man

400k

Settlement for failure to properly diagnose and treat prostate cancer

385k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat pulmonary hypertension in a young child

385k

Settlement for failure to diagnose latent aneurysm resulting in mild neurological impairment

350k

Settlement for negligent performance of cyst removal resulting in minor nerve damage

350k

Settlement in wrongful life case for failure to properly read pre-natal sonogram resulting in need for later cardiac surgery

300k

Partial settlement for failure to diagnose and treat promptly infection after general surgery resulting in extended hospitalizations and permanent physical scars

300k

Settlement for failure to properly communicate pathology results resulting in late diagnosis of cervical cancer

300k

Settlement for wrongful death of young housewife for failure to diagnose and treat TTP

285k

Settlement for failure to diagnose pneumonia in a terminal cancer patient

250k

Settlement for failure to diagnose a leg tumor resulting in need for radiation therapy

250k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat myocardial infarction resulting in wrongful death of young, unmarried woman

250k

Settlement for failure to diagnose signs of impending sudden cardiac death in young man

235k

Settlement for failure to properly operate on patient resulting in corrective surgery to restore bowel function

200k

Settlement for negligent performance of vaginal surgery urinary incontinence

150k

Settlement for failure to properly diagnose and treat myocardial infarction in housewife resulting in death

150k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat bowel perforation after outpatient pain procedure

140K

Settlement: Failure to diagnose skin cancer.

120k

Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat bowel perforation post-gallbladder surgery