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Claim:
Whether amputation of lower extremity could have been prevented by timely treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
Outcome:
Defense verdict.
Wrongful death action, alleged mismanagement of fulminant infection.
Whether defendant’ s performance of posterior cervical laminectomy was without sufficient indications.
Defense verdict, affirmed on appeal.
Whether defendant adequately informed plaintiff of risks of umbilical hernia surgery and properly managed her postoperative care; subsequent development of sepsis necessitating three month hospitalization and amputation of toes bilaterally.
Whether gastroenterologist had sufficient indication to perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, which was complicated by postop pancreatitis.
Verdict for plaintiff: $605,000.
Alleged mismanagement of diabetes resulting in permanent complications.
Plaintiffs' verdict.
Alleged failure to properly treat fracture-dislocation of elbow in eleven year old male patient; medical review panel found against defendant on both standard of care and causation.
Final Demand: $750,000. Final Offer: $0. Verdict for Plaintiff: $250,000.
Alleged delay in diagnosis and treatment of heart attack resulting in permanent heart damage.
Whether the defendant orthopedic surgeon negligently failed to timely diagnose distal radial fracture.
Verdict for plaintiff: $85,000.
Business dispute over foreclosure of mechanics lien related to paving subcontractor who performed work on new construction of a Burger King franchise.
Defense Verdict for client and $60,000 judgment on counterclaim. Upheld on Appeal.
Business and family dispute over former spouse’s share of family business more than 10 years following final divorce decree.
Wrongful death action against NIPSCO resulting from one of its drivers running over and killing the plaintiff’s decedent with his truck.
Wrongful death/motor vehicle accident.
Whether or not the defendant negligently left retained foreign body after septoplasty procedure.
Whether defendant negligently set wrist fracture of 14 year old which caused nerve damage and required surgical realignment.
Whether defendant obstetrician was negligent in rendering prenatal care.
Defense verdict
Motor vehicle accident
Small verdict for Defendant as Cross-Plaintiff.
Whether the defendant removed excessive bone and cartilage from ankle joint, which led to subsequent ankle fusion.
Whether defendant negligently treated foot abscess in patient who had her leg amputated four days later.
Whether defendant failed to diagnose tibial fracture non-union or prematurely removed internal fixation plate.
Represented plaintiff in claim for failure to take reasonable care to prevent suicide of detainee.
Plaintiff Verdict for $400,000.
Whether defendant failed to diagnose breast cancer in 28-year old patient.
Final demand: $750,000. Final Offer: 0. Hung jury. Case later settled for $35,000.
Alleged malpractice in performance of multiple lumbar spine surgeries resulting in claimed permanent impairment.
Whether defendant failed to timely diagnose non-union of a femoral condyle fracture. (Final Demand: $750, 000, Final Offer: $20,000)
Verdict for plaintiff: $11,000.
Plaintiffs alleged that minor child sustained injury in utero from administration of ACE inhibitor to mother for treatment of hypertension during pregnancy.
