Many of these settlements are confidential but here are some notable results:
*$5.5m settlement against a general surgeon and a northern Connecticut hospital for failing to monitor the plaintiff after spinal surgery. Because her pulses were not regularly taken, the plaintiff, a former nurse in her 60s, had her leg amputated above the knee. We brought in board certified doctors in the following specialties: orthopedists, vascular surgeons, hospitalizes, registered nurses, and a general surgeon to prove this claim.
*$44 m resolution in a claim against a Connecticut Hospital who failed to deliver a child because they could not find the proper staff to do a C-section. The fetal monitoring strips show the baby losing oxygen to her brain for more than 2 hours before the nursing staff and obstetrician could find an operating room ready for a C-section delivery. The little girl has profound cerebral palsy but is getting the best education and care, and her mother is able to have some independence without the 24 hour care that was necessary prior to the case being resolved.
*$2.5m settlement in a case where the hospital lab misread pap smear slides. The plaintiff had to undergo radical hysterectomy and can have no more children. This case was resolved with 6 months of filing suit.
*3.25m settlement for improper installation of a hip replacement leading to the surgery having to be redone, and infection.
*$950,000 settlement for psychiatric malpractice. Plaintiff was given a dangerous cocktail of medicines that caused him to become homicidal and attempt to kill a man.
*$900,000 resolution against a walk in clinic that missed a brain bleed leading to additional complications and disabilities for the elderly plaintiff.
*$2.2m settlement with local hospital for discharging middle aged cardiac patient who had extremely low levels of potassium, suffered arrhythmia and died.
*$3.7m result in a tragic case involving a plastic surgeon who over anesthetized a patient during a minor outpatient procedure. He could not resuscitate her and she died.
*$1.8m for the family of a young disable child who died at a nursing home. The home employees could not locate the proper equipment to clear the child’s airway and he asphyxiated.
*$1.56m jury verdict for a man who lost a large portion of his lung during unnecessary surgery. Pathology had misdiagnosed him with lung cancer.
*$1.54m jury verdict for the death of a 80 year old in a nursing home. The woman died after falling from her bed hours after arriving at the home and despite clear orders to keep the side rails up.
*$8.5m in a structured settlement for a child who contracted MRSA while an infant. The plaintiff was able to prove the hospital had implemented none of the required MRSA protocols. MRSA caused necrosis in the child’s hip.
*$3.6m and 10m over the child’s lifetime for mild birth injuries caused by a delayed C-section. The child had somewhat delayed cognitive development which the defense argued was unrelated. Nonetheless, the delay and malpractice was clear, and the most likely cause of the delayed development.
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