Results

Our lawyers have been involved over the years in achieving justice for many clients. The cases summarized below represent only some of those results. 


$2.9 million jury verdict for defamation and business interference

Classic-car feud steers jury to $2.9M award

Restoring a life - $2.9 million won't undo damage  

$5 million jury verdict for defamation and business interference

Medical negligence cases:

  • $4.25 million settlement for brain injury caused by injection in patient’s neck
  • $2.8 million settlement for failure to diagnose lung cancer
  • $1.75 million settlement for brain damage caused by failure to treat patient’s repeated seizures  
  • $1.2 million settlement for wrongful death of wife / mother due to failure to diagnose breast cancer;
  • $1.0 million settlement for wrongful death of husband due to a failure to diagnose a blocked shunt;
  • $920,000 settlement for wrongful death of husband / father due to a failure to diagnose skin cancer;
  • $760,000 settlement for injuries to a teenager caused by a failure to diagnose scoliosis;
  • $710,000 settlement for wrongful death due to failure to diagnose and treat aortic dissection
  • $650,000 settlement for hospital death of adult sister caused by administration of wrong medication;
  • $550,000 jury verdict for wrongful death of wife / mother due to a failure to diagnose a ruptured spleen;
  • $475,000 settlement for wrongful death of husband / father due to a failure to diagnose an aortic dissection;
  • $450,000 settlement during trial of wrongful death case over failure to diagnose and treat fatal heart condition
  • $400,000 settlement for injuries caused by a failure to monitor blood sugar levels post-operatively;
  • $400,000 settlement for injuries caused by a failure to diagnose and treat a brain aneurysm.
  • $275,000 settlement during trial for wrongful death caused by failure to prevent and detect post-operative pulmonary embolism
  • $210,000 jury verdict for injuries caused by surgical errors during removal of patient’s gall bladder 
  • $125,000 settlement with hospital for fall suffered by elderly patient
  • $61,500 jury verdict for injuries caused during surgical removal of patient’s gall bladder
  • $48,000 jury verdict for injuries caused during dentist’s extraction of tooth

Motor vehicle cases:

  • $2.7 million recovery (after a $1.9 million judgment) against a business liability insurer for underinsured motorist benefits for injuries caused by a motor vehicle accident;
  • $1.1 million settlement with underinsured motorists insurer for wrongful death of husband and father of two
  • $1.0 million settlement for wrongful death of wife / mother caused by a motor vehicle accident;
  • $1.0 million settlement for wrongful death of pedestrian / husband and father by a company van;
  • $850,000 judgment for multiple injuries to a young man;
  • $840,000 settlement for wrongful death of pedestrian / husband and father by hit-and-run driver;
  • $775,000 settlement for injuries to pedestrian / off-duty police officer for injuries leading to reflex sympathetic dystrophy;
  • $630,000 settlement with trucking company for multiple claims arising from truck colliding with family car; including wrongful death of child and injuries to other family members
  • $400,000 settlement with liability insurer and underinsured motorist carrier for injuries to a pedestrian caused by inattentive driver;
  • $400,000 settlement for multiple injuries to wife / mother on her way to work.
  • $300,000 settlement with delivery company for injuries caused by motor vehicle collision
  • $250,000 settlement with uninsured motorists carrier for injuries caused by co-worker of plaintiff
  • $200,000 settlement with uninsured motorists carrier for injuries caused by hit and run vehicle
  • $150,000 settlement for injuries suffered in motor vehicle collision with hit and run teenaged driver
  • $100,000 settlement after jury verdict for broken bones and facial scars sustained in motor vehicle accident 
  • $90,000 settlement for injuries suffered by elderly pedestrian struck by motor vehicle


Product liability/workplace injuries:

  • $650,000 settlement for heart and lung damage caused by inhalation of defective aerosol spray product
  • $175,000 settlement for injuries caused by worker’s fall in the workplace

Investment cases:

  • $2.2 million in settlements on behalf of group of retirees whose retirement or investment accounts were depleted by stock broker’s mismanagement and fraud
  • $1.5 million in settlements on behalf of group of investors whose retirement or investment accounts were depleted by stock broker’s mismanagement and fraud
  • $280,000 settlement (after $117,000 jury verdict) arising from negligent and fraudulent sale of unnecessary life insurance policies as 'retirement accounts"
  • $260,000 settlement for widow whose life insurance and wrongful death lawsuit proceeds were traded on margin and completely lost by stockbroker
  • $200,000 settlement for elderly woman, for inappropriate sales and transactions in her investment accounts by life insurance agent
  • $146,000 settlement for beneficiaries of family trust, for negligent investments and self-dealing by trustee

Employment:

  • $50,000 settlement for wrongful termination due to age discrimination
  • $35,000 settlement for wrongful termination and sexual harassment

Probate litigation:

  • $360,000 settlement in a will contest action for nephew and niece of decedent who was under guardianship.


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