Verdicts & Settlements

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Medical Negligence / Medical Malpractice
$3.2 million settlement for the wrongful death of a two year old child due to a laboratory error

$1.4 million jury verdict for a four year old boy who suffered injuries for an undiagnosed digestive disorder

$1.2 million jury verdict for a 51 year old woman who suffered permanent nerve damage following knee surgery

$1.2 million jury verdict for a 45 year old woman whose artery was negligently severed during a surgery and was rendered permanently disabled

$1.2 million settlement for anesthesia error causing death of 55 year old woman

$1.1 million settlement for the wrongful death of a 36 year old woman who died due to a late diagnosis of breast cancer

$1 million settlement for a 63 year old man who lost his leg because of a radiation overdose to treat his cancer

$1 million  settlement for death of 24 year old man from infection following appendectomy

$900,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a 52 year old man who died of an undiagnosed heart condition

$850,000 settlement for  the wrongful death of 64 year old man whose airway was mismanaged following neck surgery

$820,000 jury verdict for the wrongful death of a woman who suffered a deadly perforation following a colonoscopy

$750,000 settlement to the widow and children of a 47 year old man who was overdosed on narcotics in a hospital setting

$700,000  settlement to the parents of an infant who was improperly resuscitated by the hospital’s neonatologist

$675,000  jury verdict for the family of a 79 year old father and husband who died as a result of the emergency medicine doctor’s failure to diagnose an iliac artery aneurysm

$500,000 settlement for the death of 8 month old child who was not properly monitored following surgery

Motor Vehicle

$5 million settlement for a 64 year old man who suffered a spinal cord injury and brain injury in a collision with a commercial truck

$3.3 million settlement for a man that lost his leg in a trucking accident

$2 million jury verdict for the wrongful death of a 37 year old woman killed by a truck that went left of center

$2 million settlement for the wrongful death of a woman whose vehicle was hit by a negligent truck driver

$1.81 million settlement for a woman killed in a car accident by a driver who negligently ran a stop sign

$1.8 million settlement for a 50 year old motorcyclist who lost use of his arm following a collision with a truck

$1.75 million settlement for the wrongful death of a 32 year old man who died when a motorist crossed the median on I-75

$1.46 million settlement for wrongful death of a 34 year old man when a car failed to yield

$1.4 million settlement for 62 year old woman who sustained multiple injuries when a commercial truck failed to maintain an assured clear distance

$1.25 million settlement for wrongful death of a pedestrian struck by a car in a parking lot

$900,000 settlement for the wrongful death of 46 year old man as a result of an Ohio State Highway patrolman’s failure to secure an accident scene

$820,000 jury verdict to 38 year old man who suffered back injuries in an accident

$800,000 settlement for a 21 year old woman who sustained a brain injury in a collision with a delivery truck

$760,000 settlement to the survivors of 16 year old boy killed in an auto accident

$750,000 settlement for a 17 year old boy who suffered a degloving injury to his hand

$735,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a man as a result of a trucking accident

$500,000 jury verdict for a woman who suffered a permanent foot and ankle injury in a car accident

Employer Intentional Tort

$8.5 million jury verdict to 37 year old employee who lost his hand in a machine

$4.5 million jury verdict for amputation of arm and hand due to employer’s removal of guard from punch press

$3.1 million jury verdict to a 42 year old employee who fell and suffered a closed head injury

$2.2 million settlement for an employee who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while at work

Insurance Bad Faith
$1.68 million settlement for bad faith claim against insurer who refused to properly pay disability proceeds to its insured

$600,000 settlement for a brain injury victim whose insurer wrongfully denied his disability benefits

Aviation and Transportation
$2.15 million for the wrongful death arising out of crash of a commercial airliner

$800,000 for the wrongful death of helicopter pilot whose engine failed due to a defect

$750,000 for a 58 year old man who suffered a head injury in a railroad accident

Nursing Home Negligence

$400,000 to the survivors of a 40 year old mentally handicapped woman who died from head injuries in a fall

$240,000 settlement for a family of 88 year old woman who died from dehydration

Dog Bite
$200,000 settlement for facial scar on a 5-year-old boy

Premises Liability
$3.2 million for wrongful death and severe burn injuries resulting from a landlord’s failure to install smoke detectors

Product Liability
$3.1 million for wrongful death of a 78 year old woman who died as a result of a defect in her automobile

$600,000 settlement for death of 16 year old due to inadequate seatbelt warnings

Probate Litigation
$2.7 million settlement to beneficiaries who were left out of the will because of undue influence

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Rourke & Blumenthal
495 South High Street, Suite 450
Columbus, OH 43215
Toll Free: 1.866.257.9200
Telephone: 614.220.9200
Fax: 614.220.7900