Experience
Defense Verdict in $5.2 Million Medical Malpractice Case
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a St. Louis orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice case involving an alleged failure to properly diagnose and treat cervical myelopathy, leading to plaintiff requiring a wheelchair. The plaintiff sought $5.2 million in damages. After 20 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in Favor of Orthopedic Surgeon
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a St. Louis orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice case involving an alleged failure to properly diagnose and treat a tibial plateau stress fracture. The plaintiff sought $500,000 in damages. After an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in $2.5 Million Medical Malpractice Case
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a St. Louis hospital in a medical malpractice case involving a man in his 50s who developed respiratory failure in the Hospital following a cardiac catheterization for atrial fibrillation. The plaintiff sought $2.5 million in damages. After two hours of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a radiologist and his practice group in a wrongful death case involving an alleged misread of a CT scan and alleged failure to diagnose mesenteric ischemia. The plaintiff sought $1.5 million in damages. After an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in $3.5 Million Medical Malpractice Case
Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a medical center in a medical malpractice case involving an alleged failure to properly perform an epidural injection, leading to an alleged diagnosis of arachnoiditis. The plaintiff sought $3.5 million in damages. After two hours of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in Dental Malpractice Case
Obtained a defense verdict in a dental malpractice case involving a lingual nerve injury and the alleged failure to refer the patient for a nerve repair surgery. The plaintiff sought $800,000 in damages. After an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict.
Defense Verdict for Doctor in $1 Million-Plus Dispute
Received a defense verdict in a case in which the plaintiff alleged the defendant doctor had failed to recognize and treat a knee infection following an arthroscopic knee surgery. Plaintiffs asked for more than $1 million in damages, and after two hours of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
Defense Verdict in $5.5 Million Medical Malpractice Case
Obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a bowel perforation following a vaginal hysterectomy. The plaintiff sought $5.5 million in damages. After two hours of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict.
Unanimous Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
Obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a wrongful death/medical malpractice case involving the diagnosis and management of a bowel perforation following a vaginal hysterectomy. After an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
Unanimous Defense Verdict for Doctor in $3.5 Million Case
Received a unanimous defense verdict in a case in which the plaintiff alleged the defendant doctor had failed to place the plaintiff on DVT prophylaxis, although the hospital’s own risk assessment forms placed the plaintiff at a “very high risk” for developing blood clots. The plaintiff sought more than $3.5 million in economic damages and a non-specified amount of non-economic damages.
Jury Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Trial
Obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a ureter injury following a vaginal hysterectomy and the post-operative recognition and treatment of that injury. After 30 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
Defense Verdict for Hospital in $5 Million Dispute
Secured a defense verdict in a case where the plaintiff was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain. After initial improvements, the plaintiff declined and was discovered to have a dead bowel. Plaintiffs filed suit in excess of $5 million claiming the defendants failed to diagnose his condition and that the dead bowel was a result of a blood clot.
Unanimous Jury Verdict for Defense in Hospital Fall Case
Obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful case where plaintiff alleges that proper fall precautions were not put in place for an Alzheimer’s patient who was admitted to the hospital and suffered a fall, leading to a femur fracture. After 30 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
