• $15 million judgment against a trucking company for tractor trailer collision resulting in wrongful death and personal injuries.
• $8.5 million medical malpractice settlement for delay in evaluating spinal hematoma resulting in quadriplegia.
• $5.1 million medical malpractice verdict, including interest on the judgment, for failure to diagnose injury to the common bile duct. Case went to the Ohio Supreme Court on appeal which held for the Plaintiff.
• $5 million settlement for Vioxx users who suffered heart attacks and strokes.
• $4.8 million medical malpractice verdict, including interest on the judgment, for the wrongful death of a patient who died of a preventable heart attack.
• $4.8 settlement for medical malpractice of a neurologist who verified to the Division of Motor Vehicles that his patient was safe to drive despite uncontrolled seizures and non-compliance with taking seizure medication. Plaintiff was rendered quadriplegic when the neurologist’s patient collided into the back of Plaintiff’s car after losing control of his vehicle during a seizure
• $4.5 million settlement for medical malpractice and wrongful death of pregnant mother who died of thiamine deficiency due to severe vomiting during pregnancy.
• $4.1 million settlement on behalf of a group of creditors who were deceived into extending credit to a mutual customer based on false and misleading financial information provided to them by a bank.
• $2.7 million verdict in federal court for the wrongful death and personal injuries in a trucking accident.
• $2.7 million settlement for wrongful death caused by defectively designed 55 gallon pump.
• $2.6 million settlement against a West Virginia County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy for wrongfully shooting criminal suspect in the back rendering him a permanent quadriplegic
• $2.35 million settlement for products liability suit against auto manufacturer arising from severe brain injury suffered in single car crash caused by defective steering system.
An Ohio man has recently settled a suit against an Akron spine surgeon for injuries he sustained during a back surgery performed to help alleviate pain in his lower back and right lower extremity.
According to the complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Summit County, Ohio, the doctor performed a dangerous lumbar fusion procedure on the patient without adequately warning him of all the risks. The procedure, called Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion, carries with it the risk of bowel perforation; a risk that the doctor failed to fully inform the patient of, as stated in the complaint.
The patient unfortunately suffered a perforated rectum during the lumbar fusion surgery, resulting in infection which required treatment, additional surgery and extended usage of a colostomy.
In the complaint, the patient accused the doctor of falling below the appropriate standards of medical care when the doctor failed to adequately advise him of the risks and when the doctor in fact perforated his rectum. The patient further alleged that even if a lumbar fusion procedure was necessary, which he disputes, there was another minimally invasive lumbar fusion procedure that would have produced the desired relief without the risk of bowel perforation; an option never considered.
The settlement marks the end of the multi-year lawsuit, and finally gives the patient some closure following his devastating ordeal. The patient was represented by Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, a Cleveland-based law firm. For additional information contact the lead attorney for the plaintiff, Rhonda Baker Debevec, who is a partner at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, 1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, 216.586.5508, www.spanglaw.com.
