For decades, our trial lawyers have fought for justice and delivered exceptional results for our clients. Explore our verdicts and settlements below.
Major Pharmacy Corporations Held Accountable for Opioid Crisis- Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens.
Verdict for the mother of a toddler who died while in the care of her babysitter. The Jury awarded $35 million in damages for the death of the toddler and an additional $35 million in punitive damages against the defendant. While it is unlikely the mother will be able to collect on the verdict—the babysitter is serving a lengthy prison sentence—it was important to the family that a jury hear what happened, and they’re extraordinarily grateful to the jury for recognizing the value of the child’s life.
National power pole inspection company held accountable after skipped safety inspection kills lineman
Young mother bled to death following gallbladder surgery
Nursing home delays hospital care, leading to fatal infection and sepsis
Road construction company failed to properly mark construction zone, resulting in a construction worker being hit and killed by a car
Against a major Ohio bank for improper bank overdraft fees
Judgment against a trucking company for tractor trailer collision resulting in wrongful death and personal injuries.
Wrongful death from carbon monoxide poisoning
Hospital negligence resulting in an air embolism and patient death
During surgery patient had a massive bleed, resulting in a severe brain injury
Doctors delayed in evaluating spinal hematoma resulting in quadriplegia
Verdict for a man who spent 10 hours in the Emergency Room before it was recognized that he had spinal cord compression. He is a permanent paraplegic as a result of the delay.
Class action settlement against a major Ohio hospital system for internet privacy violations
Emergency department provider held accountable for preventable death from massive upper GI bleed
Verdict for a 52-year-old woman who was discharged twice in one day from a Mercy Health emergency department. The next day she died from pneumonia. The jury found that the emergency room doctor did not order the appropriate tests.
Verdict for a 68-year-old woman who was discharged from the Lake West emergency department. Nine hours later blood tests showed she had a deadly blood infection. Nobody called the patient. Four days later she was found dead at home.
Verdict against nursing home for delaying in sending patient to hospital, resulting in him dying from an infection and sepsis
Man died after being hit by a drunk driver
Doctor failed to recognize spinal hematoma, resulting in patient being paralyzed from the waist down.
Settlement on behalf of a 4-year-old child, who sustained a brain injury from a near-drowning episode at a YMCA daycare facility.
Class action settlement against large Ohio based bank for improper fees
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.
Class action settlement against major Ohio medical system for internet privacy violations
Settlement in a class action involving Walmart’s return policy.
Nursing Home dropped a 78-year-old woman on her head during a transfer with Hoyer lift, resulting in her death
During a commercial remodel, an old piece of iron piping was left unsecured in the ceiling, and it fell through the ceiling onto a woman’s head, resulting in a severe brain injury.
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 after the neurologist’s patient had a seizure while driving and collided into the back of Plaintiff’s car.
Verdict, including interest on the judgment, for the wrongful death of a patient who died of a preventable heart attack.
Result for victim of an auto collision resulting in quadriplegia
Woman with history of Lupus Cerebritis and intermittent brain swelling sent home from hospital emergency department and died
Settlement for woman whose signs and symptoms of heart block were ignored leading to arrest. She suffered permanent brain damage.
Settlement for medical malpractice and wrongful death of pregnant mother who died of thiamine deficiency due to severe vomiting during pregnancy.
Verdict on behalf of the family of a woman who died following a fall at a nursing home.
Representation of the widow of a 62-year-old man who was restrained and pepper-sprayed to death while being detained for misdemeanor trespassing in Florida.
Woman suffered facial nerve injury during temporal artery biopsy procedure resulting in permanent complex regional pain syndrome
Vascular surgeon biopsied vein during artery biopsy procedure and injured patient’s facial nerve resulting in paralysis and permanent pain syndrome
Settlement during trial, resulting from the death of a patient whose bleeding times were inadequately monitored while receiving Coumadin.
Settlement for failure to treat clotting disorder resulting in pulmonary embolism and death
Settlement for a young woman attacked by her boyfriend at a fraternity party. Woman developed arteriovenous fistula and was rendered incomplete quadriplegic.
Settlement in a breach of contract action against a multinational manufacturing company.
Settlement on behalf of pedestrian walking along roadway struck by texting driver, resulting in serious lower leg fractures.
Verdict for man rendered partial paraplegic following a spinal injection for pain. The man was not a good candidate for the surgery, was not given informed consent and appropriate safety problems were not used.
Doctor failed to prescribe blood thinner in patient with recent immobilized ankle fracture who had multiple DVT risk factors, which resulted in a DVT that broke loose and went to the lung causing the patient’s death.
Delay in treating seizure resulting in respiratory failure, hypoxic injury and death
Hospital system failed to notify patient about a mass on his intestines, and by the time it was diagnosed, patient had terminal cancer
Settlement for wrongful death caused by defectively designed 55 gallon pump.
Verdict in federal court for the wrongful death and personal injuries in a trucking accident.
Verdict on behalf of a client who suffered permanent lung disease, resulting in her death, due to medications she had been prescribed and the failure to provide appropriate follow-up care.
Settlement arising from the misdiagnosis of kidney disease, resulting in the patient’s death.
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Settlement against a County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy for wrongfully shooting criminal suspect in the back rendering him a permanent quadriplegic.
Settlement for a high school swimmer rendered quadriplegic diving from too high stunting blocks into too shallow water.
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The client’s child was born with severe heart condition was dropped to the floor suffering a head injury that triggered a progression in heart failure that caused cardiac arrest, hypoxic damage and death
Settlement against an auto manufacturer on behalf of a 4-year-old child who was crushed when another child moved the gear shift lever from park to drive.
Settlement for products liability suit against auto manufacturer arising from severe brain injury suffered in single car crash caused by defective steering system.
Hospital ignored sepsis alerts and failed to diagnose and treat a patient with infective endocarditis. The patient developed septic shock and multi organ failure and died.
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Settlement when a can of insecticide fell from upper shelf at large box store, resulting in a skull fracture.
Verdict on behalf of five children whose parents were killed by a driver who lost control of his car and struck them head-on.
The patient was treated for heart failure with medication that caused his blood pressure to drop to dangerous low levels which were not corrected or treated. patient developed necrosis of the bowels, sepsis, and shock. Patient had surgery to remove his intestines but eventually died from complications of septic shock
The patient was treated for heart failure with medication that caused his blood pressure to drop to dangerous low levels which were not corrected or treated. patient developed necrosis of the bowels, sepsis, and shock. Patient had surgery to remove his intestines but eventually died from complications of septic shock
Settlement for failure to diagnose and treat a brain injury, resulting in the death of an 18-year-old student.
Settlement for failure to diagnose complications following surgery, resulting in the patient’s death.
The patient had multiple episodes of hypoglycemia in the hospital that were not properly investigated or treated by suspending her diabetes medication. Patient was found in the morning nonresponsive with very low blood sugar. The patient was revived with treatment but suffered a permanent brain injury. the patient’s condition deteriorated and she eventually died from complications of her brain injury
Following hip replacement surgery, young father of three died from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism.
Verdict for the death of an elderly woman when a blood infection was not diagnosed in the emergency room.
Settlement where negligence during bypass surgery resulted in the patient’s bleeding to death.
Settlement involving bad faith insurance claim.
Failure to obtain informed consent leads to lower leg amputation
Settlement on behalf of client, who sustained severe injuries when his car was struck by an overloaded truck.
Verdict against dentist for failure to diagnose a benign jaw tumor, requiring jaw reconstruction.
Settlement on behalf of the estate of a client who died from a heart attack as a result of his physician’s failure to diagnose acute coronary disease.
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