Injury: Severe brain injury from incorrect administration of medication to a 5 year old boy in a Pediatric Hospital Age of Patient at Inury: 5 years of age Result: $30 Million Jury Verdict Court: Philadelphia County, PA Comments: Our clients suffered greatly from the incorrect administration and incorrect dosing of medication at a well-known Pediatric [...]
Injury: Cut ureter, multiple surgeries, kidney infection and severe abdominal pain Age of Patient at Injury: 30 years old Result: $9 Million Jury Verdict Court: Philadelphia County, PA Comments: Our client was a young woman whose ureter was injured during gynecologic surgery. This is all too common during abdominal and gynecologic surgeries for women. During [...]
Injury: Hypoxic brain injury from anesthesia for a 6 year old girl in a Pediatric Hospital Age of Patient at Injury: 6 years of age Result: $7 Million Settlement Court: Philadelphia County, PA Comments: Heart breaking case of injury following anesthesia for a cardiac procedure at a Pediatric Hospital. The young child sustained life-altering brain [...]
Injury: Stroke and disability from interaction of commonly prescribed migraine medicines Age of Patient at Injury: 49 years old Result: $4.5 Million Jury Verdict Court: Gloucester County, NJ Comment: Our client sued for the stroke which left her paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. She had chronic migraine headaches for which she was prescribed common [...]
Injury: Death from failure to timely diagnose and treat liver cancer Age of Patient at Injury: 56 years old Result: $2.1 Million Settlement at Mediation Court: Philadelphia, PA Comment: Our client was a successful businessman, husband and father who was being followed for Hepatitis B, a common finding in Korean men. The hospital and doctors [...]
Injury: Death of mother shortly after delivery from complications of untreated hepatitis Age of Patient at Injury: 28 years old Result: $1.25 Million Settlement Court: Philadelphia, PA Comment: This sad case was brought by the husband and 1 year old infant who survived this young mother. The patient was Hepatitis B positive, a common finding [...]
Injury: Death of patient from massive heart attack following discharge from ER Age of Patient at Injury: 38 years old Result: $1.2 Million Settlement Court: Lehigh County, PA Comment: Our client was a husband and father who was tragically mistreated. His wife and child brought suit against the ER Doctor, the Hospital and the patient's [...]
Injury: Death from pulmonary embolism following discharge from hospital by ER Doctor Age of Patient at Injury: 39 years old Result: $1.2 Million Settlement Court: Camden County, NJ Comments: Our client was a husband and father of two young children at the time of his untimely death. Prior to his fateful emergency room visit he [...]
Injury: Death from metastatic (spreading) breast cancer. Age of Patient at Injury: 41 years old Result: $1.1 Million Settlement Court: Lehigh County, PA Comment: In this sad case, our client's family doctor did not recommend or refer her patient for surgical consult and biopsy despite presence of a lump. Our client did everything right, including [...]
Injury: Bile duct injury during laparoscopic gall bladder removal resulting in additional complex surgeries, scarring and disability. Age of Patient at Injury: Various Result: $850,000 to $1.8 Million in individual Settlements Court: Many counties in PA and NJ Comment: The Lewis Law firm has resolved more than 30 cases of laparoscopic surgical errors and has [...]