Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect and Medical Malpractice
Successfully defeated mandatory arbitration clause in a nursing home admissions contract in two cases in appellate courts of the State of Tennessee.
$2,225,000: Confidential settlement for failure to diagnose and treat medical condition leading to death.
$2,200,000+: Confidential settlements for three clients who were residents at the same nursing home at the same time. Injuries included malnutrition, dehydration and pressure sores.
$1,500,000: Medical Malpractice case against the federal government for failure to diagnose hydrocephalus in an infant
$800,000: Confidential settlement for wrongful death of patient who was given extreme overdose of an anti-anxiety medication.
$790,000: Recovered for families of victims killed in nursing home fire.
$700,000: Wandering/Elopement: Resident left his assisted living home unnoticed and froze to death steps away from the backdoor of the facility.
$450,000: Recovered for the family of an 82 year old woman who died as the result of drug overdose where the hospital, nursing home, and physician were negligent.
$300,000: Wandering/Elopement: Broken hip and loss of ability to walk, where resident wandered from facility and fell in parking lot.
Other Significant Results
$20,000,000: Recovered for hundreds of individual homeowners with synthetic stucco (EIFS) residences in North Carolina.
$3,750,000 : Recovered for NASDAQ company against major accounting firm for malpractice.
$1,700,000: Settlement for condominium association for shoddy construction, defective masonry and multiple violations of the residential building code.
$1,600,000: Recovered for the parents of a young fire fighter killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 (Pro Bono).
$1,600,000: Traumatic Brain Injury: Driver sustained a traumatic brain injury in an auto accident in which he was hit head-on by a commercial vehicle.
$1,510,000: Recovered for owners of a Kansas hotel closed as the result of extreme toxic mold contamination cause by defective construction.
$1,450,000: Inadequate Security: Settlement obtained for children arising from the death of their mother, who was murdered in her apartment. Apartment complex had a significant history of crime, and had no security guards. See news article for more information.
$1,100,000: Recovered for owner of 78-room hotel in South Carolina for improper application of drainable synthetic stucco system, resulting in rot, moisture damage and toxic mold.
$1,000,000: Confidential settlement for investors in a venture capital firm against major accounting firm for negligent auditing.
