FAMILY OF JANE DOE VS. TREATING PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITAL
$1 Million
This was a wrongful death case involving a 74 year old woman who died after her treating doctors failed to recognize and treat known complications following a routine hospital procedure. The case settled prior to trial for $1 million.
CALLAHAN VS. CARDINAL GLENNON HOSPITAL
$16 Million
901 S.W.2d 270 (Mo. App. ED)
A medical malpractice claim involving a young baby who suffered leg paralysis following a failure to correctly treat a rectal abscess. A jury awarded 16 million dollars in damages against the defendants, which was affirmed on appeal by the Missouri Supreme Court.
MATTHEW SCOTT V. SSM HEALTHCARE
$5 Million
70 S.W.3d 560 (Mo. App. ED)
This was a medical negligence case in which we represented a young man who presented to the Emergency Room with signs and symptoms of a serious brain infection, which we alleged the treating doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat. After a nearly two week trial the jury ruled in favor of our clients and awarded nearly 5 million dollars in damages. The trial court was forced to reduce the amount of damages by several million dollars because of a Missouri law that limits the amount of damages a plaintiff may receive from any one defendant in a medical malpractice case. This case was appealed all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court and resulted in a historic decision in our favor which changed the law in Missouri with respect to how much money a plaintiff could receive in damages from a defendant in these types of cases. The case continues to be widely cited by courts and scholarly publications throughout the country.
WEI WU V. RYDER TRUCK
$15 Million
Wei Wu was asleep in the cab of an 18 wheeler hauling cargo cross country. As they crossed the Poplar Street Bridge in downtown St. Louis the driver of the tractor trailer lost control of the vehicle causing it to strike the median and flip over on the highway. Wei Wu suffered devastating and life changing injuries. He had hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills and he would never work again. He hired our law firm to represent his interests and we sued the driver as well as the trucking company on his behalf. The trucking company turned over the matter to their insurance company who turned down the claim stating that they did not need to provide coverage for this particular accident. This was an extremely complicated case as the trucking company and the drivers were based out of Canada. Further complicating matters was the fact that their tractor broke down and their company rented a replacement tractor cab for them to be able to complete their haul. We sued the driver of the truck as well as two separate trucking companies. We fought hard on behalf of our client and obtained a judgement in his favor in the amount of $13,803,203. We got another $1.5 million for his wife for all the damages she suffered as a result of having her husband so horribly injured. Unfortunately, winning on paper was only the beginning of this battle. Everything we had done so far would be meaningless if we could not collect. All of the insurance companies involved denied the claim saying that for one reason or another the accident was not covered under their policy. We kept pushing and eventually filed a separate garnishment law suit against four insurance companies asking the court to force them to pay our judgment. Everyone agreed that our client was hurt but no one wanted to pay him as they said the accident was not covered. We won in the trial court, we won in the Court of Appeals and finally got paid after the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled against the insurance companies. It was a long hard fought battle but we eventually collected over 15 million dollars for our client.
TEASLEY VS. DEPUTY NIC FORLER, SHERIFF DAN TORRES AND LINCOLN COUNTY
$1.125 Million
This was a Civil Rights and Wrongful Death case we filed in Federal Court on behalf of the family of a young man who was shot and killed by a Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff during a traffic stop. A settlement was reached prior to the trial for $ 1.125 million, along with other conditions that included a public apology and the establishment of an independent citizen review panel to monitor complaints regarding the excessive use of force.
SHAHAN VS. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$647,000
A jury awarded $647,000.00 in damages for a “lost chance of survival” of a child who suffered brain injury during birth, which caused her death six months later.
PAUL BOYCE V. JOHNNY THORNBURGH
$11 Million
Our client was seriously injured by a falling piece of sheet metal while working at a factory. The case was tried and we received a judgment in favor of our client in the amount of 11 million dollars.
MARGARET MILLER VS. ROTHCHILD MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
$3 Million
A young woman fell on ice that had accumulated on the sidewalk due to a faulty drainpipe, causing her to suffer a back fracture. A judge awarded three million dollars in damages. The judgment was affirmed on appeal and later settled.
LORNA BOTTGER VS. CHEEK
$800,000
This medical malpractice case involved an 84-year-old woman who suffered the loss of sight in one eye as a result of a failure to recognize and treat an eye infection in a timely manner. A jury awarded her $800,000.00 in damages. The judgment was reversed on an appeal and settled thereafter immediately prior to a retrial.
JOHN DOE VS. HEALTHCARE FACILITY
$1.2 Million
Our client was a retired gentleman who suffered a brain injury following a failure to recognize and treat a developing stroke in an Emergency Room setting. The case settled for 1.2 Million Dollars.
JOE DOE VS. HOSPITAL
$7 Million
This was a medical negligence lawsuit filed on behalf of a teenage boy who suffered extensive brain damage following a failure to diagnose and treat a pulmonary embolism. The case went to trial and was settled just prior to closing arguments for over $7 million.
DONNA BOWAN VS. EXPRESS MEDICAL TRANSPORTERS
$2.8 Million
A mentally disabled woman suffered leg paralysis when the handicapped van in which she was a passenger was involved in an intersectional collision with another vehicle. The lawsuit claimed that she had not been properly secured in the van and that the negligence of both drivers also contributed to the collision. A jury awarded 2.8 million dollars in damages, which was affirmed on appeal.
CONNIE RANGLE VS. SUPERIOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
$1.25 Million
A young mother suffered a hip fracture in a head-on collision with a dump truck after she swerved into the oncoming lane to avoid a trash truck that was stopped in her lane just beyond a blind curve. The Plaintiff had less than $20,000 in past medical bills, but we presented a strong case, and the jury trial awarded our client $1,250,000.00.
This award was reduced by the Plaintiff’s 25% comparative fault. The verdict was affirmed on appeal.
CONNELLY VS. IOLAB CORPORATION
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that had dismissed this lawsuit. This Missouri Supreme Court decision permitted multiple plaintiffs to proceed with a lawsuit claiming that they suffered various eye injuries as a result of complications from an inner ocular lens implant. Following the Supreme Court decision, all of the plaintiffs settled their claims for a confidential amount.
BOXDORFER VS. LASON CORP. AND JONES
$4 Million
Our client was involved in an intersectional collision with a truck owned and operated by the defendant company. Mr. Boxdorfer suffered a complete spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia. The police report placed 100% of the fault for the collision on Mr. Boxdorfer.
Our team was able to locate independent witnesses, not named in the police report, and prove that the truck sped up at the intersection to beat a yellow light. The case settled for 4 million dollars.
MATTHEW SCOTT VS. SSM HEALTH CARE AND RADIOLOGIC IMAGING CONSULTANTS
nearly $5 Million
70 S.W.3d 560 (Mo. App. ED)
An emergency room medical malpractice claim involving a 16 year old boy who suffered a brain injury from an infection which was not timely diagnosed and treated in the emergency room following an automobile accident. The malpractice led to a brain infection, which caused permanent motor and cognitive loss. A jury awarded $4,945,000 in damages. The trail court applied the statutory cap on pain and suffering damages and reduced the verdict to $3,191,534. That judgment was affirmed on appeal.