Medical Malpractice

• $1.7 million - $1.7 million verdict in Roanoke, Virginia, for failure to diagnose perforated bowel and peritonitis following laproscopic surgery. Doctor had perforated our client's bowel during surgery, client was expected to go home the day after surgery but her condition grew worse and she remained in the hospital. After three days in the hospital she required intubation in order to breathe, she grew worse, and eight days after her laproscopic surgery she was seen by thoracic surgeons who operated immediately and found diffuse peritonitis from the nicked bowel. Client remained in the hospital for an additional eight weeks due to her treating physician's failure to diagnose her peritonitis. (2003)

• $800,000 - $800,000 confidential settlement for the death of a young child due to lung damage caused by potassium overdose from formula given to child as a premature infant. (2002)

• $750,000 - $750,000 confidential settlement for negligent delay in the delivery of an infant resulting in cerebral palsy. (2000)