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$35.3 million jury verdict to the family of a
premature infant who suffered brain damage as a
result of air emboli introduced into venous system
during blood transfusion. Infant was two weeks post
birth at time of transfusion, off the respirator,
stable and progressing nicely with no significant
problems. Jury awarded future care costs of
$20 million, past and future pain and suffering to
child in the amount of $5.5 million, $1.5 million
lost of earning capacity for the child, $3 million
to each parent for loss of their minor child's
society and companionship, $1.7 million for nursing
care and services and $640,000 for past medical
expenses. This is the largest compensatory
damage personal injury verdict in Wisconsin
history.*
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$25.24 million award, jury verdict, judgment and
settlement to the parents and
estate of their daughter against a resident
physician for failing to diagnose an acute abdomen
in a 15 year old girl and failing to seek a
consultation from a senior resident over the next 11
hours which led to the ischemic death of her small
bowel and its removal. Complications from this loss
of small bowel required 89 additional subsequent
surgeries, including two failed small bowel
transplants, which ultimately led to her death two
years later. This is the
second largest
medical malpractice award in Wisconsin history.*
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$17.2 million jury verdict in a premises liability
case involving severe burn injuries to three masons.
This is one of the largest
personal injury verdicts and the first eight figure
personal injury jury verdict in Wisconsin history.*
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$16 million awarded to a patient in a medical
malpractice case where a physician inappropriately
ordered high dose steroids for an undiagnosed
condition. The doctor discontinued the steroids in
the face of an infection masked by the steroids.
This event sent the patient into an Addisonian
Shock, which destroyed her nerves and muscles.
This case represents the largest medical malpractice
pretrial settlement in Wisconsin.*
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$12 million awarded to the family
of an infant who suffered a cerebral palsy brain
injury at birth due to a failure to perform a timely
C-section.
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$12 million awarded in a motor vehicle accident to
two families after an illegally overloaded cement
truck ran a red light striking their car, causing
the death of the driver and serious permanent brain
injuries to the passenger.
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$10.46 million medical malpractice judgment for brain damage
to newborn caused by medical clinic's delay in
bringing newborn in for treatment of acute feeding
problems and subsequent dehydration. (co-counsel)
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$10 million awarded to a Michigan family of a 37
year-old married mother of two after a Waste Management truck ran
a stop sign and stuck her van, causing her death.
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$10 million medical malpractice award to an
8-month-old baby boy for the negligence of a doctor
in prescribing an overdose of morphine which caused
severe brain damage.
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$10 million medical malpractice settlement involving
a 10-year-old boy. Arterial and venous lines from a
heart/lung machine were reversed during open heart
surgery resulting in severe brain damage.
This is
the first eight figure personal-injury settlement in
Wisconsin history.*
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$9.8 million award by State Patients Compensation
Panel because of a delay in administrating asthma
medication.
This is the largest medical
malpractice panel award in Wisconsin history.*
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$9.7 million awarded to an 11-year-old boy whose
left arm was amputated in a laundromat accident and
subsequently reattached. The European manufacturer
was aware of a defect which allowed the washing
machine door to be opened during operation for 10
years before the accident, but never fixed the
defect or warned users of the defect.
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$7 million award in a medical malpractice case for
the failure of a family practice physician to call
the attending obstetrician for an emergency
caesarean section. Baby suffered severe late heart
rate decelerations during labor and delivery causing
severe brain damage.
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$6.3 million award against an HMO for failing to
diagnose cervical cancer in a 28-year-old woman and
failing to have proper laboratory testing of pap
smears. This case was featured in People Magazine,
Milwaukee Magazine, The New York Times
and 20/20.
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$6 million settlement involving professional legal
malpractice.
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$5.25 million was awarded to the family of a woman
involved in an automobile accident. A car making a
wide turn came into contact with a school bus,
causing it to crash into a van operated by the
plaintiff. The plaintiff suffered severe brain
damage confining her to a nursing home for remainder
of her life.
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$5 million awarded in a medical malpractice
settlement to a patient whose pathologist
misdiagnosed a brain lesion, treatable with steroid
medication, as a malignant tumor. The misdiagnosis
resulted in an unnecessary surgical removal of a
portion of his brain rendering him a totally
disabled hemiplegic with severe brain damage.
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$4.8 million settlement awarded to a family against
an Emergency Room physician who negligently
diagnosed ventricular tachycardia on an EKG and
negligently ordered medicine which caused the heart
to stop for almost 20 minutes. The doctor also
failed to timely resuscitate the 67 year old patient
causing severe brain damage which placed the patient
in a persistent vegetative state.
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$4.525 million settlement for wrongful deaths and injuries
caused by a tractor trailer that lost control on
slippery pavement on Hwy 41, north of West Bend, WI.
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$4.1 million settlement for medical malpractice. The
plaintiff suffered a massive hemorrhage during the
delivery of her ninth child. Prior to the delivery
ultrasounds revealed that her placenta had grown
into the wall of her uterus. This condition required
a hysterectomy immediately following cesarean
delivery. Instead of doing a hysterectomy, the
defendant obstetrician tried to pull the placenta
off the uterine wall and caused the hemorrhage. The
plaintiff's massive blood loss eventually caused her
heart to stop and she lost oxygen to her brain
before being successfully resuscitated. She is now
permanently brain damaged.
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$4 million settlement in a products liability case
involving a Halothane vaporizer which malfunctioned
during pediatric surgery causing extensive brain
damage in a one-year-old child.
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$3.5 Million awarded to woman suffering severe
injuries to both hands while operating an unguarded
printing press at her place of employment.
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$3.275 million settlement awarded to a woman whose
husband was killed by a derailed train crashing
through a wall of the factory where he was working.
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$3.25 million settlement for child who suffered
brain injury from oxygen deprivation during labor
and delivery. Baby was delivered at St. Mary's
Hospital in Rhinelander in August of 1994. The fetal
monitor strip showed a heart rate pattern caused by
repeated umbilical cord compression. The attending
obstetrician stood by and watched this heart rate
pattern for 6 hours without intervening. By the time
a cesarean section was done, the baby suffered
permanent neurological damage which has left her
with cerebral palsy.
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$3.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice case
involving the failure to properly treat a DPT
vaccine reaction resulting in brain damage to a
child.
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$3 million awarded to spouse of passenger on a high
speed boat which made too sharp a turn on Lake
Michigan during the Michigan "Smoke on the Water
Poker Run" resulting in his death.
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$2.9 million jury verdict in a product liability
case. The client suffered partial amputations of
both legs and one arm when he was caught in a
cornpicker.
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$2.6 million awarded to a construction worker in a
premises liability case against the general
contractor, carpenter contractor, and architect for
spinal cord injuries sustained in a fall when the
roof trusses collapsed due to improper bracing.
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$2.5 million awarded to surviving family members and
injured spouse in an auto accident in which the
defendant vehicle crossed over the center line
causing the death of driver and serious leg injuries
to the spouse.
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$2.5 million settlement for a brain damaged child in
a products liability action involving a defective
automobile.
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$2.45 million settlement in a medical malpractice
case arising from a neurosurgeon failing to properly
perform a fusion on a 52-year-old patient. As a
result, the drill came in contact with the spinal
cord causing paraplegia.
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$2.2 million verdict in a medical malpractice case
against the United States. The defendant's surgeon
incorrectly connected the cannula during open heart
surgery causing extensive brain damage in a
52-year-old woman. The case was featured on the CBS
television program "60 Minutes" and in The New York
Times.
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$1.95 million jury verdict in a product liability
case. A faulty control on a water heater allowed LP
gas to leak into the basement, causing severe burns
to the client.
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$1.7 million awarded to family whose four month old
daughter was killed when the driver of a semi-truck
fell asleep at the wheel, causing the truck to
strike the car in which the baby was a rear seat
belted passenger.
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$1.65 million settlement in a medical malpractice
case where a doctor failed to diagnose a spinal cord
infection which caused paralysis.
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$1.625 million settlement in a medical malpractice
case. Defendants were sued for failure to diagnose a
brain tumor in a 72-year-old woman.
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$1.56 million settlement awarded to a cheerleader
who sustained a quadriparetic injury due to the
negligent supervision of the university cheerleading
program.
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$1.5 million settlement. A distraught man left alone
in a police holding cell used in violation of state
order tried to hang himself. He sustained permanent
brain damage.
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$1.5 million settlement in an assault and rape case
against a Florida motel.
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$1.25 million settlement awarded for spinal cord
injuries sustained by a 21-year-old in a diving
accident.
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$1.2 million settlement for wrongful death of inmate at
Milwaukee County Jail who was denied medical
treatment for his diabetes.
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$1.2 million settlement in a medical malpractice
case. Physicians failed to diagnose and treat an
abscess which resulted in compression of the spinal
cord and paralysis of the client.
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$1.15 million awarded to passenger who sustained a
serious back injury, including a spinal fusion, as
the result of a Cessna airplane crash. The crash was
the result of pilot error in landing the airplane
too fast and too close to the end of the runway.
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$1.125 million settlement for adult children of
parents killed in truck collision. The parents were
49 years old at time of death. There was no evidence
of conscious pain and suffering for either parent.
Wisconsin law capped non-economic damages at
$150,000 per death claim. The bulk of the claim was
for lost inheritance.
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$1.1 million settlement awarded to a man who became
a paraplegic as a result of being thrown from a
horse at a country club's "Western Days" event.
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$1.09 million awarded to a 23-year-old who sustained
spinal cord and brain injuries when a truck crossed
over a highway center line and collided with his
vehicle.
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$1.075 million insurance policy limits settlement
for injuries caused by truck driver's failure to
obey a stop sign.
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$1.03 million awarded to a swimmer who was hit by a
power boat at dusk causing an above the knee
amputation.
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$1 million awarded to a 65-year-old rendered a
hemiplegic when a physician failed to diagnose and
treat bacterial endocarditis.
