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Estate of JH: Confidential Settlement

Failure to diagnose stroke. $1,350,000 settlement.

Estate v. Urgent Care Facility

Our client’s young wife went to a walk-in medical clinic with a severe ear infection and early indications of meningitis. The doctor failed to diagnose her condition or give proper follow-up instructions. The condition worsened and she died. Our investigation proved that there were additions made to the medical record. We reached a confidential settlement.

Estate v. HMO

Our client’s husband went to his family physician on a Tuesday morning with classic signs of a possible heart attack. A cardiac referral was made but scheduled for Thursday. He died of a heart attack Wednesday evening. We alleged an early referral would have allowed for treatment and our client’s husband would not have died. The case settled on the eve of trial for a confidential sum.

Estate v. Hospital

Confidential settlement where the hospital nurse injected medication into a vein instead of a muscle causing our client’s husband’s death.

Estate v. Rural Hospital

Confidential settlement where the hospital nurse failed to identify postoperative bleeding and the elderly patient died.

Estate v. Urban Hospital

Confidential settlement where the hospital nurse failed to identify postoperative bleeding and the patient died.

Estate v. Hospital

Confidential settlement where the hospital’s nurse administered an overdose to the client resulting in his immediate death.

P.B. v. Residency Program

Confidential $3 million settlement for serious injuries caused by a negligent resident.

Estate v. Hospital

Confidential $2 million settlement of a missed heart attack case.

Z. W. v. Multiple Defendants

A total settlement of $3,375,000 on behalf of a woman who sustained a partial spinal cord injury during surgery.

Estate of H. v. Physician and Radiologist

Confidential settlement of $1,350,000 for survivors of a fifty year old male who died when physicians failed to diagnose a stroke.

Estate v. Emergency Room Physician and Nurse Practitioner

Wrongful death settlement of $700,000 as a result of a misdiagnosed heart attack.

J.B. v. Physicians

Our client suffered from an intracranial bleed due to excess Coumadin. Ms. Foran obtained a confidential settlement.

Minor child v. Physician

Confidential settlement of $4,250,000 in case involving child with cerebral palsy.

Estate of W. v. Hospital and Physicians

Confidential settlement of $2,000,000 for a family of a woman who died when doctors failed to diagnose a group A Strep infection.

Estate Of C.H. v. Fitzgerald And Tallahassee Community Hospital

Confidential settlement of a medical negligence claim involving the failure to timely treat an arteriovenous malformation. The delays resulted in the death of the clients’ teenage son.

J.H.B. v. Confidential Physician / Hospital

Our allegations of birth related negligence resulted in a significant settlement in this very hard fought malpractice claim.

VBAC: Ruptured Uterus

Medical Arbitration Award: $1,504,010 for death of an infant where labor not properly monitored during attempted vaginal birth after a prior cesarean delivery.

Confidential Settlement In Infection Case

Infectious disease malpractice, policy limits settlement for failure to properly treat endocarditis.

Estate of Roddenberry v. Bay Anesthesia, Inc.

Following a two week medical malpractice jury trial the jury awarded the survivors of Will Roddenberry $1,512,106. Mr. Hinkle and Ms. Foran proved the client’s decedent had been improperly intubated in his esophagus.

Estate of KC v. Confidential Defendants

Although the decedent was sedated prior to a MRI procedure, she was not monitored. She suffered irreversible brain damage and died nine days later. Ms. Foran obtained a confidential settlement.

Monk v. Doctor's Memorial

Emergency room physician failed to timely diagnose a pneumothorax caused by broken ribs sustained in an automobile accident. The ribs tore a small hole in the lung. As the patient kept breathing the air was suctioned into the chest cavity where is staying, building up pressure on the heart and other organs. The condition is easily treated by insertion of a small tube or needle into the chest to relieve the air pressure. Unfortunately the doctor failed to take this basic measure and Mr. Monk died. Mr. Hinkle obtained a confidential settlement.

E.M. v. Doctor's Memorial

Policy limits settlement for a client who suffered neurological damage when emergency room physician failed to promptly treat asthma attack.

Fogg v. U.S.A.

Our 11 year old client fell while playing soccer and sustained a slipped capital femoral epiphysis which is the most common hip injury in adolescence. Unfortunately, the base physicians did not diagnose her injury and as a result, surgery was required to correct the misalignment of her hip. Ms. Foran was able to settle the case for $400,000.00

A.M. v. Confidential Defendants

The doctor’s failure to perform a caesarian section resulted in severe brachial plexus injury that left our client with limited mobility and sensation in his arm and hand. Ms. Foran obtained a confidential settlement.

J.F. v. Confidential Defendant

Ms. Foran negotiated a confidential settlement for our client who sustained injuries due to negligent dental treatment.

D.W. v. Anesthesiologist

The failure to immediately re-establish an airway follow extubation left our client brain damaged. Mr. Hinkle settled the case for $2,850,000.

Minor Child v. OB/GYN

The failure to test our client’s mother for HIV resulted in her not being treated and the vertical transmission of the virus to her newborn baby. This case may have been the first of this nature in the United States. Had the mother been screened, her HIV detected there is a 67% chance treatment would have prevented her baby from being infected. Mr. Hinkle was able to obtain a substantial settlement that will provide for the extraordinary expenses and suffering incurred by this family. As a result of this claim and other efforts at HIV awareness, pregnant women are routinely screened for HIV.

R.G. v. Physicians

Our client was a 23-year-old high school graduate who had moved from New York to the Bradenton area where she cleaned condominiums on Long Boat Key. A physically active and attractive young person, our client had the nickname “Legs.” One evening she and her friends were headed to Sarasota to go dancing when an automobile pulled in their path. Our client banged her knee on the dash causing an injury, which was ultimately diagnosed as a tear to the posterior cruciate ligament. During this routine surgery a vein behind her knee was cut. Worse, the condition was not immediately diagnosed and bleed into the tissues of her leg causing a serious condition called compartment syndrome. The treatment required that the muscle compartments of her leg be sliced open to relieve the pressure, causing extensive disability and scarring. Her ankle had to be fused. Settlements from the doctors, hospital, automobile driver and automobile manufacturer (seatbelt design issue) totaled $1,762,500.

Estate of L. v. Regional Hospital

Client was experiencing swelling in his throat after surgery and emergency help was summoned. Unfortunately the hospital paging system had quit working and nobody noticed. The nurses finally called the emergency room on the telephone and the physician rushed to the patient’s room only to discover that the tracheotomy kit was missing a scalpel. The physician used a pocketknife to attempt a tracheotomy but by the time an airway was established the patient had suffered severe brain damage and ultimately died.

Child's Estate v. Rural Hospital

We represented the family of a 10-year-old girl who died from medical malpractice. A confidential $1,750,000 settlement was reached before trial.

McMillian v. Hospital

Jury verdict and subsequent settlement for $800,000 for client who suffered below knee amputation due to delay in treatment of a rattlesnake bite. This was a record verdict in the rural county.