Medical Malpractice - Deviation of the Standard of Care and Skill of the Average Qualified Medical Specialists
There is nothing more devastating or painful than suffering a serious personal injury or losing a loved one as a result of negligence or malpractice. At Crowe & Dunn, we have successfully achieved some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Massachusetts and beyond for our clients who have suffered serious personal injuries or had family members die as a result of negligence or malpractice.
Examples of Some of Our Results
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – FAMILY PRACTICE – EMERGENCY MEDICINE Case involving an alleged failure to diagnose and treat diabetic ketoacidosis resulting in brain damage and neurological sequelae in a child.
3.2 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE –OBSTETRICAL Case involving allegations that the Defendant physician failed to render acceptable and appropriate pre-natal care because he failed to investigate a family history of Fragile X syndrome. The alleged deviation from the accepted standard of care left the plaintiff with no option but to continue with her pregnancy, which culminated with the birth of a child who is mentally impaired.
3.25 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - CARDIAC CARE Case involving an alleged failure to maintain an airway post carotid endarterectomy resulting in an anoxic brain injury in a middle aged man.
3.5 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION case involving alleged failure to comply with the correct statute of limitations on an underlying medical malpractice action in which a six-year-old child suffered a thomboembolic stroke following a radio-frequency catheter ablation procedure.
1.5 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – NEUROSURGICAL Case involving allegations of negligent performance of lumbar disc surgery resulting in laceration of the internal iliac artery causing massive blood loss and formation of scar tissue causing chronic pain.
1 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – SURGICAL Case involving an action brought by the plaintiffs on behalf of their minor daughter, wherein they alleged that the defendant physician failed to render appropriate medical care following oral surgery, causing personal injuries and damages.
1 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – INFERTILITY TREATMENT Case involving allegations that the defendants negligently failed to detect and remove a foreign body, described as a “translucent piece of plastic” from woman’s uterine cavity, thereby rendering ongoing infertility treatment ineffective.
300,000 Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – OBSTETRICAL Case involving an action brought by the plaintiffs on behalf of their minor child, wherein they alleged that the defendant obstetricians and nurses failed to appropriate monitor labor, causing fetal hypoxia and developmental delays.
1.5 Million Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – DENTAL Case involving an action brought by the plaintiff alleging that her dentist performed unnecessary root canal therapy.
300,000 Dollar Jury Verdict
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – PODIATRY Case involving an action brought by the plaintiff alleging that her podiatrist failed to appropriately diagnosis and surgically repair a toe fracture.
195,000 Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – INTERNAL MEDICINE Case involving an action brought by an elderly man alleging that his internist failed to properly diagnose and treat an infection of his eye, causing emucleation of the eye.
500,000 Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – ORTHOPEDIC Case involving allegations that the plaintiff’s shoulder dislocation was not properly diagnosed and treated.
250,000 Dollar Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – ANESTHESIA – SURGERY Case involved a surgical fire caused by the use of a cautery tool in the presences of supplemental oxygen – 2nd and 3rd degree burn injuries
Undisclosed Settlement
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – VASCULAR – SURGERY Case involved transaction of vocal cord in elderly woman undergoing surgery to remove neck lesion.