Personal Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, & Wrongful Death
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. From simple motor vehicle accidents to complex cases of medical neglect, we work closely with eminently qualified experts and invest the time and resources to optimize results for our clients. We have achieved success with medical practice cases, including those involving obstetrical and birth related injuries, failure to render correct diagnoses, orthopedic and neurosurgical negligence, and surgical malpractice. We also handle construction and work related accidents and injuries, general tort liability, motor vehicle accidents, and litigation involving defective products, such as defective household appliances, and industrial and commercial machinery that have resulted in serious bodily injury or wrongful death. We also represent children who are the victims of sexual abuse or who have suffered brain injuries.
Examples of Some of Our Results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Case involving an action brought by the plaintiff alleging that her dentist performed unnecessary root canal therapy.
300,000 Dollar Jury Verdict
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
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
Case involving allegations that the plaintiff’s shoulder dislocation was not properly diagnosed and treated.
250,000 Dollar Settlement
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
Case involved transaction of vocal cord in elderly woman undergoing surgery to remove neck lesion.
Undisclosed Settlement
Case involving alleged neurological sequelae in young woman women caused by motor vehicle accident.
3 Million Dollar Settlement
Case involving wrongful death of 15 year old passenger in motor vehicle accident.
2.4 Million Dollar Settlement
Case involving alleged injuries to a young girl hit in a crosswalk by a driver on her cell phone; fractured leg and miscellaneous secondary injuries.
400,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving wrongful death of 15 year old passenger in motor vehicle accident.
2.4 Million Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations of wrongful death of an elderly man who suffered a perforation of his small bowel as a result of the migration of a feeding tube.
700,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations of an overloaded flatbed trailer parked on the side of the road causing motor vehicle accident. fractured leg; comparative negligence.
250,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations by the plaintiff that she was caused to slip on a foreign substance at a commercial store causing her to suffer a bimaleolar ankle fracture
625,000 Jury Verdict
Case involving allegations by the plaintiff that was caused to suffer a hip fracture and related injuries as a result of a fall. Allegations that the defendant contractors and store owner failed to comply with state regulations requiring handicap access for disabled persons.
600,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving injuries to a young girl cause by a dog bite while vacationing on Cape Cod with her family.
125,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations by the plaintiff that she was seriously injured when the underside, or soffit, of a section of an exterior canopy at a shopping mall collapsed, causing multiple personal injuries to the plaintiff, who was standing beneath the canopy at the time.
750,000 Dollar Settlement
Plaintiff, while in the course of his employment as a painter, was caused to fall a distance of 15′ -17′ when a staging plank that he was standing on broke, causing personal injuries and damages. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant general contractor failed to provide a safe worksite.
400,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegation that the plaintiff fell through an unguarded floor opening, resulting in bimalleolar ankle fracture and other injuries. Suit filed against several general and subcontractors alleging a failure to provide a safe work site and valuation of OHA regulations.
500,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations of a defective wet/dry vacuum causing an electrical shock injury that resulted in cervical myelopathy and functional right hemi-paresis in a middle aged man.
1.8 Million Dollar Settlement
Case involving an action brought by the plaintiff, who alleged that his motorcycle accident, and resulting back injury, was caused by a defective tire. Suit filed against the tire manufacturer and distributor.
1 Million Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations against a non-profit agency that placed an adult with a young child who alleged that he was then sexually abused.
500,000 Dollar Settlement
Case involving allegations against the management of a group home responsible for the care of mentally impaired resident. Plaintiff was allegedly sexually assaulted by another resident.