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CASE RESULTS

$775,000 Settlement

Postal Service

Truck Wreck Leg Injury
$340,000 received by clients
$193,750 attorneys’ fees
$241,250 litigation expenses

Schulte v. United States

Portland, Oregon USPS Truck Collision

A United States Postal Service truck failed to yield at an intersection and t-boned our client causing nerve injuries in her leg. This case involved multiple experts, epidemiologists, and biomechanics experts. We settled this case before trial.
$1,000,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Cancer

$701,790 received by clients
$250,000 attorneys’ fees
$48,209 litigation expenses

Owen v. United States

Darnall Army Community Hospital

Our client underwent surgery at the U.S. Army MEDDAC in Nuremberg, Germany. Following surgery, our client transferred her care to DACH. Despite pathology results that revealed cancer, Ft. Hood providers failed to diagnose it, resulting in the death of our client.
$1,000,000 Settlement

Army

Truck Wreck

$650,236.03 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$250,000 attorneys’ fees
$99,673.97 litigation expenses

Kinnaird v. United States

Lawton, Oklahoma Army Truck Wreck

An Army truck ran a red light and t-boned our client causing a mild traumatic brain injury. As a result our client suffered memory loss and other physical injuries requiring ongoing therapy.
$1,560,000 Settlement

Veterans Affairs

Medical Malpractice Spinal Injury

$1,133,963 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$390,000 attorneys’ fees
$36,037 litigation expenses

J. White v. United States

Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital

Our client went into the VA in San Antonio, Texas for a spinal surgery. During the surgery, the surgeon negligently bruised the spinal cord causing permanent difficulties with walking and constant pain for our client.
$1,625,000
Trial Verdict

Air Force

Medical Malpractice Brain Injury

$1,067,624 received by clients
$418,248 attorneys’ fees
$227,001 litigation expenses

Hogans v. United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

Army providers at the Lewis-McChord Army Base in Tacoma, Washington, as well as Army doctors at Winn Army Community Hospital in Ft. Stewart, Georgia failed to diagnose a tumor, leading to stroke and brain injury.
$1,800,000 Settlement

Veterans Affairs

Medical Malpractice Hip Injury

$1,315,992 received by clients
$450,000 attorneys fees
$34,007 litigation expenses

Hedgpeth v. United States

Portland VA Hospital

Our client was an Army veteran who was negligently treated by VA doctors at the Portland VA Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. The VA doctors negligently operated on our client’s hip causing a permanent nerve injury to her leg.
$1,903,961
Trial Verdict

Department of Health

Wrongful Death of Child, Choctaw Health Center

$1,675,000 settlement on appeal
$418,750 attorneys’ fees
$105,745 litigation expenses

$1,150,505 client recovery after fees and expenses.

Chickaway v. United States

Choctaw Health Center

A 12-year old boy died following a clinic’s failure to diagnose a hip infection, which resulted in sepsis and death.
$2,000,000 Settlement

Veterans Affairs

Medical Malpractice Brain Injury

$1,432,118 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$500,000 attorneys’ fees
$67,227 litigation expenses

Richardson v. United States

Audie Murphy VA Hospital

Our client was on the telemetry floor of the hospital. He went to the bathroom, pushed the nurse call button, and coded. Providers could not find the key to unlock the door and was delayed in responding to his call. Our client suffered a brain injury as a result.
$2,000,000 Settlement

Navy

Surgical Medical Malpractice

$1,433,5000 received by clients
$500,000 attorneys’ fees
$66,500 litigation expenses

Shurtz v. United States

Pensacola Naval Hospital, Florida

Our client was a Navy veteran who was negligently treated by Navy doctors and providers in Pensacola, Florida. The Navy providers negligently performed a gall bladder removal surgery that caused our client to suffer permanent damage to his liver, requiring a liver transplant.
$2,150,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Misdiagnosis

$1,492,813 received by clients
$537,500 attorneys’ fees
$119,687 litigation expenses

Cloer v United States

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital

Ft. Campbell, Tennessee providers failed to diagnose colorectal cancer leading to death. During the course of this case, we discovered a simple test would have discovered the cancer and saved our client’s life.
$2,247,280
Trial Verdict

Army

Medical Malpractice Shoulder Dystocia

$2,100,000 post-trial settlement
$1,597,500 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$532,500 attorneys’ fees
$63,100 litigation expenses

Jackson v. United States

Darnall Army Community Hospital

Army Providers in Killeen, Texas at Fort Hood mismanaged a shoulder dystocia during labor and delivery causing permanent brachial plexus injury to the baby.
$2,300,000 Settlement

Navy

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$1,623,930 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$575,000 attorneys’ fees
$101,070 litigation expenses

Holweger v. United States

Portsmouth Naval Medical Center

Portsmouth, Virginia Naval healthcare providers failed to properly monitor the baby’s fetal monitor strip, which caused hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and a permanent brain injury.
$3,000,000 Settlement

Navy

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$2,322,359 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$600,000 attorneys’ fees
$77,641 litigation expenses

Carman v. United States

Portsmouth Naval Medical Center

During labor and delivery, Navy providers failed to timely respond to our client’s placental abruption causing permanent and severe brain damage to her baby.
$4,500,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury
$3,305,854.50 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$1,101,951.50 attorneys’ fees
$92,194 litigation expenses

Gerry v. United States

Darnall Army Community Hospital

Army providers at Ft. Hood failed to timely diagnose and treat our client’s placental abruption, resulting in a permanent brain injury to the baby.
$4,500,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$3,172,468 received by clients lifetime benefits
$1,125,000 attorneys’ fees
$202,531 litigation expenses

K. White v. United States

Winn Army Community Hospital

Ft. Stewart, Georgia healthcare providers misdiagnosed a miscarriage and performed a D&C on a viable pregnancy. The baby survived the procedure, but had serious brain and orthopedic injuries as a result.
$5,000,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Failure to Diagnose

$3,649,997.32 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$1,250,000 attorneys’ fees
$100,002.68 litigation expenses

Spratling v. United States

Martin Army Community Hospital

The Army failed to diagnose aortic dissection, which resulted in the death of a mother and a permanent brain injury to her child.
$5,117,473.50
Trial Verdict

Air Force

Medical Malpractice

$3,475,648.35 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$1,279,368.37 attorneys’ fees
$412,914.78 litigation expenses

Lee v. United States

Randolph Air Force Base Clinic

Military providers failed to provide our client, a child, the Prevnar vaccinations against pneumococcal pneumonia. When our client contracted pneumonia, the Air Force clinic failed to diagnose it, leading to a kidney transplant.
$5,800,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$4,106,711.68 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$1,450,000 attorneys’ fees
$33,666.12 litigation expenses

Humble v. United States

Darnall Army Community Hospital

During labor and delivery, the Army doctors and healthcare providers failed to timely and properly respond to the baby’s heart rate monitor causing the child to suffer permanent and severe brain damage as a result.
$6,500,000
Settlement

Air Force

Medical Malpractice Brain Injury

$4,581,969.98 to clients
$1,625,000.00 attorneys fees
$285,061.14 litigation expenses

Timmons v. United States

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center

Air Force settled this case after its doctors and nurses provided too much oxytocin to our client and failed to monitor her labor and delivery, causing cerebral palsy in her child.
$10,000,000 Settlement

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$7,384,854 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$2,500,000 attorneys’ fees
$115,143.23 litigation expenses

Guill v. United States

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (ACH)

Failure to properly interpret fetal monitoring and failure to properly resuscitate at birth caused global brain damage. During delivery, our client’s fetal monitoring alerted providers to multiple episodes of bradycardia that went ignored.
$13,690,648
Trial Verdict

Navy

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$12,500,000 settlement
$9,183,752 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$3,125,000 attorneys’ fees
$191,248 litigation expenses

Brown v. United States

Naval Branch Health Clinic, Millington, TN.

Navy doctors failed to properly prescribe prenatal vitamins containing folic acid which resulted in our client suffering a devastating spinal cord injury known as spina bifida.
$18,708,734
Trial Verdict

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$12,000,000 post-trial settlement
$8,704,761 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$3,000,000 attorneys’ fees
$295,238 litigation expenses

Dominguez v. United States

Darnall Army Community Hospital

At Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas, providers failed to properly respond to a fetal heart rate monitor, causing the child to suffer a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
$21,592,643.03
Trial Verdict

Veterans Affairs

Stroke Misdiagnosis

$21,592,643.03 trial verdict
$15,884,511.98 in trust for clients with lifetime benefits
$5,398,160.76 attorneys’ fees
$309,970.29 litigation expenses

Farley v. United States

VAMC Manchester, N.H.

Our client went to the Manchester Veterans Affairs with a minor stroke. The providers failed to diagnose the cause of his stroke and failed to prevent a second, larger stroke—causing our client locked in syndrome.
$32,676,410
Trial Verdict

Army

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$23,250,000 awarded on appeal
$18,967,710 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$6,347,611 attorneys’ fees
$203,577 litigation expenses

Lebron v. United States

Fort Hood, Texas

At Darnall Army Community Hospital, a doctor’s improper use of forceps crushed a baby’s skull, leading to massive brain damage, requiring lifetime care.
$44,717,681
Trial Verdict

Air Force

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

$20,000,000 judgment after appeal
$15,752,732 received by clients with lifetime benefits
$5,311,982 attorneys’ fees
$232,364 litigation expenses

Dickerson v. United States

Sheppard Air Force Base Hospital

Infant injured at birth as a result of pregnancy induced hypertension. Air Force providers failed to perform a timely c-section resulting in a profound brain injury.