- 1.25 million dollar settlement
The Mahoney Law Firm obtained a 1.25 million dollar settlement on behalf of a man whose wife and unborn child died. The wife suffered from severe pregnancy induced hypertension (also referred to as pre-eclpampsia). Her physician failed to adequately diagnose and treat her condition, which led to her death.
- 5.2 million dollar brain injury judgment
A Denver District Court judge awarded 5.2 million dollars to a 30 year-old man who sustained severe injuries including permanent physical impairment and permanent cognitive deficits.
- 3 million dollar wrongful death verdict
A Denver jury awarded three million dollars to the widow of a 49 year-old man whose family practice doctor failed to diagnose and treat lung cancer. The patient saw the doctor in order to follow up on an abnormal chest x-ray, and the doctor negligently advised him that the x-ray was not suggestive of cancer and that no further follow up treatment was needed.
- 2.2 million dollar birth injury settlement
The parents of a Cheyenne, Wyoming baby obtained a $2.2 million settlement from an obstetrician and a hospital. The mother had delivered her first child by Cesarean section, and, upon the advice of her obstetrician, was attempting a vaginal birth for her second child (VBAC). The fetal monitor strip showed signs of fetal distress, which went unnoticed by the labor and delivery nurse and the obstetrician. The mother’s uterus eventually ruptured, extruding the baby into the abdomen. Going without oxygen for several minutes, the baby suffered permanent brain damage.
- 1.75 million dollar wrongful death settlement
Our firm obtained a 1.75 million dollar settlement for the widower of a 30 year-old woman who died from a pulmonary embolism. The decedent had undergone arthroscopic knee surgery and shortly thereafter developed chest pain and shortness of breath. None of the physicians that she saw for her complaints ever ordered a ventilation/perfusion scan or any other diagnostic test to rule out deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary emboli. The woman died two weeks later as a result of multiple pulmonary emboli.
- 1.55 million dollar birth injury settlement
Our firm obtained a 1.55 million dollar settlement from an obstetrician and a hospital for a girl who suffered from cerebral palsy. The mother had delivered two previous children by Cesarean section and was attempting a vaginal delivery. The mother experienced uterine hyperstimulation and eventually a ruptured uterus. The baby was delivered by means of an emergency Cesarean section, but suffered brain injury as a result of lack of oxygen.
- $850,000 wrongful death settlement
The widow and children of a 47 year-old man from Aspen, Colorado received a $850,000 settlement from a pathologist who negligently misread a slide that demonstrated adenocarcinoma of the appendix.
- $650,000 wrongful death settlement
The widow of a 52 year-old Denver man received a $650,000 settlement from an Emergency Room physician. The decedent was seen by the defendant in the emergency room. The decedent voiced complaints consistent with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Nevertheless, the defendant believed that, in addition to an abdominal aortic aneurysm, the decedent was suffering from a ureteral stone. In order to investigate whether or not the decedent had a ureteral stone, the defendant delayed surgery for several hours, during which time the tamponade over the aneurysm burst and the decedent bled to death.
- $650,000 wrongful death settlement
The parents of a baby that died during delivery obtained a $650,000 settlement from a Lincoln, Nebraska obstetrician and hospital. The mother was attempting a vaginal delivery following a previous Cesarean section (VBAC). During labor the mother’s uterus ruptured and the baby died from lack of oxygen.
- $600,000 medical malpractice settlement
A Colorado Springs man received $600,000 from a general practitioner who negligently failed to diagnose a cauda equina syndrome. Because of the forty-eight hour delay in diagnosis, the patient suffered permanent paralysis below the waist.
- $600,000 wrongful death settlement
The widower and children of a Laramie, Wyoming woman procured a $600,000 settlement from a hospital. The decedent had been admitted to the hospital for a routine tonsillectomy. Post-operatively, she had experienced pain, and the nurses gave her ten times the prescribed dose of morphine. The nurses also administered the drug intravenously despite the fact that it had been prescribed to be given intramuscularly. The patient died from the overdose.
- $525,000 wrongful death verdict
A jury in Brighton, Colorado awarded a 25 year-old woman $525,000 for the death of her baby. Upon the recommendation of her obstetrician, the plaintiff was attempting a vaginal delivery, despite the fact that her previous child had been born via Cesarean section (VBAC). During the second stage of labor, the plaintiff’s uterus ruptured. The obstetrical nurses failed to promptly recognize the signs on the electronic fetal monitor that demonstrated the uterine rupture. The obstetrical nurses negligently delayed thirteen minutes after the rupture before calling the attending obstetrician. The baby was delivered by means of an emergency Cesarean section, but died three days later from massive brain damage.
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