Results

Recent Settlements and Judgments

Prior Cases/ Verdicts and Settlements*

• $5,435,000 - nursing negligence leading to delayed delivery of baby and development issues
• $4,975,000 - resident obstetrician and supervising physician delayed delivering baby in fetal distress causing cerebral palsy.
• $4,300,000 - bicyclist injured by delivery vehicle.
• $3,800,000 - explosion causing deaths
• $3,250,000 - failure to diagnose herniated disk in cervical spine, negligence of emergency room and radiology staff, resulting in quadriplegia.
• $3,250,000 - failure to diagnose epidural abscess in patient's spinal canal, leaving him a paraplegic
• $3,000,000 - delay in diagnosing group B strep infection causes cerebral palsy
• $3,000,000 - physician's delay in delivery of baby with fetal distress causes cerebral palsy
• $2,750,000 - gas tank explodes on car after collision, burning driver
• $2,300,000 - client loses leg due to nursing error in intensive care unit
• $2,000,000 - inappropriate transfer of patient to another hospital
• $1,900,000 - failure to take and appreciate x-ray following hip replacement leads to fracture, infection and long hospitalization
• $1,750,000 - mother bleeds to death after delivery of baby
• $1,700,000 - physician's error providing wrong medication to patient who is allergic to it resulting in collapse and death
• $1,500,000 - semi-truck driver blocks the road causing injury to other motorists.
• $1,500,000 - construction crane collapses injuring construction worker
• $1,300,000 - emergency room doctor fails to diagnose bowel perforation, resulting in sepsis and death
• $1,200,000 - semi-truck executed unsafe U turn killing driver of another car
• $1,000,000 - delay in diagnosing bacterial meningitis causes deafness
• $700,000 - shoulder injury due to faulty surgical equipment
• $700,000 - death due to failure to diagnose heart attack
• $625,000 - motor vehicle accident, client sustained closed head injury
• $525,000 - recovery against mobile home park for shooting by a co-tenant resulting in the death of clients
• $450,000 - mother falls at hospital, uterus ruptures, delivers s stillborn baby
• $400,000 - pap smear is misread, subsequent development of cervical cancer
• $400,000 - misdiagnosis of client with bowel obstruction leading to sepsis and death
• $400,000 - nursing error, providing wrong prescription medication precipitating cardiac arrest and resuscitation
• $300,000 - delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer
• $300,000 - failure to monitor bedridden patient for the development of bed sores and infection
• $150,000 - drop of patient from a Hoyer lift in the hospital
• $150,000 - failure to monitor terminal cancer patient's breathing leading to respiratory arrest
• $120,000 - dog bite to client's lower leg from escaped junkyard dog
• $100,000 - fractured leg in motor vehicle accident
• $100,000 - pedestrian backed into at gas station suffering fractured leg
• $80,000 - extravasation of IV fluid from IV injures patient's hand
• $75,000 - junior high school wrestler injured by coach who fails to follow safety rules

*Disclaimer - Some of these verdicts and settlements were obtained by Andrew Muth and/or Benjamin Muth under the law firm Andrew S. Muth, P.C. and/or Muth Law, PC.