Product Liability: Railroad car explosion
Claim: Product liability, negligent maintenance
Venue: Hamilton County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense Verdict

Transportation: Negligent Operation of Van
Claim: Negligent operation of YMCA vehicle
Injury: Traumatic brain injury / paraplegia to 12-year-old
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Birth Trauma
Claim: Failure to timely deliver
Injury: Cerebral palsy
Venue: Summit County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Wrongful Death
Claim: Failure to diagnose and treat malignant hypertension
Injury: Intracranial hemorrhage and death of 49 year-old television personality
Venue: Mahoning County
Verdict: Defense verdict

Product Liability: Ventilator-Dependent Quadriplegia
Claim: Defective Air Bag
Injury: Ventilator-dependent quadriplegia
Venue: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Trucking: Negligent Operation of Tractor-Trailer
Claim: Negligent operation of tractor-trailer
Injury: Death of mother/severe injuries to survivors
Venue: Kanawha County, West Virginia
Verdict: Our driver 5% at fault, $3 million verdict

Medical Malpractice: Wrongful Death
Claim: Admitted liability medication error
Injury: Death
Venue: Ohio County, West Virginia
Verdict: Defense verdict on wrongful death claim

Metabolife Herbal Supplement Claim
Claim: Defective design, lack of warnings, fraud
Injury: Heart damage / cardiac vasospasm
Venue: St. Louis County, Missouri
Verdict: Settled for our pre-trial offer following cross-examination of Plaintiff’s expert cardiologist

Medical Malpractice: Doctor Fraud
Claim: Fraudulently performed cardiac interventions
Injury: Heart damage, punitive damages
Venue: Hancock County, West Virginia
Verdict: Defense verdict

Product Liability: Car Carrier, TBI
Claim: Defective guards, inadequate design
Injury: Traumatic brain injury, 40-year-old husband daughter with functioning of 7-year-old
Venue: Harrison County, West Virginia
Verdict: Settled after Plaintiff’s primary fact witness admitted to Plaintiff’s contributory fault on cross examination and after the testimony of Plaintiff’s primary liability expert was precluded

Medical Malpractice: Ventilator-Dependent Quadriplegia
Claim: Improper management of tracheostomy tube, failure to properly monitor, Alteration of records, failure to preserve evidence, punitive damages
Injury: Ventilator-dependent quadriplegia in 25-year-old gentleman
Venue: Mahoning County, Ohio
Verdict: Settled for our pre-trial offer following Opening Statements

Medical Malpractice: Delayed Diagnosis
Claim: Failure to timely diagnose & treat breast cancer
Injury: Expected death of young mother in several years
Venue: Stark County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Device: Retinal Implant
Claim: Defective design of retinal implant
Injury: Loss of vision in one eye
Venue: U.S.D.C., N.D. of Ohio
Verdict: Settled after cross of Plaintiff expert

Product Liability: Airbag, TBI
Claim: Defective Air Bag
Injury: Traumatic brain injury
Venue: Erie County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Automobile Warranty Claim
Claim: CSPA and Lemon Law violations
Injury: Loss of use of vehicle
Venue: Erie County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Eye Surgery
Claim: Negligent cataract surgery
Injury: Vision problems, distorted pupil
Venue: Geauga County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Death of Infant
Claim: Failure to timely deliver twins
Injury: Death due to twin-to-twin transfusion
Venue: Van Wert County, Ohio
Verdict: Settled after cross of Plaintiff expert

Medical Malpractice: Admitted Liability
Claim: Failure to sterilize instruments
Injury: Fear of HIV
Venue: Stark County, Ohio
Verdict: Plaintiff verdict equal to pre-trial offer

Medical Malpractice: Misdiagnosis
Claim: Failure to timely diagnose aortic dissection
Injury: Death of 65-year-old attorney
Venue: Lucas County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Negligent Surgery
Claim: Negligent surgery led to metastasis
Injury: Death due to colon cancer
Venue: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Misdiagnosis
Claim: Misdiagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Injury: Death
Venue: Lucas County
Verdict: Settled after Opening Statement

Product Liability / Warranty Claim
Claim: Defective wiring harness
Injury: Total loss of Ford Windstar
Venue: Canton, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Negligent Surgery
Claim: Negligent triple bypass surgery
Injury: Death
Venue: Lucas County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Product Liability: Airbag, TBI
Claim: Defective design of Air Bag
Injury: Traumatic brain injury
Venue: U.S.D.C. N.D. Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Negligent C-Section
Claim: Surgery performed without anesthesia
Injury: Severe pain and emotional damages
Venue: Stark County, Ohio
Venue: Defense verdict

Medical Malpractice: Misdiagnosis
Claim: Misdiagnosis of long QT syndrome
Injury: Death of 6-year-old boy
Venue: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Automobile Warranty Claim
Claim: CSPA and Lemon Law violations
Injury: Loss of use of vehicle
Venue: Franklin County, Ohio
Verdict: Plaintiff verdict equal to pre-trial offer

Product Liability / Automobile Warranty Claim
Claim: Fire due to defective design
Injury: Loss of vehicle, consequential damages
Venue: Montgomery County, Ohio
Venue: Defense verdict

Automobile Product Liability Claim: TBI, Disabling Injuries
Claim: Defective design / inadequate warnings
Injury: TBI and other severe and disabling injuries
Venue: Belmont County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Product Liability: Krups Coffee Maker
Claim: Defective design of coffee maker
Injury: Fire resulting in extensive property damage
Venue: Hamilton County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict

Automobile Warranty
Claim: Warranty and Lemon Law violations
Injury: Loss of use of vehicle
Venue: Richland County, Ohio
Verdict: Defense verdict 

Nursing Negligence: Fall
Claim: Failure to monitor
Injury: Fractured ankle resulting in ORIF and RSD
Venue: Hamilton County
Verdict: Defense verdict

Premises Liability: Ceiling collapse
Claim: Admitted liability following ceiling collapse
Injury: Torn rotator cuff and surgery
Venue: Hamilton County
Verdict: Plaintiff’s verdict matched offer at final pre-trial

Nursing Negligence: Fall
Claim: Failure to monitor
Injury: Broken humerus and pulmonary emboli
Venue: Hamilton County
Verdict: Directed Verdict for Defense

Nursing Negligence: Fall
Claim: Admitted liability for fall during patient transport
Injury: Broken collarbone
Venue: Butler County
Verdict: Verdict one-half pre-trial offer