| Read Time: 3 minutes | Notable Cases

Truck-Car Fatality Collision – $5 Million Dollar Settlement

The insurance company for the truck driver and trucking company defendants initially offered $375,000 to settle this case. After we filed suit and took depositions of the truck driver and the President of the trucking company and its Safety Director, the defendants requested a mediation which accomplished settlement in the sum of $5 million. Missouri Lawyers Weekly cited this...

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Patient is Discharged from Hospital without Medically Necessary Device – $700,000 Settlement

We filed this case against seven hospital physicians because of communication errors that resulted in our client being discharged from the hospital without a life-saving cardiac device designed to intervene in the event a patient experiences a heart attack. Approximately four days after his discharge, our 58 year old client experienced a myocardial infarction that resulted in his death....

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Failure to Diagnose Arterial Line Complication – $800,000 Settlement

This case involved over 30,000 pages of medical records and complex issues of medicine pertaining to the monitoring of arterial lines. It was settled largely because of the outstanding quality of the PowerPoint presentation and demand letter prepared by our staff paralegal, Kerry Hopkins. In select cases in which we feel confident that the defendants cannot present a viable...

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