This young man suffered from a compulsive disorder called polydipsia, a condition also known as compulsive water drinking. Believe it or not, this can kill. Despite this fact, the condition is one that can be safely monitored by limiting access to water and watching the patient. This was done successfully for several years. This patient needed to be transferred...
Read MoreA veteran has a routine chest x-ray. The radiologist warns of a suspicious lesion on the chest of the veteran. Despite this, the patient is never informed. Two years are allowed to pass without the patient knowing of the dangerous condition that could have been successfully treated. Instead, his cancer became inoperative and fatal. During litigation, our lovable client...
Read MoreOur client, a twenty-two year old male, had been visiting friends at a multi-family residence at night. Upon leaving, as he was approaching his car, the client stepped into a hole that had been cut into a storm sewer grate. The client’s right leg was deeply lacerated, and he sustained a significant injury to his right knee. He required...
Read MoreA recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that drowsy drivers have been causing more fatal motor vehicle accidents than in the past. Incredibly, two out of every five drivers admitted to falling asleep while driving at least once; and 10 percent admitted to dozing off behind the wheel in the past year. Facts and Statistics...
Read MoreOur medical team was instrumental in helping us achieve a settlement in one of the most complex cases that our firm has ever litigated. Our client was a sixty year old male who was rendered paraplegic because of a late diagnosis of spinal epidural abscess (SEA). We obtained damages recovery from five board-certified physicians who practiced in four separate...
Read MoreOur client sustained multiple, serious injuries from a head-on collision that happened on the highway in Southeast Kansas. We settled this case without needing to file suit after we obtained a life care plan from a certified life care planner who itemized and priced all of the future care needs of the client. During the course of our working...
Read MoreOur client had recently retired from a blue collar job due to structural vulnerability in his spine caused by severe osteoporosis and severe ankylosing spondylitis. These diagnoses had caused the client’s spine to become brittle and prone to fracture and to degenerate such that he had developed a massive humpback. He suddenly experienced severe mid-back pain during a coughing...
Read MoreThis case was cited by Missouri Lawyers Weekly as one of the largest medical malpractice settlements in the State of Missouri during calendar year 2016. The case settled as the result of the combined efforts of our medical team along with expert witnesses and lay witnesses that we identified through our investigation. In building the case, we gathered and...
Read MoreWe achieved a $1 million settlement within just four months of having presented this case to the defendant’s insurance carrier. In order to accomplish settlement of the case, we prepared comprehensive PowerPoint and demand letter presentations with the help of our medical team. In the demand package, we laid out the applicable medical literature including the FDA Black Box...
Read MoreEleven law firms had rejected this case that involved a thirty-seven-year-old Kentucky resident who sustained multiple complications from gynecologic surgery. We felt that the case might have merit despite the many rejections because she had sustained nerve damage that created pain and dysfunction in her right leg together with many lower abdominal injuries. The client’s right leg injury suggested...
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