A 60 year old Cass County woman was awarded $1.83 million after she developed a rare neurological disorder resulting from an adverse reaction to the influenza vaccine. She received the vaccine as part of a routine doctor’s visit on November 10, 2005. The following morning she experienced numbness in her legs and feet and was later diagnosed with transverse...
Read MoreA 48 year old Missouri man received a $1.75 million settlement after falling out of an enclosed bed in February 2007. The man was in the hospital being treated for a traumatic brain injury following a car accident. He was confused and combative due to his injuries leading hospital workers to improperly restrain the patient in an enclosed bed....
Read MoreThis is a catastrophic injury/death case arising out of the improper positioning of a venous catheter (UVC) into the heart chamber (right atrium) of a hospitalized, preterm infant. The malpositioning of this UVC resulted in the device eroding through the heart wall. Because the UVC was being used to infuse total parenteral nutrition (TPN), the TPN began to flow...
Read MorePlaintiff, a 39 year old male, experienced a sudden onset of rectal bleeding and was hospitalized for evaluation of his colon. A gastroenterologist performed a colonoscopy and an EGD (upper G I study) and diagnosed Plaintiff with diverticulosis ( a benign pouching condition) in the sigmoid (the lower portion of the colon). The gastroenterologist gave Plaintiff dietary instructions to...
Read MoreThis case arises out of a devastating adverse reaction by a Missouri resident to a tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. This vaccine had been administered to the then fifty-eight (58) year old financial planner who had formerly served as mayor of the small community where she lived. The plaintiff sustained encephalopathy and profound, irreversible brain injury. The vaccine was...
Read MoreJohn and Jane Does v. __________, M.D. et al. A local Kansas City surgeon committed fraud when he advertised on the local television station that he performing a new and improved elective surgery procedure right here in the Kansas City area that would change his patients’ lives forever. Previously this new and revolutionary elective procedure was only being performed...
Read MoreAfter more than half a decade of decline, the number of Missourians who have lost their lives to motor vehicle accidents is up over the first two and a half months of 2012. This year is the first since 2005 in which fatalities on Missouri roads between January 1 and March 7 did not drop year-to-year. Almost a Third...
Read MoreRodriguez, minor v. Secretary of HHS Dempsey Kingsland Osteen represented one year-old Mario Rodriguez who became quadriplegic suffering from transverse myelitis after receiving the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination in Kansas City on January 25, 2000. The award in this case was received after a long battle in the courts and after achieving a reversal in the federal court...
Read MoreIt is the nature of vehicle crashes that they happen so suddenly that they can’t be avoided. Even though the collision happens in the matter of a blink of an eye, the physical trauma that victims may suffer can last for a lifetime. That is often the case with traumatic brain injury. Even a less severe form of trauma,...
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is approaching Detroit auto manufacturers for help on his campaign against distracted driving. Within the past few years the auto industry has introduced a variety of advanced navigation and entertainment systems in their new vehicles, some of which have been deemed distracting. While LaHood avoided pressuring the automakers to address the new technology,...
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