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  • $15.0 million involving man who was left a ventilator dependant quadriplegic as result of broken neck during intubation

  • $12.5 million involving a suicide

  • $10.75 million settlement with physicians and hospital in case involving infant who suffered permanent brain injuries at birth

  • $8.1 million wrongful death verdict in case involving an outpatient suicide, highest verdict in the United States in a suicide case

  • $7.1 million verdict represented the first medical malpractice verdict ever in Guilford County, highest medical malpractice verdict in North Carolina at the time, the second highest punitive damages verdict in the state

  • $7 million awarded by jury in medmal verdict

  • $4.5 million involving a child who suffered significant brain injury as result of medical treatment received for heart condition

  • $3.5 million verdict involving infant who suffered permanent brain injuries

  • $3.25 million for the wrongful death of husband and father of 4 children who died due to a failure to see and appreciate a brain aneurysm by a radiologist performing an MRA (Magnetic Resonance Angiogram)

  • Confidential settlement in 2002: $2.3 million for the wrongful death of a 38 year-old, wife and mother of 2 children who died following a routine thyroidectomy

  • Cumberland County: $1.5 million settlement in a car accident involving a 31 year-old wife and mother of 2 children which resulted in a closed-head injury and permanent brain damage

  • Macon County: $800,000 wrongful death verdict in case involving throat cancer

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    Induced Labor Fetal Distress Uterine Rupture Brain Damage $1.5 Million Confidential Settlement

    December 07, 1998

    Medical Malpractice

    Induced Labor Fetal Distress Uterine Rupture Brain Damage $1.5 Million Confidential Settlement

    Brief Statement of Claim: The plaintiff claimed that pitocin-induced labor caused fetal distress and uterine rupture, resulting in the birth of an infant with Apgar scores of 0, 0 and 3; and that the lack of a resuscitation team present resulted in the child having neurological brain damage, athetoid cerebral palsy, speech difficulties and normal cognitive function.

    Principal Injuries (in order of severity): Neurologic brain injury, athetoid cerebral palsy and speech difficulties

    Special Damages: n/a

    Tried or settled: Settled

    County where tried or settled: Confidential

    Case Name and number: Confidential

    Date Concluded: August 31, 1998

    Name of Judge: n/a

    Amount: $1.5 million

    Insurance Carrier: n/a

    Expert Witnesses and areas of expertise: Michael Goodman, M.D., FACOG, obstetrics, Rockville MD; Norbert Gleicher, M.D., obstetrics, Chicago; Charles B. Brill, M.D., pediatric neurology, Philadelphia; Michael Tennison, M.D., pediatric neurology, Chapel Hill; Kenneth Harkavy, M.D., neonatologist, Washington, D.C.; George Peckham, M.D., neurologist, Villanova, PA; James Young, M.D., neuropsychology/life care plan, Chicago; Cynthia Wilhelm, Ph.D., life care plan, Chapel Hill; Donna M. Keith, RN, labor and delivery, Emerald Isle, NC; Irene Tozer, RN, BSN, labor and delivery, Greenville NC

    Attorneys for plaintiff: Wade E. Byrd, Fayetteville, and L. Lamar Armstrong, Smithfield

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