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Verdicts & Settlements

  • $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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    Staff

    Our staff is well educated and experienced in all aspects of medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death cases. Listed below are other crucial members of our team.

    Fayetteville Office
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    Daina I. Delgado, a North Carolina Certified Paralegal and Notary Public, is employed as a Paralegal/Trial Assistant, and has worked for the firm since 1991. Ms. Delgado is the current Education Co-Chair of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL), Legal Assistants Division, and previously served as Publications Chair 2007-08, President of the Division from 2001-2003, Vice Chair, from 1999-2001, and Legislative Chair from 1995-1999. She is also an affiliate member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Ms. Delgado received the prestigious 2009 Ebbie Award, a citation of excellence, from the NCAJ.  She is bilingual in English and Spanish, which is obviously important for our Spanish-speaking clients, because there is no substitute for conversations directly between an attorney and a client.

    Crystal L. Reading is employed as a Paralegal, and has worked for the firm since December 2007. She moved to North Carolina from Virginia, where she worked as a litigation paralegal with a general practice firm for 3 years. Mrs. Reading attended the University of North Florida where she earned a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. She is also a North Carolina Notary Public. Mrs. Reading is a currently a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL), Legal Assistants Division, and the National Association of Legal Assistants.

    Dan Byrd is employed as the business manager for the firm.

    Bettye Grady is our receptionist in the Fayetteville Office.