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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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    Birth Injuries

    North Carolina Birth Injury Lawyers

    Birth injuries often leave families facing additional medical treatment, uncertainty, and feelings of confusion. How could trained, experienced physicians make such a serious mistake? At the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd we take legal action against negligent doctors, nurses, and hospitals and hold them accountable in a court of law for the injuries they cause our clients’ children. In many cases, birth injuries result in mental retardation, physical deformities, learning disabilities, and loss of hearing or sight. Making sure families receive the financial compensation they and their children will need both for the short and long term, we recover damages proportional to the needs and suffering of our clients.

    We will hold your doctor legally responsible for the injuries caused to your child – contact North Carolina birth injury lawyers at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd and schedule a free consultation to discuss your case. Located in Fayetteville, we represent clients throughout Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina.

    Birth Injuries and Physician Negligence

    The Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd represent clients in regard to the following kinds of birth injury cases:

    We have the Resources to Win Your Case

    The Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd employs its own staff OB / GYN nurse and consults regularly with nationally recognized medical experts. We work closely with our staff nurse and medical expert witnesses, exhaustively reviewing physician and delivery room procedures and protocols, identifying steps that could have been taken to prevent injury but were not.

    Our team also reviews pre-natal records to identify any missed indications or signs that should have been noticed and addressed before delivery. Building cases on the basis of evidence, we meet the other side in the arena of scientific and medical fact.

    Establishing Your Child’s Future

    Working closely with Life Care Planners and Economic Impact Analysts, our birth injury attorneys demand compensation proportional to the future needs of our clients. Realizing that many birth injuries result in mental retardation and physical disabilities, the cost of special education, maintenance, and care must be factored in to any settlement or jury award. At the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd, we won’t settle for anything less than the full security of our client’s child’s future – it’s that simple.

    For more information regarding what we can do for you and your child, contact North Carolina birth injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd today.

    Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, we represent clients throughout the South, including Tidewater, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Charleston, Columbia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, West Virginia and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.