FTCA Successes
An $800,000 settlement will go to compensate the husband and minor child in a wrongful death case. The medical malpractice case involved an overprescription of steroids which led to a severe reaction and eventual death. Part of the settlement was structured, making the total value of the settlement over $1.4 million.
In a recent case against the government we negotiated a 2.4 million dollar settlement. The case involved an infant who sustained a brain injury at birth. At the time of the incident, the father was an active duty service member. The settlement provided $900,000 in cash and another 1.5 million dollars in a structured settlement, which could pay as much as 21 million dollars for the child's medical care over the life of the child. The family now has the security of knowing that their child will be taken care of for as long as he lives.
In a medical malpractice case under the Federal Tort Claims Act, we obtained more than 1.1 million dollars for an infant who sustained brain damage at birth due to the negligence of an Army doctor. Part of the award funded a structured settlement to make sure medical and other needs of the child will be paid for as long as she lives. The structured settlement will pay over 10 million dollars if the child reaches a normal life expectancy.
Just prior to trial we settled a medical malpractice case against the government for $251,000. A child lost part of the fingers on one hand after the military health care providers put a needle in the wrong place in the child's arm.
In a medical malpractice case against the government, through our representation a family in Germany received a settlement of $638,000 for brain damage injuries sustained by their infant when the baby's blood pressure was allowed to drop too low. The majority of the settlement funded a special needs trust which could pay more than 10 million dollars over the life of the child.
In a medical malpractice case under the Federal Tort Claims Act, we obtained for our client an award of $100,000 after a surgeon at a Veterans Hospital cut the wrong structure during the routine repair of a hernia. The patient required a second surgery to remove one of his testicles as a result of the surgeon's mistake.
In a medical malpractice case under the Federal Tort Claims Act, a we obtained an award of $350,000 for our client who was injured as a result of the negligence of doctors at a Veterans Hospital. The hospital misread a chest x-ray and failed to detect the patient's lung cancer. The patient required surgery and needed additional therapy as a result of the negligence of the hospital.
