Case Results

A medical malpractice settlement of $9,250,000 in a case involving amputations.

$9 million settlement for middle-aged mother and wife injured during surgery.

$4.1 million settlement on behalf of a woman who underwent unnecessary surgery.

$4 million jury verdict for a man who had a cardiac pacemaker implanted in his chest unnecessarily because of faulty test data.

$3.25 million settlement against a physician on behalf of her patient when he failed to diagnose breast cancer in a timely manner.

$3.2 million jury verdict for a young man who suffered a stroke due to the negligent administration of anesthesia during a maxillofacial surgical procedure.

$3.1 million injury settlement in Providence, RI for the family of a man for the failure to diagnose a serious cardiac condition.

$2.775 million settlement on behalf of a woman dying of cancer that would have been treatable with an earlier correct diagnosis.

$2.5 million settlement for an elderly woman relating to a delayed diagnosis of her cancer, causing excess surgeries and complications.

$2 million settlement arising from a failure to diagnose thyroid cancer.

$2 million mid-trial settlement for delayed diagnosis of a severe spinal condition resulting in disability of bladder, bowel and sexual function.

$1.7 million on behalf of a teenage girl whose cancer treatment and outcome was greatly complicated by a failure to diagnose the condition at an earlier age.

$1.525 million settlement on behalf of a 53-year-old man paralyzed after the negligent performance of an aorto-bilateral femoral popliteal bypass graft surgery.

$1.25 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of two children, relating to the death of their mother following a medical laboratory reporting error.

$1 million settlement for a woman whose cancer diagnosis was missed and delayed, resulting in advanced disease.

$975,000 pre-trial settlement on behalf of a middle-aged woman harmed by a surgical error and resulting infection.

$775,000 nursing home settlement for an elderly woman who suffered a blood clot at a nursing/rehabilitation facility resulting in a partial leg amputation.

$750,000 settlement for the family of a woman who died in intensive care due to a compromised airway.

$450,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who the defendant misdiagnosed with breast cancer and underwent an unnecessary mastectomy.

Confidential multimillion-dollar mid-trial settlement in the case of a man who suffered metastatic cancer as a result of a negligent pathology exam after surgery.

Confidential seven-figure settlement of a medical malpractice claim for failure to diagnose and treat prostate cancer in a timely manner.

Confidential settlement for failure to diagnose lung cancer in 60-year-old man.

Confidential settlement against the manufacturer of a medical device when a young woman suffered serious injuries due to their product.

Confidential settlement for a surgical malpractice claim for failure to recognize and repair post-operative bleeding following a hysterectomy.

Confidential settlement against a surgeon whose negligence in removing the wrong internal organ from a man undergoing laparoscopic surgery left the man with a severe case of diabetes and other injuries.

Confidential settlement following a trial for a woman who suffered serious gastrointestinal injuries because of negligent performance in a laporascopic cholecystectomy or removal of gall bladder.

Confidential settlement against a physician when failure to diagnose and treat the symptoms of a stroke resulted in a woman having a stroke and suffering serious permanent injuries.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement against multiple medical providers following a failure to diagnose a severe cardiac infection, resulting in a severe stroke and permanent disability in a 39-year-old man.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a young woman who had a surgical procedure to correct scoliosis that resulted in paralysis.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a minor who suffered a new and different injury during brain surgery.

Confidential settlement during trial for the surviving family of a woman who died when doctors did not diagnose a bowel perforation following colonoscopy.

Confidential settlement during trial on behalf of an elderly woman who suffered an amputation as a result of untreated limb ischemia.

Multimillion-dollar settlement for a man left with a severe brain injury after a medication overdose at a hospital.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a minor who suffered a new and different injury during pediatric brain surgery.

$3 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of the family of a child who was born brain-damaged because a physician and hospital negligently failed to deliver the child promptly after a placental abruption.

$1.2 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of a child who suffered a brachial plexus nerve injury when an obstetrician was negligent in performing the delivery.

Confidential $1 million+ settlement. During the plaintiff’s pregnancy with her first child, she experienced a hemorrhage from “vasa previa,” resulting in the baby dying very shortly after birth.

$1 million mid-trial settlement for the parents of a child who died in utero at a hospital.

$1 million settlement on behalf of parents of baby who died during poorly managed delivery.

Multimillion-dollar settlement against the manufacturers of a drug that a mother ingested before giving birth, causing her child to be born without arms or legs.

Confidential settlement for the family of an infant injured during delivery, later causing the child’s death.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a minor child severely injured by late diagnosis of a cardiac condition, which could have been successfully treated before delivery.

Multimillion-dollar injury settlement in Providence, RI reached for a child that was severely brain-damaged due to misuse of vacuum extractor at delivery.

Multimillion-dollar settlement reached for the delay in delivering a brain-damaged child who was suffering severe distress before birth.

Multimillion-dollar Providence, RI injury settlement reached for the family of a brain-damaged child against the hospital for failure to deliver by cesarean section.

Confidential settlement for hypoxic ischemic birth injury to an infant.

Confidential settlement for Erb’s palsy birth trauma.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlements in multiple birth injury and birth asphyxia cases, on behalf of injured children, involving obstetrical negligence, brain damage, and cerebral palsy.

$1.5 million settlement against a motel owner and the company that supplied their propane gas for a family that suffered burns after a propane leak caused an explosion.

$950,000 settlement for a man who required a partial foot amputation due to injuries caused from a slip and fall accident.

$450,000 settlement on behalf of a college student who was severely burned during a welding class, due to lack of proper supervision and adequate safety equipment.

Confidential settlement against the operator of a summer camp on behalf of the family of a young boy who drowned as a result of negligent supervision at the camp.

Multimillion-dollar jury verdict against the YMCA on behalf of a young woman who was paralyzed as a result of a fall during rehearsal of a dance routine.

Multimillion-dollar settlement for a young man who lost both arms and both legs due to burns suffered after contacting electrical wires.

Multimillion-dollar settlement against an electric company on behalf of a young man who suffered electrocution injuries requiring multiple amputations as a result of the company’s negligent failure to supervise workers at an electrical substation.

Multimillion-dollar settlement against the manufacturer of a child’s walker as a result of severe burn injuries sustained by the child when an ember from a fireplace fire ignited the plastic seat of the walker.

$21.5 million jury verdict for the family of Mary O’Sullivan for negligence of a physician in the Emergency Department at Newport Hospital in failing to diagnose and treat pneumonia, resulting in the death of Mary O’Sullivan, wife and mother of three young children. This was at the time the largest medical malpractice and wrongful death jury verdict in the history of Rhode Island.

$4.5 million wrongful death settlement for a defendant’s failure to have a cardiologist to monitor Amiodarone, a cardiac medication, properly.

$2 million medical malpractice and wrongful death settlement for a middle-aged woman killed by colon cancer.

$1.8 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of two minor children following the death of their father. The father died of a heart attack following discharge from an emergency room while experiencing chest pains.

$1.6 million settlement in a wrongful death and pharmaceutical product liability case, on behalf of a 75-year-old woman who was prescribed a diet drug.

$1.45 million pre-trial settlement relating to the death of a collegiate athlete following a collapse during an athletic training workout.

$1.4 million wrongful death settlement resulting from a failure to diagnose a fatal gynecological cancer during pregnancy.

$1.25 million settlement on behalf of the family of a man who died from undiagnosed colorectal cancer.

$1 million settlement for death of mother when the laboratory’s mistaken analysis of a pap smear resulted in a failure to diagnose cervical cancer.

$1 million settlement for the family of a young man who died shortly after surgery.

$550,000 on behalf of a nursing home resident who choked to death when provided with an improper meal for her condition.

Settlement for a confidential amount when a nursing home and the corporation that provided their medical services failed to take the proper precautions to prevent an 80-year-old resident from falling, which resulted in death.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a family whose child died in a hospital when staff failed to recognize and act on the child’s deteriorating condition.

Multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of the family of a man who was electrocuted and killed as a result of a utility company’s negligent placement and maintenance of high-voltage electrical wires.

Confidential settlement for an accidental death in a hunting accident.

Confidential settlement against a hospital and pharmaceutical manufacturer for the negligent administration of Diprivan (propofol) to a 13-year-old boy, resulting in his death.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a young woman who died when improperly prescribed birth control medication caused a severe blood clot.

Confidential settlement on behalf of two young daughters whose father received negligent treatment in a hospital emergency room resulting in his death—the man suffered respiratory arrest after the hospital did not treat his breathing difficulties for several hours.

Wrongful death case wherein a driver of an SUV drove outside the travel lane of highway into breakdown lane where she hit and killed a cyclist.

Confidential settlement for the death of a 50-year-old man due to failure to read an x-ray properly and the resultant failure to diagnose bone cancer.

Confidential settlement on behalf of the family of a 70-year-old man who died of colorectal cancer, because of his primary care physician’s failure to prescribe tests to screen the patient for the disease.

Policy-limit settlement of a dram shop claim for the wrongful death of an intoxicated patron.

Confidential settlement during trial for the family of a man killed during a pre-planned bank robbery, where the bank’s security measures and physical properties were alleged to be deficient.

Multimillion-dollar settlement reached during trial for a Massachusetts wrongful death claim of a 39-year-old father of three minor children.

$5.4 million settlement on behalf of a seaman who suffered a brain injury after falling from his employer’s corporate yacht; the case also involved extensive and successful litigation over the seaman’s right to have his medical care paid for by his employer.

$2.8 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of a young woman who suffered brain damage because of the negligent delay in emergency room treatment for respiratory difficulties.

$2 million settlement just prior to trial for middle-aged woman suffering brain damage caused by untreated brain infection.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a young boy when the defendant did not diagnose and treat his meningitis soon enough to prevent brain damage.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement for a hospital’s delay in performing an MRI that resulted in failure to diagnose a carotid dissection in an 8-year-old and permanent neurological damage resulted.

Confidential settlement against a physician that was negligent in performing sinus surgery and caused a woman to suffer brain damage.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a young girl who suffered severe brain and nervous system injuries when she was struck by a vehicle leased from a car manufacturer. This case has been widely recognized as Rhode Island’s largest individual civil settlement.

$750,000 jury verdict against a railroad on behalf of a man who was negligently served alcoholic beverages during a train ride and was seriously injured when he fell onto the tracks and was injured by the train.

$750,000 judgment after a jury verdict against a culinary school on behalf of the family of a college student who was negligently served food containing an ingredient to which he was severely allergic and died as a result of ingesting the ingredient.

$600,000 settlement on behalf of a boy shot in the eye in a paintball gun accident.

$500,000 settlement for a bicyclist who suffered multiple leg injuries when struck by a motor vehicle during a Triathlon race in which he was competing.

Confidential settlement for slip and fall injury with permanent damage to limb.

Confidential settlement for a college student who suffered a closed-head injury from a fall from a dormitory.

Multimillion-dollar Providence, RI personal injury settlement against the operator of a day care center on behalf of the estates of a woman and her daughter who were murdered after the center negligently released the child to the perpetrator of the crime.

$1.75 million Providence, RI injury settlement on behalf of an 83-year-old woman because the negligent removal of an epidural catheter after a routine surgical procedure paralyzed her.

Confidential settlement against several doctors and a hospital on behalf of a young man when negligent failure to treat an epidural abscess at a university infirmary and hospital paralyzed him.

$2.5 million settlement against a trucking company on behalf of the family of a young man who was killed when his vehicle collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer truck that had become disabled and was stationary in the high-speed lane of an unlit highway at night.

$1 million mid-trial settlement for an elderly woman seriously injured when a delivery truck pulled out in front of her.

$1.7 million settlement of a disputed insurance coverage claim for chemical spill.

$1 million settlement for breach of an employment contract.

$300,000 settlement for embezzlement by corporate officer.

Confidential multimillion-dollar mid-trial settlement on behalf of a developmentally disabled adult who had been sexually assaulted by a care provider.

$28 million judgment after a jury verdict on behalf of a 48-year-old woman against the owner and lessor of a motor vehicle that struck the woman’s car and paralyzed her – this followed a precedent-setting decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court in this case that lessors of motor vehicles were subject to Rhode Island’s vicarious liability statutes. [See Oliveira v. Lombardi, 794 A.2d 453 (R.I. 2002)]

$2.6 million Providence, RI injury settlement on behalf of the family of a man killed in an automobile accident.

$2.5 million settlement on behalf of the family of a municipal worker who a driver struck and killed while he was standing in the breakdown lane of an interstate highway.

$1.2 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of a man who was seriously injured when his vehicle was struck by a motor vehicle which had gone out of control after coming in contact with a tractor-trailer truck.

$1.1 million settlement on behalf of surviving family members of middle-aged woman struck and killed by a passenger bus.

$1.1 million settlement for the surviving child of a mother killed in a car crash while riding as a passenger.

$975,000 jury trial verdict in favor of a young woman injured in a car crash. Our client suffered “TMJD” as a result of being rear-ended by a distracted driver in a low-speed crash.

$900,000 recovery for a young woman severely injured in a vehicle collision, suffering multiple fractures and requiring extensive surgery.

$850,000 settlement on behalf of a 74-year-old woman who was seriously injured when her car was struck by another vehicle on an interstate highway.

$500,000 settlement on behalf of the parents of a woman whose wrongful death was caused by her husband, who was driving her motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement, believed to be the largest personal injury settlement in Rhode Island, on behalf of a 13-year-old girl, and her family, who suffered catastrophic injuries when she was struck by a motor vehicle operated by an intoxicated driver and owned by a leasing company.

Confidential settlement against a town on behalf of two elderly people struck and seriously injured by a police cruiser whose operator had negligently failed to use the siren when responding at high speed to a suspected crime scene.

Confidential settlement for victim of a rear-end car crash who suffered a disabling spinal cord injury.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a young woman who suffered a spinal cord injury when her pickup truck rolled over.

$19.6 million judgment after a jury verdict for the family of world-famous Formula One race car driver Mark Donahue, who was killed when a defective tire on his race car exploded and caused his car to crash during a Grand Prix race in Austria.

$13.2 million judgment against the manufacturer of an all-terrain vehicle on behalf of a young man who was paralyzed in an accident caused by a defect in the ATV’s design.

Confidential settlement against a manufacturer of roofing tar on behalf of a man who worked as a roofer and developed basal cell cancer from exposure to the roofing tar.

$3.5 million verdict against a football helmet manufacturer on behalf of a high school football player who suffered a spinal cord injury and paralysis due to a defectively designed helmet.

$3.2 million personal injury settlement in Providence, RI for a products liability case on behalf of a man who fractured his neck and was paralyzed after diving into an in-ground “Hopper” bottom swimming pool.

$1 million+ confidential settlement following a deadly crash caused by a defective tire.

$764,000 settlement in a pharmaceutical product liability action on behalf of a 45-year-old woman who sustained heart valve damage following the prescription of a diet drug.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a young woman who suffered cervical cancer because of her in-utero exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES).

Confidential settlements on behalf of the families of 5 young people killed in a house fire. Settlements obtained just prior to trial after extensive litigation against a major smoke alarm manufacturer.

Confidential settlements on behalf of 5 teenagers who were ejected from a mini-van when it rolled over following a tire tread separation. One of the occupants was killed and 4 were seriously injured. Settlements just prior to trial after 5 years of litigation against one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers.

Confidential settlement against a pharmaceutical company on behalf of a young woman who suffered a stroke as a result of her ingestion of birth control pills.

Confidential settlement against a medical device manufacturer on behalf of a young woman who suffered serious injuries due to a dangerous surgical instrument.

Confidential settlement against a car manufacturer on behalf of a child who was paralyzed as a result of a defective seatbelt system which caused her to suffer a spinal cord injury during a one-vehicle collision.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a child seriously injured by a negligently designed ride-on type toy.

Confidential settlement on behalf of a teenager who suffered a spinal cord injury due to a defectively designed football helmet.

Confidential settlement for 35 women who developed gynecological cancer due to the drug diethylstilbestrol.

Confidential settlement of a claim against a vehicle manufacturer on behalf of a man who suffered a fractured cervical spine, resulting in quadriplegia, when the vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled over and the roof collapsed.

Settlement for a confidential amount from an automobile manufacturer for the husband of a woman who died when her sport utility vehicle rolled over and she was ejected from the vehicle.

Settlement for a confidential amount from an automobile manufacturer for a woman who was paralyzed when her sport utility vehicle rolled over when she swerved to avoid a highway collision.

$5 million settlement against a construction company on behalf of a man who was electrocuted and severely injured when a crane he was operating came in contact with high-voltage overhead electric wires.

$4.5 million settlement against a general contractor on behalf of a man who was paralyzed when he fell through a skylight opening in a roof at a worksite.

Multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a worker who was severely injured when a truck he was unloading rolled backward and a beam that he was unloading crushed his pelvis.

$5.2 million settlement on behalf of the estates of a 49-year-old man and his 10-year-old son who were killed in the crash of a private aircraft.

Confidential settlement against a military aircraft manufacturer on behalf of the family of an Air Force pilot who was killed as a result of a defectively designed military aircraft ejection system.

Confidential settlements on behalf of a family that was killed in a private plane crash.

$1.3 million recovery on behalf of a child injured at a playground by faulty equipment at a jumping attraction.

$750,000 settlement on behalf of a minor child injured by an unsecured pellet gun.

$3 million jury verdict for woman who collided with unmarked parking gate while riding her moped causing severe leg injuries.

$1.2 million judgment following a jury verdict against several drinking establishments on behalf of a young man who was seriously injured when he was struck on his motorcycle by a drunk driver; the drinking establishments were found to have negligently served alcohol to the man who subsequently caused the collision that injured the motorcyclist.

$600,000 settlement against a defendant driver’s insurer in a motor vehicle/motorcycle accident.