Representative Cases
High school football player sustains a concussion during a game. After being transported by rescue squad to a local hospital, young man's transfer to another medical care facility capable of treating his life-threatening injuries was delayed, resulting in permanent and catastrophic brain injury. Terms of settlement to remain confidential based upon agreement of the parties.
Mother of two suffered a stroke after a physician negligently sutured her carotid artery following a tonsillectomy. Settlement agreement to remain confidential pursuant to mediation agreement.
Wrongful death settlement for family who lost their 19-year-old son after physician failed to diagnose an aortic abnormality. Young man visited emergency room days before his death informing medical staff that he suffered from genetic aortic abnormality. No tests were performed to rule out the aortic abnormality. Terms of settlement to remain confidential based upon agreement of the parties.
Trial results in a verdict of $310,000.00 for a 64-year-old rural Nebraska woman struck by a pickup truck while outside watering her plants. Plaintiff suffered compression fractures in her spine that caused her to lose her job at the local nursing home.
A 5-year-old girl sustains birth injury (cerebral palsy) as a result of her nurses and physician failing to properly monitor, analyze and act upon warning signs indicated by the fetal heart tone monitor. Terms of structured settlement to remain confidential
Verdict of $50,000.00 to gentleman who broke his leg when he slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk outside a strip mall. Plaintiff alleged negligence of strip mall owner and property manager in failing to inspect and maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition. Verdict reduced by 40% for comparative fault.
Confidential mediation settlement for unstable young cancer patient burned by hot chocolate provided by nursing home staff. Plaintiff received severe burns to the inside of her thigh.
Confidential settlement agreement reached for the wrongful death of a 4-year-old boy fatally struck by a pickup truck on a gravel road.
Largest patient contamination of Hepatitis C in U.S. history. JW&A represented over 30 cancer patients infected with hepatitis C through non-sterile chemotherapy administration by a nursing staff that failed to follow the most basic infection control procedures. Confidential settlement agreements reached pursuant to agreement of the parties.
Confidential mediation agreement reached in the case of a 68-year-old man who suffered a heart attack because his general practice physician took him off the blood therapy drug, Coumadin.
Confidential settlement reached with Ford Motor Company for a wife and mother rendered paraplegic when her Ford Explorer rolled over on a country road. Plaintiff claimed her injuries resulted from the defective design of her vehicle.
Wrongful death settlement reached for a widow who lost her husband due to excessive levels of anesthesia during a colonoscopy. Terms of settlement to remain confidential pursuant to agreement of the parties.
$50,000 Jury Verdict for 55 year old woman who sustained carpal tunnel injury resulting from rear-end auto accident
Mediation award for 45 year old woman diagnosed with breast cancer that had unnecessary mastectomy
$100,000 Jury verdict for 60 year old widower killed in head on collision with no survivors in either vehicle and no witnesses. The issue of which driver was at fault was hotly contested. Also, blood alcohol evidence that our client had consumed was excluded from the trial.
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