Significant Cases

$5.78 million - Awarded to Louisville man with injury to leg due to a faulty weed-trimmer head.  The plaintiff declined to accept a reduction of the verdict on appeal and, with interest, ultimately collected in excess of $6 million on appeal. See article.

$20.8 million - Awarded family for damages to boy with brain-damage due to a botched delivery at hospital. The plaintiff agreed to a reduction in the jury's award to settle the case on appeal. See article.

$27 million - Awarded to woman for injuries due to crash with a trash collection truck. The plaintiff agreed to a reduction in the jury's award to settle the case on appeal. See article.

Medical Negligence-$7.5 Million Settlement for negligent administration of anesthesia resulting main damage to middle aged man from central Kentucky who had worked as a welder. As a result he is bedridden and requires total care.

Medical Negligence-$3.5 Million Settlement for medication administration error by a nurse resulting in the death of a young child in Central Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$7 Million Settlement for failure to perform a cesarean section resulting in cerebral palsy in Eastern Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$730,000 Settlement for failure to schedule cesarean section prior to labor. Because of mother's prior caesarean section, she was prone to uterine rupture in Elizabeth town.

Trucking Accident-$2.5 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death in trucking accident for a man travelling through Kentucky.

Product Liability-$7.5 Million Settlement for paralysis as a result of auto product liability action due to vehicle rollover and defective tow dolly to a woman travelling through Kentucky.

Medical negligence-$10 Million Settlement for negligently performed Pediatric heart surgery and administration of anesthesia resulting in brain injury to child in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$2.8 Million Settlement for negligently performed heart catheterization resulting in brain injury in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$3 Million Settlement for wrongful death as a result of negligently performed heart catheterization in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$2.5 Million Settlement for brain injury from Physician's failure to timely perform a cesarean section in Jefferson County Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$990,000 Settlement resulting from failure to treat anaphylactic shock caused by allergy testing resulting in death to young adult woman in Jefferson County Kentucky.

Product Liability-$1.5 Million automotive product liability Settlement for defective rear strut on a vehicle which broke and caused woman to cross central line resulting in death in Central Kentucky.

Product Liability-$1.5 Million Settlement for automotive product liability from scatback failure resulting in paralysis of elder woman in Tennessee.

Premise Liability-$1.5 Million Settlement from Department Store Premises Liability from isle cord resulting in complex regional pain syndrome (also known as RSD) in clients arm in Western Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$1.6 Million Settlement from Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis causing severe infection to elderly man in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$1.2 Million Settlement for wrongful death of infant with congentive heart problem from Negligent Post-Operative Monitoring after Pediatric Heart Surgery in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$1 Million Settlement for middle aged woman as a result of a misread mammogram that lead to a delay in diagnosis of breast cancer in Western Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$1.1 Million Settlement from Negligently Performed Thoracic Surgery.

Product Liability-$2 Million Settlement for Electrocution from Defective Mining Equipment resulting in death of Eastern Kentucky man.

Medical Negligence-$900,000 Settlement for Negligently Performed 3 level spinal fusion in Western Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$2,000,000 Settlement for Negligently Administering Anesthesia resulting in Intraoperative Blindness in Louisville Kentucky.

Medical Negligence-$4.1 Million Verdict in Pikeville, Kentucky for young man who had a below the knee amputation due to failure to diagnose an injury to an artery.