TYPE OF CASE

INJURY

RESULT

Products Liability - defective gymnastics mat

Quadriplegia to a 21-year old gymnast

$ 14,700,000

Medical Malpractice - lab error, failure to diagnose chromosomal abnormality

Brain damage to newborn baby (wrongful birth / wrongful life)

$ 3,500,000

Medical Malpractice/Defective Medical Device - nurse's failure to properly use device; defectively designed device

Brain damage to a 49-year old woman

$ 2,625,000

Medical Malpractice - failure to diagnose cervical spinal cord compression

Quadriplegia to a 63-year old woman

$ 2,500,000

Products Liability - defective 1,500 pound spring-loaded headboard

Brain damage to a 78-year old man and loss of a 51-year marriage

$ 1,700,000

Auto v. Motorcycle - failure to yield

Death to a 19-year old unmarried son

$ 1,200,000(including $200,000 paid by the defendant personally)

Premises Liability - slip and fall at restaurant

Ruptured lumbar disk to a 18-year old woman

$ 1,130,000

Medical Malpractice - improper surgical technique in tracheotomy

Brain damage to a 3-year old boy

$ 1,300,000

Premises Liability - trip and fall over an incorrectly placed cement wheel stop in a handicap parking space

Fracture and subsequent loss of use of left arm in a 80-year old woman

$1,000,000

Auto vs. Truck Accident - failure to yield

Hip fracture to a 27-year old restaurant manager

$ 750,000

Auto vs. Truck accident - failure to yield

Ruptured disk to a 23-year old paramedic

$ 750,000

Auto vs. Pedestrian Accident

Closed head trauma to a 75-year old man

$ 600,000

Auto vs. Auto Accident - failure to yield

Crushed pelvis to a 28-year old student

$ 595,200

Premises Liability - failure to safeguard firearms, victim shot by gang member

Wrongful death claim of a 27-year old woman and wounds to her 64-year old mother

$ 500,000 (policy)

Premises Liability - trip and fall on a pallet

Hip fracture to a 72-year old retired woman

$ 565,000

Auto vs. Pedestrian Accident - failure to yield

Head trauma to a 10-year old boy; emotional distress to father

$ 500,000

Auto vs. Pedestrian Accident - failure to yield

Knee injury to a 45-year old costume designer

$ 500,000