47 year old man dies in the recovery room following back surgery where he should not have been cleared for surgery

Summary: Plaintiff, a 47 year old african american man, was cleared for back surgery when he should not have been cleared for surgery, given his cardiac profile.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered a heart attack and died in the recovery room following the surgery.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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29 year old woman has to undergo total hip replacement when Immediate care center failed to diagnose hip fracture

Summary: 29 year old hispanic female, while at work, suffered a simple fracture of her femoral neck which was undiagnosed when she presented to an immediate care facility. Plaintiff was released with instructions to undergo PT and to weight bear.

Injury: Plaintiff’s hip fracture necrotized which led to a total hip arthroplasty

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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57 year old woman has to undergo a lung resection when her doctor of internal medicine failed to timely diagnose lung cancer

Summary: Plaintiff, a 57 year old woman, presented to her doctor of internal medicine numerous occasions over the course of one year with complaints consistent with lung cancer, and was basically ignored.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered from undiagnosed lung cancer which progressed, necessitating a partial lung resection.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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10 year old boy struck by intoxicated motorist, suffers concussion

Summary: Plaintiff, a 10 year old boy, was riding his bicycle on the driveway of his suburban home when an intoxicated motorist veered off of the roadway and struck him.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered a concussion and concussive syndrome

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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36 year old postal worker T-boned by another motorist, sustains herniated cervical discs

Summary; Plaintiff, driving a USPS vehicle, was T-boned by a negligent motorist.

Injury: Plaintiff sustained herniated cervical discs which necessitated a cervical fusion

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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59 year old garment handler sustained torn rotator cuff moving garments

Summary: 59 year old female was employed by Hart Schaffner Marx and it was her job to quality check and move garments in large bundles from one place to another.

Injury: Petitioner suffered a torn rotator cuff which was surgically repaired.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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29 year old painter fell down stairs fracturing his wrist

Summary: 29 year old painter fell down the stairs of a home he was painting.

Injury: Petitioner sustained a wrist fracture

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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53 year old housekeeper fell off of a cart fracturing vertebrae

Summary: 53 year old housekeeper used her cart to reach for supplies and fell.

Injury: Plaintiff sustained a rib fracture, lumbar vertebrae fracture and a subdural hematoma

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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38 year old HVAC contractor tore MCL bending down to work

Summary: 38 year old HVAC contractor repeatedly had to bend down to perform his job

Injury: Petitioner suffered a torn MCL of his right knee

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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32 year old man rear ended, suffered injuries to cervical spine

Summary: 32 year old man rear ended by another motorist.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered cervical trauma necessitating physical therapy and steroid injections. No surgery.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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26 year old man rear ended by tractor trailer, suffered multiple injuries

Summary: 26 year old man was struck in rear by a tractor trailer at high speed on the highway, causing his motor vehicle to literally explode and be engulfed in flames.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered multiple burns on more than 50% of his body, a cervical fracture necessitating a cervical fusion and an amputated left hand.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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48 year old woman bit by pitbull, causing facial scar

Summary: 48 year old woman, on her own property, went to say hello to her neighbor, whereupon her neighbor’s dog, a pitbull, bit the Plaintiff.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered a laceration to her lip with a small resulting scar.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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51 year old woman rear ended, suffered lumbar fracture

Summary: Plaintiff, a 51 year old woman, was rear ended by another motorist.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered a displaced L2 vertebrae, lumbar radiculopathy and PTSD

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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47 year old man rear ended, suffered cervical herniation

Summary: Plaintiff, a 47 year old loan officer, was rear ended by another motorist.

Injury: Plaintiff sustained cervical herniations and underwent steroid injections

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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24 year old woman suffered PTSD following birth injury

Summary: 24 year old woman, pregnant with twins, presented to hospital in active labor with non viable twins. Defendants, in delivering Baby A, decapitated Baby A and, in so doing, failed to advise Plaintiff that Baby A had been decapitated nor that the decapitated head of Baby A remained inside Plaintiff. In addition, Defendants, with knowledge that the decapitated head of Baby Williams A remained inside Plaintiff, permitted and allowed Plaintiff to use a restroom while unattended, at which time Plaintiff expelled the decapitated head of Baby A onto the floor of said restroom. Baby B went completely undiagnosed until his induced delivery.

Injury: Plaintiff suffered a chronic depressive disorder with post traumatic stress disorder features.

Resolution: SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL!

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