In addition to the hundreds of cases we have successfully resolved for clients whose injuries and losses were moderate, Marasco & Nesselbush attorneys have also recovered significant awards and settlements for our clients with catastrophic losses:
Confidential settlement - Failure to diagnose cardiac emergency and subsequent discharge from Emergency Room results in a confidential settlement against doctor and hospital
$850,000 settlement - For the death of an unborn child due to a physician’s failure to diagnose and treat the mother’s pre-eclampsia
$150,000 pretrial settlement - Obtained for pedestrian struck by underinsured motorist
$1.425 million - Wrongful death award secured for family of adolescent automobile accident victim
Liable for death - Veterans Administration Hospital liable for death of patient who fell and fractured skull; plaintiffs successfully contended that the fall was the result of hospital’s failure to follow fall precautions
$175,000 recovery - Liquor liability and general negligence claim for injured bar patron
$80,000 recovery - For tenant who fell on ice allowed to accumulate on landlord’s property
$760,000 wrongful death judgment - Following jury verdict against a dentist based on his failure to diagnose and treat infection
$925,000 recovery - For automobile accident victim who sustained fractures to pelvis and leg
Confidential settlement - Surgical negligence in performing hysterectomy results in confidential settlement just prior to trial against obstetrician
$275,000 settlement - On behalf of worker who sustained fracture at work due to faulty design and maintenance of workplace
$500,000 (insurance policy limit) - Wrongful death claim results in recovery on behalf of man killed in automobile accident
$819,000 award - After trial to parents of infant who died after being misdiagnosed and discharged by hospital Emergency Department physician
$175,000 uninsured motorist recovery - On behalf of youth struck by unidentified vehicle while waiting to enter insured’s automobile
$74,000 settlement - Before trial after successful arbitration on behalf of client who suffered “soft tissue” injuries deemed permanently partially disabling
$325,000 structured settlement - Achieved on behalf of teenager who sustained a severed tendon injury
Pre-trial confidential settlement - Retained surgical sponge after abdominal surgery results in abdominal infection
$150,000 arbitration award - For physical therapist who sustained injuries which necessitated career change
Confidential settlement - Failure to diagnose meningitis in child against pediatrician
$470,000 judgment - Following jury verdict against an orthopedic surgeon for negligently performing hip surgery on a young man who later required corrective surgery
Successfully resolved - Wrongful death claim against primary care physician and physician’s assistant; defendants failed to properly read electrocardiogram (EKG) and failed to diagnose heart attack in elderly woman
Confidential settlement - Negligently performed episiotomy results in confidential settlement in Federal District Court against hospital and surgeon
$300,000 settlement - For a teenaged passenger who suffered compression fractures in a motor vehicle accident
$975,000 total recovery - Case against bar and drunk driver for family of injured adolescent
$135,000 recovery - For fisherman who sustained knee injury on employer’s vessel due to negligent maintenance case; hinged on lack of seaworthiness claim pursuant to federal maritime law
Confidential settlement - Inappropriate antibiotic treatment results in vestibular dysfunction; pretrial confidential settlement reached with hospital and infectious disease specialists
$120,000 recovery - On behalf of airline passenger who sustained freezer burn due to airline’s negligence
Confidential settlement - Secured for patient and her husband for injuries she sustained due to negligent administration of anesthesia
Rhode Island Personal Injury Case Results
In addition to the hundreds of cases we have successfully resolved for clients whose injuries and losses were moderate, Marasco & Nesselbush attorneys have also recovered significant awards and settlements for our clients with catastrophic losses:
Confidential settlement - Failure to diagnose cardiac emergency and subsequent discharge from Emergency Room results in a confidential settlement against doctor and hospital
$850,000 settlement - For the death of an unborn child due to a physician’s failure to diagnose and treat the mother’s pre-eclampsia
$150,000 pretrial settlement - Obtained for pedestrian struck by underinsured motorist
$1.425 million - Wrongful death award secured for family of adolescent automobile accident victim
Liable for death - Veterans Administration Hospital liable for death of patient who fell and fractured skull; plaintiffs successfully contended that the fall was the result of hospital’s failure to follow fall precautions
$175,000 recovery - Liquor liability and general negligence claim for injured bar patron
$80,000 recovery - For tenant who fell on ice allowed to accumulate on landlord’s property
$760,000 wrongful death judgment - Following jury verdict against a dentist based on his failure to diagnose and treat infection
$925,000 recovery - For automobile accident victim who sustained fractures to pelvis and leg
Confidential settlement - Surgical negligence in performing hysterectomy results in confidential settlement just prior to trial against obstetrician
$275,000 settlement - On behalf of worker who sustained fracture at work due to faulty design and maintenance of workplace
$500,000 (insurance policy limit) - Wrongful death claim results in recovery on behalf of man killed in automobile accident
$819,000 award - After trial to parents of infant who died after being misdiagnosed and discharged by hospital Emergency Department physician
$175,000 uninsured motorist recovery - On behalf of youth struck by unidentified vehicle while waiting to enter insured’s automobile
$74,000 settlement - Before trial after successful arbitration on behalf of client who suffered “soft tissue” injuries deemed permanently partially disabling
$325,000 structured settlement - Achieved on behalf of teenager who sustained a severed tendon injury
Pre-trial confidential settlement - Retained surgical sponge after abdominal surgery results in abdominal infection
$150,000 arbitration award - For physical therapist who sustained injuries which necessitated career change
Confidential settlement - Failure to diagnose meningitis in child against pediatrician
$470,000 judgment - Following jury verdict against an orthopedic surgeon for negligently performing hip surgery on a young man who later required corrective surgery
Successfully resolved - Wrongful death claim against primary care physician and physician’s assistant; defendants failed to properly read electrocardiogram (EKG) and failed to diagnose heart attack in elderly woman
Confidential settlement - Negligently performed episiotomy results in confidential settlement in Federal District Court against hospital and surgeon
$300,000 settlement - For a teenaged passenger who suffered compression fractures in a motor vehicle accident
$975,000 total recovery - Case against bar and drunk driver for family of injured adolescent
$135,000 recovery - For fisherman who sustained knee injury on employer’s vessel due to negligent maintenance case; hinged on lack of seaworthiness claim pursuant to federal maritime law
Confidential settlement - Inappropriate antibiotic treatment results in vestibular dysfunction; pretrial confidential settlement reached with hospital and infectious disease specialists
$120,000 recovery - On behalf of airline passenger who sustained freezer burn due to airline’s negligence
Confidential settlement - Secured for patient and her husband for injuries she sustained due to negligent administration of anesthesia
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