Case Results
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY:
Our attorneys represented over 70 individuals and their families in litigation filed in West Virginia against a physician, hospital, and multiple medical device manufacturers. Plaintiffs’ claims included unnecessary surgeries, surgeries that violated the applicable standard of care, and defective products used during surgical procedures. The plaintiffs’ injuries included deaths, amputations, cervical injuries, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, and spinal injuries, among other claims. After a multiple day trial, a verdict was obtained on a portion of the claims against the hospital, and all of the cases subsequently settled.
SALMONELLA POISONING:
Our 59-year-old client was exposed to Salmonella Typhimurium which required multiple surgical procedures and over 150 days of hospitalization and nursing home stays. His medical bills exceeded $500,000. Claims were brought against the national manufacturer and distributor of the contaminated product. Our client’s claim was ultimately settled without the necessity of filing suit.
MEDICAL MALPRATICE:
Our client underwent a gall bladder surgery that resulted in injuries to other internal organs. Our client’s claims included lack of informed consent, negligence in the performance of the operation, and claims for punitive damages. After a multi-day trial, both compensatory and punitive damages were awarded by the jury.
BOATING ACCIDENT:
Our client’s two daughters were killed during a boating accident on the Kanawha River. Claims were brought against the company that owned the docking facility where the boating accident occurred. After filing suit and conducting discovery, Pauley Curry reached a settlement with the defendants prior to trial.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE:
Our client was undergoing a varicose vein procedure when she suffered irreversible brain damage. Suit was brought against both the anesthesiologist and the hospital where the operative procedure was performed. After suit was filed, Pauley Curry asserted that the anesthesiologist was negligent and had altered medical records to try to avoid liability. After the case was set for trial, Pauley Curry reached a settlement with the anesthesiologist.
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT:
Our client was a guest passenger in a car that lost control and wrecked. Litigation was filed against the driver of the vehicle with our client claiming injuries to his lower limbs with permanent neurological damage. After a forensic investigator was retained by Pauley Curry, the case settled prior to trial.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT:
Our client was working at an aluminum manufacturing facility when a piece of equipment malfunctioned resulting in the amputation of our client’s leg. Claims were brought against both our client’s employer and the manufacturer of the industrial equipment he was operating. The case was tried before a jury in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and the jury awarded significant compensatory damages to our client.
