Our client reported severe back pain over the course of several hospital visits. His severe back pain was spontaneous and unrelated to recent injury or trauma. Defendant physicians and hospitals committed numerous acts of medical malpractice through their failure to order an MRI which would have revealed a spinal epidural abscess. When the abscess was finally diagnosed, our client had sustained permanent paralysis.
Medical Malpractice procedure involving surgery to the cervical spine resulting in loss of use of legs.
Plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury due to defendant railroad’s negligence. Plaintiff established that the railroad failed to place lights or gates at a railroad crossing. This case was tried by a former partner in the law firm of Twyford & Donahey.
A jury returned a verdict against a central Ohio urologist who destroyed a man’s spleen in an attempt to blast kidney stones in what would otherwise have been a routine procedure. Attorney Curtis Fifner of the Donahey Law Firm in Columbus, Ohio, said that the jury awarded 100% of what he argued the damages were worth for his clients! Fifner said that he has never heard of another case in which a jury awarded 100% in a medical malpractice case. “This is highly unusual”, said Fifner. Fifner further indicated that he would pursue pre-judgment interest in the case since an offer to settle was never made.
Failure to recognize symptoms of acute myocardial infarction; death.
Negligently performed lasik surgery resulting in eye injury.
Faulty wiring resulting in death of the victim.
For a worker who was partially paralyzed as a result of a fall while on the job.
Our client sustained severe burn injuries as a result of a workplace accident. Both his employer and an independent contractor failed to provide adequate safety guards and warnings in a workplace setting.
A 2-year-old suffered a significant brain injury as a result of untreated abdominal distension caused by a perforated duodenum, which led to cardiac arrest. The patient will remain in a vegetative state for the remainder of her life.
A failed fuel tank patch resulted in the driver of a bull dozer being exposed to diesel fuel and fire causing serious injury.
Our client was found to be at fault by the Ohio State Highway Patrol because the semi truck driver claimed our client went left of center. Our investigation and expert witnesses showed that the semi truck driver actually went four feet left of center and killed our client in his own lane, resulting in a favorable settlement for our client’s children.