Verdicts

Verdicts / Settlements


No attorney can guarantee results. When cases are settled, they typically are subject to a confidentiality agreement, meaning the details of the case and settlement amount cannot be disclosed. Here are a few examples of case results personally handled by Slama Legal Group.

Litigation Results

$900,000 verdict

Wrongful death of child

$1.5 million verdict

Wrongful death (suicide case)

$750,000 verdict

Nursing home (fall)

$1.2 million settlement

Nursing home (death due to fall in nursing home)

$600,00 settlement

Nursing home (decubitus ulcers)

$1.0 million settlement

Nursing home (decubitus ulcers)

$2.1 million settlement

Wrongful death (pulmonary embolus)

$1.0 million settlement

Wrongful death (infection in a nursing home)

$1.2 million settlement

Wrongful death (man died due to failure to timely diagnose tumor)

$500,000 settlement

Wrongful death (baby died during labor and delivery)

$2.1 million settlement

Birth trauma (child suffered skull fracture)

$1.5 million settlement

Birth trauma (child suffered brain damage during delivery)

$3.2 million settlement

Birth trauma/cerebral palsy (failure to perform C-section)

$5.1 million settlement

birth trauma/cerebral palsy (severely brain damaged child resulting from mismanagement during labor & Delivery by nurse midwife)

$675,000 settlement

Birth trauma (Erb’s palsy injury during labor & delivery)

$2.0 million settlement

Birth trauma/cerebral palsy (child suffered injuries and brain damage due to placental abruption)

$750,000 settlement

Blood bank negligence (woman who contracted AIDS from tainted blood)

$2.2 million settlement

Hospital negligence (patient suffered severe brain damage after attempting suicide in psychiatric unit)

$750,000 settlement

Hospital negligence (failure to notify doctor of change in patient’s condition)

$675,000 settlement

Misdiagnosis (delay in diagnosis of lung cancer)

$1.0 million settlement

Misdiagnosis (missed tumor on x-ray)

$275,000 settlement

Medication error (fentanyl overdose)

$875,000 settlement

Medication error

$1.8 million settlement

Anesthesia mistake (brain damage due to anesthesia mistake)

$3.0 million settlement

Anesthesia mistake (man suffered brain damage as a result of anesthesia mistake)

$350,000 settlement

Emergency room (failure to diagnose baby’s respiratory infection)

$750,000 settlement

Emergency room (failure to monitor cardiac patient in ER)

$675,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (eye injury following sinus surgery)

$375,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (bile duct injury following gallbladder surgery)

$350,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (bowel perforation following laparoscopic surgery)

$400,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (optic nerve injury following eye surgery)

$375,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (amputation)

$200,000 settlement

Surgery mistake (heart injury during stent placement)

$750,000 settlement

Bad faith case (failure to defend insured)

$600,000 settlement

Bad faith case (auto insurance company denied payment of uninsured motorist coverage)

$1.5 million settlement

Bad faith case (health insurance company denied payment of medical benefits)

Multi-million dollars in settlements of mass tort and class action cases

(breast implant litigation; Vioxx litigation; Rezulin cases)