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| Meher Sultana, MD |
Bob Hicks, together with co-counsel Eric Weinberg obtained a verdict of $1,906,815.00 in favor of the estate of a patient in a medical malpractice, wrongful death case. The verdict, together with a pre-trial settlement with two co-defendant doctors brought the total recovery obtained to over $2.7 million. The case involved a patient who had undergone knee and ankle surgery for arthritis and who developed post operative fever. The infectious disease specialist called in to consult after the fever persisted for several days, misdiagnosed pneumonia as the cause of the fever instead of blood clots (DVT) leading to death by pulmonary embolism.
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| Alvarez v. US. |
Jack Wurgaft represented the plaintiff in a wrongful-birth medical-malpractice suit alleging that the child was born with permanent cognitive disabilities because an ultrasound to detect birth defects was administered too early in the pregnancy. Because the defendant was a federal agency, the lawsuit was filed in federal court. Following extensive discovery, a $4 million pretrial settlement was reached in September 2012, approved by the court the next month. |
| Estate of William Stark v. Lintz |
Bob Hicks along with co-counsel, Eric Weinberg, represented the plaintiffs in this medical-malpractice action, over a patient's death from a pulmonary embolism following knee and ankle surgery. Following a five-week trial, a jury verdict was entered on behalf of the plaintiffs against a defendant doctor in the amount of $1.91 million. Prior to the trial, a settlement totaling $825,000 was reached with two other defendant doctors, thereby bringing the total recovery to $2.74 million. |
| Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement |
Jack Wurgaft obtained $1,050,000 settlement for negligent administration of cervical epidural injection. |
| Hospital |
Eric Kahn obtained a $145,000 settlement on behalf of a 53 year old woman who required additional surgery after a staff nurse failed to ensure that a surgical sponge was removed from the Plaintiff's abdomen following an earlier appendix surgery. |
| Hospital |
In a lawsuit for a women injured due to the negligence of medical transportation workers, Eric Kahn obtained a jury verdict of more than $275,000. |
| Neurosurgeon |
Ira Zarin successfully litigated a claim on behalf of a patient paralyzed during back surgery when a surgical clamp broke off in the patient's back. The case established a new principle in the law that where the facts of the case necessarily indicate that one of several defendants is responsible for the harm suffered by the plaintiff, but the plaintiff cannot show which of the defendants is responsible, the defendants have the burden of proving their lack of fault. As with many of the New Jersey Supreme Court's important decisions, the case is cited widely in many jurisdictions. |
| Hospital |
Eric Kahn and Bob Hicks obtained a $500,000 jury verdict against the hospital for the negligence of a staff nurse who improperly administered medication to a 16-year-old leukemia patient causing the patient's death. |
| Obstetrician |
Bob Hicks obtained a $1.5 million settlement from an obstetrician and sonogram technician for failing to detect fetal abnormalities on a screening sonogram depriving parents of a child born with severe and multiple birth defects of the opportunity to terminate the pregnancy. (Note: the defendant's true name is withheld pursuant to a confidentiality agreement.) |
| Internist |
Bob Hicks recovered $150,000 for the estate of a woman who suffered a 5 month delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer, proving that the relatively short delay in diagnosing the cancerous tumor nevertheless caused a reduction in the patient's chances for survival. |
| Emergency Medicine Physician |
Bob Hicks recovered $350,000 for the family of a man who died of a pulmonary embolism, proving Negligence by an emergency room physician who failed to appreciate clear signs that the patient had developed dangerous blood clots following recent surgery. |
| Hospital |
Ira Zarin obtained a $5.8 million jury verdict against a surgeon who left an operative sponge in the plaintiff during hernia surgery. |
| Ear, Nose and Throat |
Bob Hicks obtained a settlement paying $1.38 million to the estate of an eight-year-old child who died of post operative bleeding proving the defendant physician had failed to treat the bleeding. (Note: the defendant's true name is withheld pursuant to a confidentiality agreement.) |
| Obstetrician |
In a lawsuit on behalf of a brain damaged baby, Jack Wurgaft obtained a $1.5 million settlement from the obstetrician who delivered the child, proving that the doctor had fail to recognize signs of fetal distress during labor. |
| Dentist |
Eric Kahn obtained a $500,000 settlement for a man who suffered a several year delay in the diagnosis of a tumor which led to more extensive treatment and surgery than would have been necessary if the tumor had been more timely diagnosed. |
| Plastic Surgeon |
Jack Wurgaft obtained a $500,000 jury verdict in a case against a plastic surgeon for negligence in performing liposuction, which resulted in the disruption of the patient's prior surgery, resulting in life threatening infection and emergency surgery to save her life. The patient was left with disfiguring scars and severe emotional suffering. |
| Hospital |
In a published decision, Rubin Sinins obtained a reversal of the trial court’s remittitur and reinstated the jury’s pain and suffering award of $1,175,000 in a case against a doctor and local medical center for negligence. |
| Reproductive And Perinatal Genetics |
Claim against Institute for Reproductive and Perinatal Genetics. In a medical malpractice claim arising out improperly performed genetic testing, Jack Wurgaft obtained a $6.6 million settlement. |
