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Posted on: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
This case involves a man who was killed in a bicycle accident. This wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of the father of two by his family. “This reported wrongful death lawsuit settled for $1.5 million. The man, a molecular research scientist at a university, was killed by a van as he was riding his bike to work in February 2009. The van’s driver worked for a refrigeration and HVAC company. The van driver suddenly made an illegal U-turn, right in front of the man on the bike, and with nowhere else to go, the cyclist hit the side [...]
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Posted on: Monday, August 15th, 2011
This case was as shocking as it was distressing for all those involved. A two-year-old toddler died of severe burns from her bath water, only to have her stomach pierced at the hospital. “There are some cases that just sear your heart and you have a hard time reading about them. This case is one of those that really leave an impression behind, and a sense of sadness for the family. The father in this case filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of a water heater and a doctor that treated his 2-year-old daughter,” said Christopher Mellino. Mellino [...]
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Posted on: Monday, August 8th, 2011
Despite the rage to cap medical malpractice damages, there are cases that return higher awards. This case is one of them. This reported case happened in Norwalk and the jury handed down a $58.6 million award. The case involved an obstetrician who waited too long to do a C-section. The end result was a severely and permanently brain damaged baby, who is now 8 years old and must be fed through a tube, cannot walk or talk, lives life in a wheelchair and is incontinent. The day the baby boy was born, he was non-responsive, blue and limp. He had [...]
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Posted on: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Not all medical malpractice cases go to court. However, that option remains should settlement negotiations be a wash out. “When dealing with birth injuries, such as Erb’s palsy, the usual cause of this affliction is improper treatment by the doctor. That might include his or her failure to understand a C-section needs to be done because of the baby’s size, not delivering the baby properly in shoulder dystocia cases and/or using too much pressure on the baby’s head or shoulder during delivery,” said Christopher Mellino. Mellino is a Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer and wrongful death lawyer of the Mellino Law [...]
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