| DEFENDANT |
VERDICT/SETTLEMENT |
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| 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 |
Salib vs 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. |
