MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AWARDS
Sessums, Dallas & Morrison, PLLC
(f/k/a Scanlon, Sessums, Parker & Dallas, PLLC)
The attorneys at Sessums, Dallas & Morrison, PLLC have been immensely successful in securing financial restitution for medical malpractice victims through negotiated settlements and court verdicts. Listed below are representative medical malpractice verdicts and settlements.
Recovery amounts vary according to the facts and circumstances of each case. The following chart reflects actual settlements and does not insinuate or guarantee similar results in potential cases.
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Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Verdicts and Settlements:
Medical Malpractice
Hospital negligence
Failure to diagnose
Failure to correctly interpret radiology films
Surgical error
Medication error
Anesthesia error
Birth injury
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TYPE
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DESCRIPTION
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AMOUNT
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Hospital Negligence
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Improper care and treatment during hospitalization resulting in cardiac arrest, lack of oxygen to brain, brain injury and quadriplegia
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$9,000,000.00
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Hospital Negligence
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Failure to diagnose epiglotitis
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$2,797,042.00
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Hospital Negligence
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Compartment syndrome
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$500,000.00
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Hospital Negligence
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Improper IV - resulting in injuries and permanent scarring
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$300,000.00
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Hospital Negligence
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Fall from gurney
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$250,000.00
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Hospital Negligence
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Improper treatment for mental condition
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$200,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to properly diagnose Wegener's Granulomatosis - and misdiagnosis and treatment of non-existent cancer
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$8,000,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to properly diagnose and treat brain injury - resulting in death
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$5,000,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to properly diagnose and treat impending transient ischemic stroke, resulting in permanent paralysis and other debilitating injuries
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$3,600,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose appendicitis in young girl - resulting in death
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$4,750,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose cervical fracture - resulting in paraplegia
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$2,700,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose cervical cancer
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$1,000,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to properly interpret tissue specimens
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$1,000,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose cancer - resulting in death
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$950,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose atrial fibrillation - resulting in stroke
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$875,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism
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$750,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose impending stroke - resulting in death
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$600,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose impending heart attack
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$400,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose tuberculosis
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$390,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose impending stroke
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$385,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose breast cancer
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$350,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose avascular necrosis
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$340,000.00
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Failure to Diagnose
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Failure to diagnose heart attack
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$249,950.00
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Failure to Correctly Interpret Radiology Films
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Radiology lab switched films, causing improper cancer diagnoses resulting in an erroneous removal of breast
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$1,900,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Wrongful death of 56-year-old female following laparoscopic gallbladder surgery
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$1,395,106.22
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Surgical Error
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Improper laparoscopic surgery - resulting in death
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$950,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Unnecessary removal of good kidney - thought to be cancerous
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$700,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Blindness from improper eye surgery
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$650,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Perforated esophagus during endoscopic procedure
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$500,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Sponge left in abdomen during surgery - resulting in death
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$500,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Cardiac surgery
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$450,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Damage to common bile duct during laparoscopic removal of gallbladder
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$450,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Improper hysterectomy
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$450,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Blindness resulting from cataract laser surgery
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$415,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - damage to common bile duct
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$385,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Loss of vision following surgery
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$375,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Sponge left in abdomen during surgery - resulting in death
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$375,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Improper lumbar interbody fusion
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$360,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Improper surgery resulting in nerve damage
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$300,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Improper gynecological surgery
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$230,000.00
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Surgical Error
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Damage to lingual nerve
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$100,000.00
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Medication Error
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Improper administration of medication resulting in permanent and debilitating brain injury and subsequent death
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$5,550,000.00
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Medication Error
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Over-prescribed steroids - resulting in avascular necrosis
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$2,600,000.00
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Medication Error
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Improper administration of medication resulting in stroke and brain injury
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$750,000.00
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Medication Error
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Improper injection of morphine into pain pump
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$450,000.00
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Medication Error
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Providing improper mediation
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$315,000.00
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Anesthesia Error
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Failure to properly intubate injuries sustained in automobile accident - improper ER treatment resulting in death
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$3,000,000.00
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Anesthesia Error
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Improper anesthetization of minor
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$615,500.00
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Anesthesia Error
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Failure to properly monitor respiratory arrest - permanent brain injury
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$600,000.00
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Anesthesia Error
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Improper induction of anesthesia
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$500,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Failure to properly monitor and assess prenatal condition and timely perform C-section, resulting in cerebral palsy and brain damage
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$2,400,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Vaginal birth after C-section resulting in cerebral palsy
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$1,100,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Birth injury caused by use of forceps - resulting in brain injury
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$1,000,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Shoulder dystocia/Erb's palsy
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$600,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Shoulder dystocia/Erb 's Palsy
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$266,000.00
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Birth Injury
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Shoulder dystocia/Erb's Palsy
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$250,000.00
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