SETTLEMENT AND VERDICT HISTORY
SESSUMS, DALLAS & MORRISON, PLLC (f/k/a Scanlon, Sessums, Parker & Dallas, PLLC)
The chart below sets forth our settlement and verdict history. Actual recovery depends on the specific facts and circumstances of your case, and this chart is not intended as a guarantee that we can achieve similar results in your case.
| TYPE |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
| Insurance Bad Faith |
Revocation of Policy and Failure to Pay Claims |
$1,720,333.00 |
| Insurance Bad Faith |
Uninsured motorist coverage - bad faith |
$437,500.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Improper care and treatment during hospitalization resulting in cardiac arrest, lack of oxygen to brain, brain injury and quadriplegia |
$9,000,000.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Failure to diagnose epiglotitis |
$2,797,042.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Compartment syndrome |
$500,000.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Improper IV - resulting in injuries and permanent scarring |
$300,000.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Fall from gurney |
$250,000.00 |
| Hospital Negligence |
Improper treatment for mental condition |
$200,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to properly diagnose Wegener's Granulomatosis - and misdiagnosis and treatment of non-existent cancer |
$8,000,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to properly diagnose and treat brain injury - resulting in death |
$5,000,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to properly diagnose and treat impending transient ischemic stroke, resulting in permanent paralysis and other debilitating injuries |
$3,600,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose appendicitis in young girl - resulting in her death |
$4,750,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose cervical fracture - resulting in paraplegia |
$2,700,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose cervical cancer |
$1,000,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to properly interpret tissue specimens |
$1,000,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose cancer - resulting in death |
$950,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose atrial fibrillation - resulting in stroke |
$875,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism |
$750,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose impending stroke - resulting in death |
$600,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose impending heart attack |
$400,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose tuberculosis |
$390,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose impending stroke |
$385,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Sponge left in abdomen during surgery - resulting in death |
$375,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose breast cancer |
$350,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose avascular necrosis |
$340,000.00 |
| Failure to Diagnose |
Failure to diagnose heart attack |
$249,950.00 |
| Failure to Correctly Interpret Radiology Films |
Radiology lab switched films, causing improper cancer diagnoses resulting in an erroneous removal of breast |
$1,900,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Wrongful death of 56-year old female following laparoscopic gallbladder surgery |
$1,395,106.22 |
| Surgical Error |
Improper laparoscopic surgery - resulting in death |
$950,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Unnecessary removal of good kidney - thought to be cancerous |
$700,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Blindness from improper eye surgery |
$650,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Perforated esophagus during endoscopic procedure |
$500,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Sponge left in abdomen during surgery - resulting in death |
$500,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Cardiac surgery |
$450,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Damage to common bile duct during laparoscopic removal of gallbladder |
$450,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Improper hysterectomy |
$450,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Blindness resulting from cataract laser surgery |
$415,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - damage to common bile duct |
$385,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Loss of vision following surgery |
$375,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Improper lumbar interbody fusion |
$360,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Improper surgery resulting in nerve damage |
$300,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Improper gynecological surgery |
$230,000.00 |
| Surgical Error |
Damage to lingual nerve |
$100,000.00 |
| Automobile Wreck |
involved automobile wreck resulting in subdural hematoma/brain damage |
$1,373,320.00 |
| Automobile Wreck |
Automobile/Truck Wreck |
$967,521.40 |
| Automobile Wreck |
Automobile/Truck Wreck |
$485,000.00 |
| Automobile Wreck |
Automobile Accident - resulting in injuries |
$410,000.00 |
| Automobile Wreck |
Automobile/truck Wreck |
$185,000.00 |
| Medication Error |
Improper administration of medication resulting in permanent and debilitating brain injury and subsequent death |
$5,550,000.00 |
| Medication Error |
Over-prescribed steroids- resulting in avascular necrosis |
$2,600,000.00 |
| Medication Error |
Improper administration medication resulting in stroke and brain injury |
$750,000.00 |
| Medication Error |
Improper injection of morphine into pain pump |
$450,000.00 |
| Medication Error |
Providing improper mediation |
$315,000.00 |
| Anesthesia Error |
Failure to properly intubate injuries sustained in automobile accident - improper ER treatment resulting in death |
$3,000,000.00 |
| Anesthesia Error |
Improper anesthetization of minor |
$615,500.00 |
| Anesthesia Error |
Failure to properly monitor respiratory arrest - permanent brain injury |
$600,000.00 |
| Anesthesia Error |
Improper induction of anesthesia |
$500,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Failure to properly monitor and assess prenatal condition and timely perform C-section, resulting in cerebral palsy and brain damage |
$2,400,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Vaginal birth after C-section resulting in cerebral palsy |
$1,100,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Birth injury caused by use of forceps - resulting in brain injury |
$1,000,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Shoulder dystocia/Erb's palsy |
$600,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Shoulder dystocia and Erb 's Palsy |
$266,000.00 |
| Birth Injury |
Shoulder dystocia/Erb's Palsy |
$250,000.00 |
| General Personal Injury |
Wrongful death after acquiring Hepatitis A from restaurant |
$3,750,000.00 |
| General Personal Injury |
Negligent shooting causing injury resulting in deformity of arm/shoulder |
$750,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective design of automobile |
$4,100,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective design of motor vehicle |
$2,000,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective design of vehicle |
$1,060,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective school bus design |
$750,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective sports equipment |
$400,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective all terrain vehicle (ATV) |
$350,000.00 |
| Product Liability |
Defective design in automobile |
$160,000.00 |
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