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Forty
years of success, leadership and experience
Our attorneys have won precedent-setting victories in courts throughout
the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Here is a small sample of some of our results.
Prospective clients should bear in mind that every case is different, and no lawyer can
promise a specific result. What we CAN promise is that we bring to every client and every
case our commitment to devote our full legal and financial resources to win justice for
that client's cause.
Doe v. United States - In 2003, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, awarded negligence victim
John Doe (who has asked that his last name not be used) the sum of $20 million in damages, believed to be the largest Federal Tort Claims Act judgment for an individual plaintiff in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area.
Burke v. Goodman and Groover, Christie & Merritt -
$5,774,000 award for a 40-year-old woman who suffered a series of small strokes that went
undiagnosed until she suffered a major stroke that left her with permanent cognitive
deficits, inability to work, and difficulty communicating. The verdict in the Superior
Court of Washington, D.C., was against a neurologist and a major group of radiologists.
Cooper v. First Government Mortgage - A $4.5 million jury verdict in federal court
in Washington, D.C., for six consumers cheated in home loans by a mortgage lender.
Palmer v. Fulcher, et al. - Medical malpractice case in Fairfax County
Circuit Court resulting in a verdict of $3.7 million, one of the largest malpractice
verdicts ever returned in state court in Virginia.
Jacobs v. Washington Gas Light Co., et al - Wrongful death and personal
injury case involving natural gas leak that resulted in explosion of home in 1998.
Settlement in 2000. Believed to be largest settlement in Northern Virginia in case
involving wrongful death.
Grinder v. CLC Properties, Inc., et al - Verdict of $2 million in auto
negligence case involving deaths of two children and personal injury to mother. At the
time, it was reportedly the largest verdict in a child wrongful death case in Northern
Virginia.
Taylor v. DeLonghi - Settlement in excess of $5 million for a young boy
burned by space heater.
Lethem v. Northwest Airlines - Passenger death at National Airport resulting
in settlement in excess of $3 million.
Lawson v. White - This was a drunk driving case tried to a verdict in Prince
George's County Circuit Court. A jury verdict, with punitive damages, was returned in the
amount of $8.2 million. It was, and may still be, the largest verdict in that county.
Lewis v. United States - Settlement of $3 million in a case on
behalf of a brain-damaged child and his mother against Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Wendell v. Huggins - The jury returned a verdict of $750,000 in this drunk
driving case. At that time, October 1986, it was the largest personal injury jury verdict
in the history of Calvert County, Maryland. It involved a claim of punitive damages where
the employer negligently entrusted the vehicle to its driver who it knew or should have
known was using intoxicants.
Iannone v. May Department Store - This was a Montgomery County case. The
jury returned a verdict of $1.6 million. Medical bills and lost wages totaled only
$12,000. The plaintiffÍs injury involved double vision at distances under 16 feet after
an auto accident.
Hauer v. Amtrak - Settlement of $3 million in Maryland federal court in
personal injury case arising out of the Amtrak accident north of Baltimore.
Waschitzki v. Vista International - DC federal court jury verdict of
$1,975,000, in case involving broken ankle from fall on defective hotel dance floor.
Moy v. Prichep - Verdict of $3.5 million in a case involving the wrongful
death of a 22-year-old woman, reported to be the largest award ever returned in Anne
Arundel County, Maryland in either a death or malpractice case.
Muenstermann v. United States - Judgment of $5.5 million entered in nonjury
malpractice case in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland involving moderate to serious
birth injuries sustained due to medical negligence at the time of delivery.
Linsin v. Community Radiology Associates - Verdict of over $2 million
entered in favor of patient whose mammogram was misread as normal, resulting in delay of 8
months in diagnosing breast cancer.
Benedi v. McNeil-P.P.C. Inc. - Jury verdict of $8.8 million for liver
failure sustained as a result of taking Tylenol. Judgment affirmed on appeal. Verdict was
largest that year in Virginia and reportedly largest ever personal injury verdict in
federal court in Alexandria, Va.
Davis v. Kaiser - Settlement $1.8 million, birth related injury.
Kneeland v. Maryland Medical Lab - Settlement $1.3 million, cervical cancer
misdiagnosis.
Doe v. Roe, M.D. - Settlement $2.5 million, misdiagnosis of immune
deficiency.
Goldberg v. Clinic - Settlement of $4.5 million based on administration of
incorrect medication prior to aortic valve replacement surgery.
Sanders v. Hospital - Settlement of $2.5 million based on failure to assess
for increased intracranial pressure in 5-year-old girl injured in rollover motor vehicle
accident.
Vietnam Babylift Case - A $10 million settlement in connection with a
Lockheed airplane crash involving Vietnamese orphan children being brought out of Saigon.
Ellis v. United States - A $3.5 million settlement with the federal
government on behalf of a baby who suffered neurological injuries at birth at the hospital
at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Greisman v. Zygler and Wister - A $2 million verdict in Baltimore City
Circuit Court for wrongful death of a middle-aged man from delayed diagnosis of kidney
cancer.
Berg v. Footer - Jury verdict for nearly $1.5 million for family of woman
whose gynecologist mishandled a D&C procedure, resulting in a fatal delay in discovery
of her cervical cancer.
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