catastrophic | Mr. Med Mal 2020

$23.9 Million jury verdict after hospital delay causes baby’s brain injury

$14 Million jury verdict after hospital fails to diagnose infection, leading to paralysis

$206 Million Jury verdict upheld after hospital caused brain damage in delivering baby

$15 Million settlement for tourist killed on Big Island

$21 Million jury verdict against cigarette company for killing a 56 year-old man who smoked for 40 y

$229 Million Jury Verdict for delayed delivery of 25-week old fetus

$30 Million jury verdict against Hospital and ER surgeon for delay

$42.5 Million jury verdict against nursing home after 77-year old woman dies

$24.5 Million jury verdict against doctors for death of woman hours after childbirth

$73 Million jury verdict for botching delivery, causing brain damage

$5 Million jury verdict for Feeding-Tube Death of 88 year-old

$11.6 Million jury verdict for failure to diagnose/treat stroke

Maui Memorial, Wahiawa General, Kaiser, and Queen’s rated among worst in Hawaii

$4.5 Million Settlement in Brain Injury case after improper stroke treatment

$335 Million jury verdict for husband after hospital caused wife’s death

Settlement for $10 Million for immigrant worker after foot crushed by cement truck

Homeowner hired Concrete Company and two immigrant laborers. Truck ran over one laborer’s foot, resulting in amputation. Case settled...

$27 Million jury verdict to family of crushed construction worker

A man was working on a construction site which involved pouring 30 foot concrete walls using large, metal forms. The worker fell from...

$9.5 Million jury verdict for passengers on small boat hit by larger fishing boat

Two female passengers were sent flying into the ocean when a fishing boat collided with their tiny boat and sent it spinning out of...

$25 Million jury verdict to worker after falling through plywood covering hole

Construction company used plywood to cover holes where columns were to be installed. Worker fell through, injuring back and neck and...

$1.4 Million Verdict for Negligently Entrusting Child’s Friend with Jet-ski

Owner of watercraft found liable for negligently entrusting watercraft to daughter’s friend. Friend was initially a passenger but never...

Motorcyclist settles for $9.5 Million after hit by driver making illegal left turn

Motorcyclist suffered severe injuries including a left foot that was nearly amputated, after being hit by woman making left turn across...

$6.2 Million jury verdict for motorcyclists after driver fails to yield

A driver made a left turn without yielding to an oncoming couple on a Harley. The defendant blamed the road construction for creating a...

$1.66 Million jury verdict for woman after falling in supermarket

A 70 year-old woman slipped and fell on a slick floor, injuring her left shoulder. When she looked up immediately after falling, she saw...

$24.5 Million jury verdict for couple and daughter after balcony dropped 12 feet

A couple and their daughter were standing on a balcony of a friend’s party they were attending, when the balcony collapsed and dropped...

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