Our Cases - Successfully Concluded

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Our firm's history of successfully concluded cases is extensive. To shorten the following list and make this site more user friendly and convenient for your review, we have included only one example when multiple concluded cases have factually similar backgrounds.

Medical Malpractice Cases
We have successfully concluded medical malpractice claims asserted against health care providers in the following fields and circumstances:

• Anesthesia
• Bariatric Medicine
• Cardiology
• Emergency Medicine
• EMT / Paramedic
• ENT
• Family Practice
• Hematology
• Hospital Corporate Liability
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Nursing
• OB/GYN
• Ophthalmoloy
• Pediatrics
• Physician Assistants
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
• Rheumatology
• Surgery

Non Medical Malpractice Cases
In addition to medical malpractice, our firm's successfully concluded cases include the following practice areas:

• Product Liability
• Premises Laibility
• Vehicular Negligence
• Railroad Employer Negligence

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Medical Malpractice Cases

ANESTHESIA

• Injection of neurotoxic dye - death (Texarkana)
• Failure to diagnose post surgical hypoxia - brain damage (Tyler)
• Failure to diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis - death (Ft. Worth)
• Epidural injection causing spinal infection - multi organ failure (Longview)
• Improper epidural injection technique - atrophy and loss of use of leg (Marshall)
• Premature extubation - brain damage (McKinney)
• Decreased urine output during surgery not corrected - death (Ft. Worth)
• Improper monitoring during induced hypotension - multi organ failure (Dallas)

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BARIATRIC MEDICINE

• Incorrectly prescribed dietary drugs - cardiac arrest and brain damage (Greenville)

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CARDIOLOGY

• Post angiography bleeding - death (Dallas)
• Failure to treat atherosclerosis - death (Dallas)
• Failure to diagnose myocardial infarction - heart damage (Dallas)

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE

• Delay in treatment/abandonment of patient - death (Texarkana)
• Failure to treat diabetes - death (Tyler)
• Failure to diagnose cardiac symptoms - heart damage (Texarkana)
• Failure to control bleeding - death (Rusk)
• Excess fluid administration - death (Dallas)
• Failure to diagnose meningitis - brain damage (Marshall)
• Failure to treat cardiac symptoms - death (Terrell)
• Failure to treat bowel obstruction - death (Dallas)
• Mistaking cardiac symptoms for gastrointestinal pain - death (Texarkana)
• Failure to treat meningitis - death (Longview)
• Failure to diagnose impending stroke - brain damage (Dallas)
• Failure to treat pulmonary embolism - death (Dallas)
• Misdiagnosing cardiac symptoms - death (Dallas)
• Misdiagnosing herpes infection - brain damage (Dallas)
• Failure to diagnose signs of unstable angina - heart attack and heart damage (Amarillo)
• Failure to diagnose bowel perforation - death (Texarkana)

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EMT / PARAMEDIC

• Failure to intubate during respiratory failure - death (Texarkana)

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ENT

• Improper steroid therapy - hip replacement (Midland)

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FAMILY PRACTICE

• Failure to treat pneumonia - death (Ft. Worth)
• Misdiagnosed fracture - fusion (Tyler)
• Failure to diagnose lung cancer - death (Dallas)
• Excessive narcotic administration - addiction (Canton)
• Failure to diagnose breast cancer - death (Tyler)
• Failure to refer to orthopedist - non union of fracture (Dallas)
• Improper fluid administration to raise sodium levels - death (Midland)
• Failure to recognize signs of evolving heart attack - heart damage (Dallas)
• Failure to recognize signs of pending stroke - death (Decatur)
• Narcotic overmedication - Muscle necrosis (Dallas)
• Failing to diagnose unstable angina - death (Shamrock)

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HEMATOLOGY

• Failure to advise surgery contraindicated due to abnormal bleed time - death (Dallas)

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HOSPITAL CORPORATE LIABILITY

• Failure to supervise resident employees - death (Dallas)
• Credentialing mentally impaired physician - brain damage (McKinney)
• Anesthesia staffing procedures causing delayed delivery - cerebral palsy (Texarkana)
• Failure to supervise radiology technician - death (Texarkana)
• Inadequate delivery room staffing - brachial plexus injury (San Antonio)
• Lack of procedures to inform physicians of x-ray findings - non union of fracture (Dallas)
• Credentialing substance abuse impaired physician - death (Tyler)

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE

• Improper antibiotic therapy -blindness (Dallas)

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INTERNAL MEDICINE

• Hemorrhage post cardiac catheterization - death (Dallas)
• Improper treatment of diabetes - death (Tyler)
• Failure to diagnose sepsis - brain damage (Marshall)
• Misdiagnosing cardiac symptoms - death (Dallas)
• Shock following varicose vein procedure - death (Dallas)

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NURSING

• Failure to utilize post surgical restraints - brain damage (Houston)
• Failure to access chain of command to prevent premature discharge of patient with cardiac symptoms - death (Texarkana)
• Failure to report low sodium levels - brain damage (Midland)
• Improper IV fluid administration - death (Longview)
• Improper injection technique - sciatic nerve injury (Dallas)
• Failure to monitor post catheterization bleeding - death (Dallas)
• Failure to access chain of command regarding doctor's failure to address prolonged lack of urine output - death (Ft. Worth)
• Failure to recognize signs of respiratory failure - brain damage (Waco)
• Improper assessment of abdominal symptoms - death (Dallas)
• Failure to monitor post operative oxygenation - brain damage (Tyler)
• Failure to recognize signs of shock - death (Dallas)
• Failure to recognize signs of meningitis - death (Dallas)
• Failure to recognize signs of menigitis - brain damage (Marshall)
• Improper procedures during resuscitation - death (Terrell)
• Failure to monitor post operative blood chemistry - death (Ft. Worth)
• Failure to recognize signs of high intra cranial pressure - brain damage (Tyler)
• Failure to recognize signs of bowel perferation - death (Texarkana)
• Failure to report unstable vital signs - multiple organ failure (Tyler)
• Excessive fluid administration in anorexic patient - death (Dallas)

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OB/GYN

• Delayed delivery post uterine abruption - cerebral palsy (Texarkana)
• Failure to treat prenatal chicken pox- death (Ft. Worth)
• Failure to timely perform Cesarian section - brachial plexus injury (San Antonio)
• Improper rectal laceration repair - colostomy (Dallas)
• Improper use of vacuum extractor - brachial plexus injury (Texarkana)
• High forceps delivery - death (McKinney)
• Improper prenatal testing and wrongful birth- spina bifida (McKinney)
• Improper delivery technique - brachial plexus injury (Ft. Worth)
• Failure to diagnose and treat bowel obstruction - death (Dallas)
• Improper scheduling of delivery - brachial plexus injury (San Antonio)
• Failure to treat rectal tear - incontinence (Dallas)
• Failure to correct abnormal bleeding time - death (Dallas

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OPTHALMOLOGY

• Failure to recognize sign of impending stroke - brain damage (Texarkana)
• Improper surgical follow up - blind in one eye (Texarkana)
• Failure to diagnose retinal detachment - blind in one eye (Tyler)

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PEDIATRICS

• Failure to diagnose meningitis - death (Denton)
• Improper antibiotic therapy - brain damage (Texarkana)
• Failure to refer serious eye injury - vision loss (Tyler)
• Medication error - death (Beaumont)

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PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT

• Failure to inform supervising physician of cardiac symptoms - death (Dallas)

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PSYCHIATRY

• Failure to diagnose depression - suicide (Texarkana)
• Sexual abuse of patient - emotional distress (Dallas)
• Failure to treat depression - suicide (Texarkana)

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RADIOLOGY

• Misread of film reflecting bowel obstruction - death (Texarkana)
• Improper contrast material injected near spine - death (Texarkana)

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RHEUMATOLOGY

• Prescribing high risk drug not recommended for condition - aplastic anemia (Dallas)

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SURGICAL

• Improper surgical positioning - death (Ft. Worth)
• Inadequate monitoring during surgery - multi organ failure (Dallas)
• Failure to diagnose cerebral hematoma - brain damage (Tyler)
• Dural tear due to improper surgical technique - permanent incapacity (Longview)
• Did not advise patient of malignancy - metastasis/minimal life expectancy (Oklahoma City)
• Performing surgery in inadequately equipped and staffed setting - death (Dallas)
• Incorrect sphincter repair - colostomy (Dallas)
• Loss of lordic curve from unnecessary fusion - permanent incapacity (Dallas)
• Improper surgical technique - bladder incontinence (Tyler)
• Performing unnecessary surgery for reflux - chronic malnutrition (Texarkana)
• Wrong medication injected during local anesthesia - chronic lipogranuloma (Greenville)
• Improper neuroma biopsy/excision - nerve injury (Texarkana)
• Failure to remove infected prosthesis - blindness (Dallas)
• Failure to consult regarding staff infection - multiple organ failure (Longview)
• Failure to relieve bowel obstruction - death (Dallas)

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Non Medical Malpractice Cases

PRODUCTS LIABILITY
We have successfully concluded products liability claims against defendants in the following areas:

• Defectively designed products, including: heavy and light construction equipment, manufacturing equipment, building equipment, small appliances, tools, automotive components, truck components
• Dangerous products, including: contaminated health products, toxic chemicals, dangerous drugs

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PREMISES LIABILITY
We have successfully concluded premises liability claims against defendants in the following areas:

• inadequate security
• toxic exposure
• structural collapse
• inadequate building practices
• inadequate work site procedures
• improper drainage
• failures to repair

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VEHICULAR NEGLIGENCE
We have successfully concluded vehicular negligence claims against defendants in hundreds of vehicular collisions and mishaps, including those involving:

• trains
• trucks
• automobiles
• motorcycles
• colliding with: each other, pedestrians, animals, inanimate objects.

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RAILROAD EMPLOYER NEGLIGENCE
We have successfully concluded negligence claims against railroad defendants in dozens of cases under the Federal Employers Liability Act on behalf of railroad employees injured as a result of railroad employers' negligent actions, including:

• excessive workplace noise
• excessive physical requirements
• furnishing inadequate equipment
• lack of proper safety policies

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