Results

Pregnancy Injury — Our medical malpractice attorneys won this case for failure to diagnose chorioamnionitis in a pregnant patient. The failure to diagnose this condition during pregnancy ultimately resulted in brain damage to the child.

Medical Malpractice — Mr. Shelsby represented a woman and her family in a medical malpractice action in Delaware, where the patient suffered the loss of her kidneys. That patient was evaluated in an emergency room and diagnosed with a kidney stone and infection. The patient was sent home without antibiotics. She returned to the hospital several days later in septic shock. She lost one kidney and significant function of the remaining kidney. The case was resolved by a settlement in excess of $4.0 million dollars.

Workers' Compensation — The firm represented a man who was injured by a co-employee at his work site. The client was working on a diesel engine of a tractor-trailer, with another employee who left to take a break and later returned to work on the vehicle. When the co-worker returned, he attempted to start the engine. At that time, the client was under the vehicle working on the transmission. As a consequence, the transmission turned and the client was struck by the axle, and his arm and shoulder were seriously injured. The insurance carrier offered $20,000. for settlement before trial. Mr. Shelsby tried the case and a jury returned a verdict of $3.2 million dollars.

Truck Accident — Mr. Leoni represented a family in an action involving a collision with a tractor-trailer, which caused the death of a passenger in an automobile. During the investigation, it was determined there was evidence of illegal drug use by the driver of the tractor-trailer. The deceased had a young wife and child and the case was settled for more than $3 Million dollars.

Breast Cancer — Mr. Leoni represented a woman whose OB/GYN doctor failed to treat a persistent lump in her breast. When the client was finally referred to a surgeon she had metastatic breast cancer. Mr. Leoni’s aggressive representation of the woman resulted in a settlement in excess of $2.7 Million.

Product Liability — The firm represented a teenager who was injured by a product which was later taken off of the market. The firm sued the manufacturer and seller of the product and won a settlement for $2.6 Million.

Personal Injury — The firm represented a woman who was injured when a doctor at Bayhealth Medical Center failed to properly diagnose and treat her progressively weakening legs. The condition as caused by an abscess on the woman’s spine. The firm retained experts from Yale, Brown University, and Johns Hopkins, among other experts. After a more than two week jury trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the patient and against the doctor and the hospital for $1,7 Million.

Birth Injury — Mr. Shelsby represented a young boy who suffered an injury to the brachial plexus nerve in his shoulder which would not have occurred if the mother’s doctors would have performed a cesarean section at birth. As a result, the young boy could still use his arm but had permanent neurological injuries to the arm. After almost 2 weeks of trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the boy for $1.5 Million.

Car Accident — The firm represented a young man who was a high school senior and was involved in an accident where a commercial vehicle turned into the path of the young man’s vehicle.  Initially, the young man did not feel injured and did not even seek emergency treatment.  However, within a matter of days it was clear that he sustained a concussion that effected the client’s ability to think clearly and his emotional state.  The firm aggressively represented the young man using multiple experts including a neurologist, a neuropsychologist and a psychologist, and rejected multiple “low-ball” settlement offers up to the time of trial.  Just before trial the defendant drastically increased their offers until the case was finally settled.