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.

Wrongful Death —

Attorneys Gil Shelsby and Jim Meehan secured a $1.7 million jury verdict on behalf of a mother whose 9-year-old daughter was tragically killed in a hit-and-run collision. The lawsuit was brought against both the driver who struck the child and the individual entrusted with her care while the mother was at work. The jury found both defendants liable, awarding damages for the mother's wrongful death claim as well as for the child’s conscious pain and suffering.

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 had 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 affected 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.

Medical Malpractice — The firm represented a family in a wrongful death action, which involved a patient who was seen in the emergency room with complaints of chest pain. The patient was a mother of three and was employed as a medical practice administrator. She was told that she had an orthopedic problem and was discharged without evaluation of her cardiac function. The patient died as a result of a heart attack thirty-six hours later. The case was settled for over $1.4 million.

Medical Malpractice — The firm represented a man who underwent what was supposed to be an outpatient surgical procedure. Almost immediately after the procedure the man had severe bleeding, had to be rushed back into surgery, and ultimately had serious medical problems. Shelsby & Leoni aggressively pursued both the surgeon and a medical device manufacturer on behalf of their client and won a settlement in excess of $1.2 million.

Car Accident — The firm represented a mother and father who lost their 16-year-old son in an automobile accident. Their child was a passenger in a vehicle being operated by another teenager. The driver traveled through a stop sign and collided with a large van. The impact caused significant internal injuries to the passenger. The child survived for several hours but unfortunately died from his internal injuries. The case was settled for nearly $1 million.

Medical Malpractice — Mr. Leoni and Mr. Shelsby represented a 36-year-old woman who suffered a metastasis of endometrial cancer, which would not have occurred if her gynecologist had properly followed up on a biopsy that showed pre-cancer cells were present.  The doctor failed to perform more complete testing and more biopsies.  The woman had to go through chemotherapy and radiation treatments, as well as an increase in the risk for a recurrence of cancer.  After a 2 week trial in December 2012, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the woman and her husband for just over $1 million.