The following examples of cases represent only a portion of the types of cases and experience that Dempsey & Kingsland, P.C. has successfully litigated in recent years.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- Birth Injury causing death of infant - Confidential Settlement
- Spinal infection causing paralysis - Confidential Settlement
- Failure to diagnose colon cancer - Confidential Settlement
- Misdiagnosis of heart disease - Confidential Settlement
- Drug overdose - Confidential Settlement
- Improper treatment leading to amputation - Confidential Settlement
- Vaccine Injury involving paralysis of 1 year old child - $43.1 million Settlement
- Elective surgery fraud/malpractice - $2.69 million combined Settlements
- Failure to monitor cerebral edema - $1.075 million Settlement (details confidential)
- Failure to diagnose cervical cancer - $1 million Settlement (details confidential)
- Spinal Cord Injury as a result of Improper Positioning on a Radiology Table - $850,000 Settlement
- Vaccine injury involving death of 1 year old child - $250,000 Settlement
WORKPLACE INJURIES
- Wrongful death of a window washer - $7.25 million Judgment
- Head injury caused at construction site - $450,000 Settlement
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
- Motorcyclist Collides with Passenger Vehicle (Policy Limits)
- Rear ender by semi truck - Confidential Settlement
- 18-wheeler collision - Confidential Settlement
- Rear ender by semi truck - death - $5 million Settlement
- Head-on collision - $1.2 million Settlement
- Motorcyclist Collides with Motorist Who Fails to Yield Right of Way - $750,000 Settlement
- Truck forces Passenger Vehicle off Roadway - $600,000 Settlement
- Construction vehicle collision - $469,000 Settlement
- Emergency turn-around collision after vehicle makes sudden stop - $450,000 Settlement
- Slow-moving road grader causes head-on collision - $445,000 total arbitration award and Settlement
- Police Vehicle Rear ends Passenger Vehicle - $349,000 Settlement
- Police officer rear-ends vehicle - $345,499 Settlement
- Bus loses control after traveling too fast on icy road - $260,000 Settlement
- Vehicle crosses centerline and collides with motorcycle - $215,000 verdict
NURSING HOME
- Hospital Fall, Hip Fracture and Death (Confidential Settlement)
- Fall at Nursing Home results in Multiple Fractures and Death (Confidential Settlement)
- Dropped patient suffers femur fracture - Confidential Settlement
- Wrongful death of resident - Confidential Settlement
PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAW
WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW
- Shoulder Injury/Fibromyalgia Combined with Pre-existing Psychological Disorder - Lifetime Benefits Awarded
- Post Traumatic Stress from Violent Collision En Route in Fire Truck - Lifetime Benefits Awarded
- Fibromyalgia & Depression caused by work time injuries - Lifetime Benefits Awarded
