Verdicts & Settlements

CAPUTO COX & SCHWARZWAELDER has obtained significant verdicts and settlements.  The following are some of those listing the amounts of verdicts or settlements paid:

$16 Million plus Settlement - brain damage from medical testing

$8 Million Settlement during trial - brain damage from delay in medical diagnosis

$5 Million Verdict – quadriplegia caused by a drunk driver served at a tavern

$5 Million Settlement – brain injury to infant from delayed delivery

$4.8 Million Settlement – death of bank executive in auto collision

$4 Million Verdict – amputations from delayed medical treatment

$4 Million Arbitration Award – bipolar disorder from a severe brain concussion in a motor vehicle collision

$4 Million plus Settlement – brain injury to infant from delayed delivery

$3 Million plus Settlement – decreased vision from delayed medical diagnosis

$2.75 Million Settlement – death from negligent post-operative care

$2.5 Million Settlement – leg amputation of worker drawn into a coil slitting machine

$2 Million Settlement – leg and ankle fractures from motor vehicle collision

$1.8 Million Settlement – memory loss with head injury in motor vehicle collision

$1.775 Million Settlement – death of worker crushed on a conveyor

$1.5 Million Settlement – leg fracture with residual pain from motor vehicle collision

$1.5 Million Settlement – internal injuries to a worker from an exploding press

$1.45 Million Settlement – death from delayed diagnosis of cancer

$1.4 Million Settlement – speech impairment from delayed diagnosis of evolving stroke

$1.4 Million Settlement – death during treatment for a blood clot

$1.4 Million Settlement – stroke then death from invasive medical procedure

$1.3 Million Settlement – death of baby at delivery and loss of uterus

$1.3 Million Settlement – muscle and flesh loss in leg and groin from delayed diagnosis of  bacterial infection

$1.3 Million Settlement – partial paralysis from delayed treatment of evolving stroke

$1.3 Million Settlement – fracture and crush of an arm from collision of vehicles

$1.25 Million Settlement – leg fractures and internal injuries in a motorcycle-vehicle collision

$1.1 Million Settlement - death from failure to diagnose heart attack

$1.1 Million Settlement – death from delayed diagnosis of intestinal condition

$1 Million Verdict – fractured arm and leg in motor boat collision on the Allegheny River

$962,000 Verdict – partial paralysis after failure to diagnose symptoms warning of coming stroke

$950,000 Settlement – liver injury during gall bladder surgery

$950,000 Settlement – death of teenager as pedestrian on interstate highway

$950,000 Settlement – death from failure to treat coronary symptoms

$900,000 Settlement – leg injury with lymphedema from motor vehicle collision

$900,000 Settlement – brain injury to contractor struck by work vehicle

$850,000 Settlement during trial – instanteous death in motor vehicle collision

$800,000 Settlement – death during a biopsy

$800,000 Settlement – loss of chance to extend life from late diagnosis of cancer

$750,000 Settlement – death during a biopsy procedure

$700,000 Settlement – death during surgery

$700,000 Settlement – death from an injury during gall bladder surgery

$700,000 Settlement – delayed diagnosis of cancer requiring radiation rather than surgery

$673,000 Recovery after Verdict – burned arm and armpit from a flammable blouse

$618,000 Verdict – aggravation of a pre-existing knee injury

$550,000 Verdict – bile duct injured during gall bladder surgery

$550,000 Settlement – stillborn birth and loss of uterus

$540,000 Verdict (1991) – death of an unemployed young adult in a house fire caused by defective television

$500,000 Settlement – hand and wrist injury in auto accident

$500,000 Award – hip fracture/dislocation in auto accident

$500,000 Verdict (1988) – death of a teenager at a construction site

$475,000 Settlement – loss of vision in one eye from a delayed diagnosis of infection

$475,000 Verdict – hip fracture to pre-existing prosthetic hip from auto collision

$400,000 Settlement during trial – disabled wheelchair bound patient suffered minor fractures
of legs during a fall

$400,000 Verdict – injury to arm caught in closing elevator doors

$327,000 Verdict – perforation of bowel during colonoscopy