Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Doctor Negligence Results in Sacramento Birth Injuries Suffered By Twins During Delivery, Part 1 of 3

January 10, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a birth injury case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this birth injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

CASE INFORMATION
FACTS/CONTENTIONS

According to court records: Plaintiffs, husband and wife, became pregnant with twins through in-vitro fertilization in approximately June 2004 after attempting for five years to get pregnant. Plaintiff had previously suffered an ectopic pregnancy resulting in the loss of one fallopian tube.

Plaintiff presented with numerous high risk factors, including advanced maternal age (38 years), a negative Rh factor, a clotting disorder, and a multiple pregnancy resulting from IVF therapy when she sought medical care from defendant Brady, M.D. and her medical corporation Brady, M.D. Inc. through her medical practice located in Roseville, California in August 2004. Before seeing defendant Brady, plaintiff had been pregnant with triplets. She lost one of the babies before consulting with defendant Brady.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Family Brings Injury Case Against Corporations for Wrongful Death, Part 1 of 4

January 10, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of an injury case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this wrongful death lawsuit and its proceedings.)

CASE INFORMATION
FACTS/CONTENTIONS

According to Defendant: Decedent, a 75-year-old retired maintenance man, shade tree mechanic, home remodeler, and former boiler tender/fireman in the Navy, died of pleural mesothelioma on October 11, 2007. Plaintiffs, surviving spouse, and adult children alleged that several defendants manufactured, distributed, or sold asbestos-containing products to which decedent was exposed.

Plaintiffs alleged that decedent’s exposure to work as a shade tree mechanic and work while a part-time mechanic for four years exposed him to brake-wear debris and wear debris from clutches that contained asbestos. Decedent would use an air hose to blow out brake wear debris from brake drums. Plaintiffs also alleged that decedent’s work with ABC joint compound exposed him to asbestos in the joint compound.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Sacramento Boat Accident Results in Permanent Brain Damage, Part 1 of 3

January 10, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate how a brain injury lawsuit could develop and resolve. Reviewing this summary should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this brain injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

CASE INFORMATION
FACTS/CONTENTIONS

According to Plaintiff: On June 9, 2006, Plaintiffs, ages 22 and 23, both students at ABC State University, were passengers in a XYZ wakeboarding boat on a lake in Sacramento County, California. XYZ holds itself out as a world leader in recreational wakeboard and ski boat manufacturing. XYZ sells recreational wakeboard and ski vessels throughout the U.S. and internationally. Defendant, a 27-year-old farmer and the boat’s owner, was towing a wakeboarder who fell. Just prior to that wakeboarding run, a number of people had moved to the bow in order to produce a quality wake for the boarder and because the boat was not getting “on plane.” Defendant slowed the vessel to 5 mph, then made a slow 180-degree turn to retrieve the fallen boarder. After completing the turn and traveling partway back to the boarder at a speed of from 3 to 5 mph, the bow of the boat suddenly swamped without warning. The force of water carried both plaintiffs off the bow and into the lake. The operator thought that it was a wake and accelerated to get through the wake. The propeller struck Plaintiff One in the head, fracturing her skull, slicing through her left frontal lobe and left eye. Plaintiff One’s injuries proved nearly fatal, but she was provided tremendous medical care, which saved her. Plaintiff One was left with significant, permanent brain damage. The propeller slashed Plaintiff Two across her lower back, leaving deep and permanent scars plus muscle and nerve damage.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Infant Suffers Brain Injury In Kaiser Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Part 1 of 4

January 4, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog is provided as an example of a Kaiser medical malpractice lawsuit to aid potential clients in how a lawsuit is examined and conduced. It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

CASE INFORMATION

Quadriplegic Man Brings Sacramento Personal Injury Case, Part 1 of 2

January 4, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a personal injury case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

Plaintiff, 36, arrived with a friend October 1, 2009 at Access ABC of the ABC Area. The Area land, located in Sacramento County, was owned, managed and supervised by the State of California. Plaintiff rode his 2005 Honda CRF 450 dirt bike into the staging area at approximately 9 a.m., when he hit a cable loosely connected to two portable concrete barriers, lost control of his bike, was thrown into the air and landed on his head. The barriers were allegedly set up by Game and Fish employees.

He was air lifted to the hospital and underwent surgery on his cervical spine, moved to ABC Hospital Oct. 3. He was discharged Dec. 2.

Plaintiff and his mother filed a complaint in the Sacramento County Superior Court against the State of California for gross negligence and negligence.

Plaintiff claimed the cable was brown, not taut, not properly painted or marked by strips of flags. It reportedly sagged to a height of barely five inches above the ground and that vegetation and brush obscured visibility. He was also wearing a helmet, chest protector, riding boots, knee and elbow pads, gloves, and polarized goggles at the time of the incident.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

San Jose Medical Malpractice Case For Man With Brain Injury, Part 1 of 3

January 4, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the San Jose area, such as Kaiser Permanente, Regional Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, or O’Connor Hospital.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

INJURIES: Serreno experienced a right watershed infarct in his brain with a distribution involving the middle cerebral artery and left parietal, resulting in hemiplegia. The condition resulted in left-side bodily weakness and permanent left-side brain damage.

Facts:

On March 21, 2009, plaintiff, Bob Serreno, 33, an unemployed security guard, went to ABC Regional Medical Center in Sacramento with complaints of abdominal pain. He was admitted into the intensive care unit after being diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. After having two different IVs inserted in his arm, a nurse paged first-year resident John Emmerson to place a central venous catheter in Serreno. Emmerson responded roughly one hour and 45 minutes later, and attempted to insert the central line. Emmerson was unable to do so, and opted to place the line in Serreno’s internal jugular vein, and believed he succeeded after checking for pulsatility and the color of the blood in the line.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Catastrophic Sacramento Truck Accident Results in $4 Million Lawsuit, Part 1 of 3

January 4, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate how a car accident lawsuit might follow. Reviewing this kind of case should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this car accident lawsuit and its proceedings.)

SUMMARY:
Verdict/Judgment: Plaintiff
Verdict/Judgment Amount: $4,271,079
Range: $2,000,000-$4,999,999
$771,079 awarded on the survivorship claim; $500,000 on the lost consortium claim; and $3,000,000 on the wrongful death claim.
Trial Type: Jury
Trial Length: 8 days.
Deliberations: 2.5 days.

Jury Poll: 11-1 survivorship; 10-2 lost consortium/wrongful death.

CASE INFORMATION

According to Plaintiff: Plaintiffs’ decedent died from injuries sustained when defendants’ truck allegedly crossed over the centerline and collided with decedent’s pickup causing the pickup to move into the path of an oncoming truck. The plaintiffs were Camille Merry and others.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Negligent Hospital Care Causes Birth Injury in Sacramento Medical Malpractice Case, Part 1 of 4

January 4, 2012 | by Moseley Collins

It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

On October 15, 2000, the plaintiff, a female infant, was born to a 19-year-old woman at a Sacramento hospital. Two days earlier, the mother was admitted to induced labor. She was experiencing a complicated third trimester due to maternal hypertension. An OB-GYN doctor prescribed the patient up to 25 milliunits of Pitocin an hour, and contractions began three hours later.

Sacramento Auto Accident Victim Uses Experts In Brain Injury Case, Part 6 of 6

December 24, 2011 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate a common motion filed during civil litigation. Reviewing this kind of filing should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this brain injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

RELEVANT EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE

Sacramento Families Seek Punitive Damages For Persistent Elder Abuse At Nursing Facilities, Part 7 of 7

December 24, 2011 | by Moseley Collins

The following blog entry is written to illustrate a common motion filed during civil litigation. Reviewing this kind of filing should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this elder abuse lawsuit and its proceedings.)

PROPOSED TRIAL SEQUENCE cont.