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Significant Verdicts & Settlements in Medical Malpractice

At The McClelland Law Group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, our Pittsburgh medical malpractice law firm serve those who have been seriously injured or have suffered the loss of a loved one due to medical malpractice.  According to the HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals report of 2009, there were were 97,755 actual in-hospital deaths that occurred among patients who experienced one or more of the 15 patient safety events. A medical error can change a life forever, and an attorney can help get the compensation from medical errors. Here are some of the settlements that our firm has recovered for clients.

$2,400,000.00 - misread echocardiogram

$1,425,000.00 - failure to properly intubate in emergency room

$1,000,000.00 - neurosurgical procedure performed improperly

$4,000,000.00 - negligent monitoring and treatment following a routine surgical procedure

$4,000,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treating a cardiac tamponade

$2,200,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treating disseminated intravascular coagulation

$1,100,000.00 - delay in treating prolapse cord

$940,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treatment of breast cancer

$685,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treating breast cancer

$4,000,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treating sepsis in a newborn

$2, 300,000.00 - delay in performing a caesarean section resulting in hypoxic stroke

$2,000,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and referring for a liver transplant

$1,700,000.00 - failure to recognize hypoxic insult during delivery

$2,750,000.00 - failure to recognize and treat an intracerebral bleed

$700,000.00 - failure to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis

$2,200,000.00 - failure to diagnose and treat sepsis

$750,000.00 - failure to diagnose colon cancer

$800,000.00 - failure to diagnose hospital-acquired infection

$1,000,000.00 - failure to diagnose pulmonary embolus

$550,000.00 - failure to diagnose heart attack in emergency room

$1,500,000.00 - delay in diagnosing and treating herpes encephalitis

$900,000.00 - emergency room improper treatment of burns

$750,000.00 - Erb's palsy as a result of shoulder dystocia

$800,000.00 - failure to diagnose blood clot in calf

$900,000.00 - improper use of anesthesia

$500,000.00 - improper lumbar fusion of the spine

$700,000.00 - improper use of LMA during general anesthesia

$1,000,000.00 - anesthesia during colonoscopy resulted in hypoxic injury

Our Pittsburgh medical malpractice attorneys have distinguished themselves in the courtroom as well as maintained a high degree of ethics and professionalism within the legal community. Our law firm is located at 100 Ross Street, Suite 102, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2013.