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

$3.8 Million Settlement - stroke from failure to diagnose and treat bacterial endocarditis

$3.2 Million - Verdict/Settlement - ob/gyn and nursing malpractice.

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

$2.95 Million plus Settlement - failure to properly treat short gut syndrome.

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

$2.7 million Settlement brain injury during birth

$2.65 Million Settlement - death from failure to diagnose and treat brain hemorrhage

$2.65 Million Settlement - failure to properly perform an intubation

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

$2.4 Million Settlement - failure to diagnose lumbar herniated disc

$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

$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

$1.2 Million Settlement - radiation overdose

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

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

$1.07 Million Settlement - radiation overdose

$1 Million Plus Settlement - brain injury to minor from anoxia during heart and lung surgery to correct birth defect

$1 Million Plus Settlement - hemorrhage and death following catheter removal

$1 Million Settlement - death from failure to diagnose heart attack

$1 Million Settlement - nerve injury from failure to diagnose compartment syndrome

$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

$800,000 Settlement - negligent back surgery.

$750,000 Settlement - death during a biopsy procedure

$703,000 arbitration award - ankle and heel fracture

$700,000 Settlement- death from failure to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism.

$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

$600,000 Settlement - nursing home negligence/death.

$575,000 Settlement - death from failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism.

$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

$500,000 Settlement - improper hernia repair.

$500,000 Settlement - death from delay in diagnosis of lung cancer

$500,000 Settlement - death from exposure to coke oven emissions.

$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

$441,619.72 verdict - neuropathic pain and dysfunction from disc surgery.

$400,000 Settlement - death from perforation during fluid tap.

$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

$341,000 Settlement – dram shop act – minor/death.

$327,000 Verdict - perforation of bowel during colonoscopy

$300,000 Settlement – delay of treatment abdominal aortic aneurysm/death.

$320,000 Settlement – failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism/death.

$290,000 Settlement – failure to diagnose left hip/pelvis fractures.

$275,000 Settlement – wrongful death from bleeding after a kidney biopsy.

$275,000 Settlement – transaction of facial nerve during parotidectomy.

$267,500 Settlement – sclerotherapy of facial/scalp varicose veins.

$262,500 Settlement – failure to diagnose carcinoma of the cecum.

$235,000 Settlement – motorcycle/MVA accident; rendered quadriplegic. PennDOT insurance limits $250,000.

$200,000 Settlement– failure to diagnose Verapamil toxicity/death.

$185,000 Settlement– failure to diagnose and properly treat suicidal signs and symptoms/death.