Verdicts & Settlements

JOHN A. CAPUTO & ASSOCIATES 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

$3.5 million settlement - death from delayed diagnosis of cancer

$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

$2.25 million settlement - leg amputation of worker on conveyor

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

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

$1.8 Million Settlement - personality change and disc surgery from rear-end collision

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

$1.75 million settlement - death of homemaker in home explosion

$1.5 million settlement - delayed diagnosis of cancer requiring radiation rather than surgery

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

$1.5 Million Settlement - internal injuries to a worker

$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

$1.25 million settlement - temporary oxygen deprivation from lack of monitoring

$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 - instantaneous 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

$730,000 settlement - delayed diagnosis of cancer requiring radiation rather than surgery

$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