Representative Cases

Stamford, Connecticut Trial Lawyers
Medical Malpractice • Car Accidents • Business Litigation

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Note: Many of the results achieved by Silver Golub & Teitell for its clients are confidential. Accordingly, this list includes just a few representative cases. You should hire an attorney based on skill and experience, not past awards.

Medical Malpractice Cases

A 34-year-old woman sustains permanent brain damage because an anesthesiologist fails to properly monitor her vital signs during the cesarean delivery of her first child. Settlement of $16.7 Million.

A baby boy suffers brain hemorrhage, along with traumatic and hypoxic-ischemic brain damage, as a result of a birth injury during labor and delivery from the improper use of vacuum extraction equipment. After eleven weeks of trial: Settlement of $8 Million.

A 36-year-old woman with three children sustains brain damage during a routine tubal ligation procedure and will require lifetime care as a result of the anesthesiologist's failure to monitor anesthesia. Settlement of $13.2 Million.

An internist fails to diagnose colorectal cancer in a timely manner, leading to progression and metastases of the disease. Settlement of $1.9 Million.

Despite indications of fetal distress, a hospital obstetrical staff member gives a patient a labor-inducing drug and delays performing a cesarean section. The baby suffers oxygen deprivation, resulting in brain damage, cerebral palsy, and loss of intellectual function. Settlement of $10.5 Million.

Failure to diagnose and treat a recurrent brain tumor in a two-year-old child leads to permanent brain damage, including a loss of IQ, double vision, headaches, sleep disturbances, fatigue and an inability to regulate his body temperature. Settlement of $6.1 Million.

Despite signs of fetal distress and fetal asphyxia of a twin baby during labor and delivery, obstetrician and hospital staff delay performing a cesarean section, causing the child to suffer oxygen deprivation during her birth with resulting brain damage, cerebral palsy, and loss of intellectual function. Settlement of $8.9 Million

Patient reports troubling lower gastrointestinal symptoms, including a bulge in his abdomen, but his physician fails to investigate for cancer. After a significant delay, the patient is diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, which leads to his death. Settlement of $2 Million.

A 46-year-old woman diagnosed with a brain aneurysm is advised by her physician to undergo risky surgery with no explanation of safer treatment alternatives. Error by the same physician during the procedure causes stroke and related brain damage. Settlement of $1.5 Million.

A patient's mammogram and ultrasound are misread after she reports concern about a suspicious lump in her breast. After delay, her cancer is diagnosed, but only after progressing to a more advanced stage and reducing her life expectancy. Settlement of $2 Million.

A hospitalized stroke victim dies from a physician's failure to prevent a pulmonary embolism. Jury Verdict of $3.04 Million, including $2 Million wrongful death award to the surviving widow.

Failure to properly diagnose a four and a half-month-old infant's illness after the infant has a fever, seizures, and poor laboratory results lead to a delay in providing appropriate medication and causes brain damage, for which lifetime care is required. Settlement of $10 Million.

Failure timely to diagnose brain tumor in a six-year-old boy, resulting in brain damage. Settlement of $3.3 Million.

A 43-year-old man suffers paralysis, cognitive deficits, short term memory loss, and chronic pain as a result of his neurosurgeon operating at the wrong level of his spinal cord. Settlement of $6.4 Million.

Physicians and hospital staff fail to properly monitor a 23-year-old woman in the hospital and fail to diagnose her heart condition, resulting in her death within 24 hours of admission to the hospital. Settlement of $3.3 Million.

A baby boy sustains brain damage during his birth as a result of negligent administration of Pitocin medication during labor and failure to use standard ultrasound tests to monitor his condition. Settlement of $4.25 Million.

Non-Medical Malpractice Cases

A female television news anchor is wrongfully terminated by a Connecticut television station. Jury Verdict of $8 Million.

A 44-year-old mother is killed in a car accident caused by icy road conditions. Investigation reveals that the road had been improperly repaved in the 1970's and that reports of dangerous icing to the state Department of Transportation were ignored. Jury Verdict of $4 Million.

A young woman sustains injuries following a motor vehicle accident, which results in the loss of her senses of smell and taste. Settlement of $1.38 Million after jury verdict.

A 67-year-old man, struck by a hit-and-run driver, suffers severe injuries, including nerve palsy and multiple fractures to arm, leg, and shoulder. Jury Verdict of $2.05 Million.

A 62-year-old woman crossing the street is struck by a car driven by a distracted teenager, causing brain damage and leg injuries. Settlement of $2.5 Million.

Two workers sustain head and back injuries after falling from a scaffold. Settlement of $1.05 Million after five days of trial.

An eight-month-old baby suffers a skull fracture and brain damage when he is dropped down a flight of concrete stairs by an elderly woman who loses her footing on uneven and defective steps. Settlement of $2.75 Million.

Plaintiff suffers neck injuries when the defective elevator in which he was riding dropped two floors. Jury Award and Interest of $1.25 Million.

Contact the Stamford, Connecticut, personal injury lawyers at Silver Golub & Teitell, LLP, for legal help with injury claims arising from medical malpractice, fire and burn injuries, sexual abuse and assault from negligent security, and complex business litigation.