Lou La Cava and David Young obtained a defense verdict for their client in a medical malpractice wrongful death case tried in Pinellas County. The Plaintiff alleged that the defendant emergency room physician was negligent in his treatment of the patient resulting in her death from pulmonary embolism. The jury returned a verdict for the defense finding the physician was not negligent.
Lou La Cava and Jim Wetzel obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case tried in Hillsborough County. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant surgeon inappropriately evaluated and treated the patient who had an infection and fecal impaction. After a 5 day trial the jury returned a verdict for the defense finding no negligence on the part of the surgeon which was a legal cause of the decedent’s death
Lou La Cava obtained a dismissal for his client in a medical malpractice case. The Plaintiff alleged the physician was negligent in failing to diagnose a ruptured spleen on a CT scan. The Plaintiff agreed to dismiss the Defendant from the case prior to trial.
Lou La Cava and Jim Wetzel obtained a dismissal of their client from a lawsuit prior to trial. The Plaintiff alleged that the physician was negligent in not determining that the Plaintiff was wrongly diagnosed with cancer. After litigating the case for a number of years, the Plaintiff dismissed the case a week before it was set for trial.
Lou La Cava and Karen Mallin obtained a dismissal of their client in a wrongful death case. The Plaintiff had alleged that the Defendant was negligent in failing to diagnose the Plaintiff’s heart disease which led to her death. The Plaintiff agreed to dismiss the case prior to trial.
Lou La Cava and Justine Adamski obtained a defense verdict for a physician and a CRNA in a wrongful death case in Hillsborough County. The Plaintiff alleged that the defendants negligently handled the airway of a patient which resulted in a respiratory arrest. After a 7 day trial the jury returned a verdict finding both defendants were not negligent.
Lou La Cava and Barbara Chapman obtained a defense verdict for a hospital in a case wherein it was alleged the hospital nurses were negligent in failing to appropriately turn a patient resulting in a worsening of a sacral pressure ulcer. After a 5 day trial the jury returned a verdict finding the hospital nurses were not negligent.
Lou La Cava recently obtained a ruling in his client’s favor in an administrative hearing. The administrative complaint filed by the Department of Health alleged that the physician performed the wrong surgery, practiced below the standard of care and did not appropriately document the medical chart. The administrative law judge found in favor of the physician, and the order was accepted by the Board of Medicine.
Lou La Cava and Justine Adamski obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice wrongful death case alleging a delay in diagnosis and treatment of a pulmonary embolism.
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Jason Azzarone and Kari Jacobson obtained a defense verdict in a negligence case against a major hotel chain in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida. The Plaintiff alleged that the hotel was negligent in the design and maintenance of its docks, resulting in the sinking of his yacht. The Defendant maintained that the docks were properly designed and maintained, and further argued that the incident was caused by an Act of God. Following a five day trial, the jury returned a verdict, agreeing that the incident was caused by an Act of God.
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