Firm Results

Lou La Cava and Justine Adamski obtained a dismissal of their client after two weeks and one day of trial. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant was negligent in not diagnosing and treating a pulmonary embolism resulting in death. The decedent left three survivors. The Plaintiff continued to try the case against the remaining defendants.

Lou La Cava and Kari Jacobson obtained a defense verdict in a case where the Plaintiffs alleged that a delay in performing a c-section caused the baby to be born with brain damage. The Defendants argued that the child was born with autism as a result of developmental malformations in the first or second trimester of the pregnancy. After a 7-day trial the jury returned a verdict finding the two doctors involved in the care of the patient not negligent. The jury returned the verdict after 40 minutes of deliberations.

Lou La Cava obtained a defense verdict in a two-week case in Clearwater, Florida. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant neurologist failed to order a brain MRI while treating the Plaintiff for a history of headaches and neck pain. The Plaintiff was ultimately diagnosed with a very large pituitary tumor which could not be totally removed due to its size and involvement with other structures. The Plaintiff asked the jury to award in excess of 10 million dollars. The jury returned a verdict finding the Defendant not negligent.

Lou La Cava and David Young obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case that also included claims by four family members of intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of the manner in which they discovered that the decedent had died. The Plaintiffs alleged that our insured physician negligently failed to diagnose a lacerated spleen leading to death in the emergency room 4 hours after arrival. The defense successfully argued that our insured physician appropriately considered the rule-out diagnosis of lacerated spleen but the radiologist misread the CT as showing no solid organ injury. The defense also emphasized that trauma surgeons had decided to admit the patient for observation and that it was the hospital whose employees showed the family the decedent’s body without them knowing he was dead. The Plaintiffs asked the jury for a verdict in the multi-millions. The jury returned their verdict finding no liability on the part of our insured physician on both the wrongful death claim and the intentional infliction claim in just under two hours.

Lou La Cava and David Young obtained a defense verdict in a case wherein the Plaintiff alleged that he developed a compartment syndrome after removal of the fibula to reconstruct his jaw resulting in an above-knee amputation of his right leg. Plaintiff claimed this should have been diagnosed earlier and, if so, his leg could have been saved. Although our insured physician mentioned compartment syndrome as a contributing cause of the patient’s problem, it was argued at trial that a post-operative infection led to the amputation. The jury returned the defense verdict in 30 minutes.