SYNOPSIS OF FAVORABLE OUTCOMES IN 2006

(1)    Rowell v. Mastalski, et al:

         This is a case in which it was asserted that our client, a cardiologist, improperly advised an emergency room physician to discharge a patient who was having a heart attack and the patient subsequently died 6 days later due to a cardiac rupture.  Our client denied being contacted by the emergency room physician on the morning in question, even though the emergency room record reflected that he had spoken to the emergency room physician that morning.

          After a month long trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of our client and further held that the emergency room physician was responsible for a judgment in excess of 3 million dollars.

(2)     Estate of Elise Woschnik v. Martin Memorial Medical Center, et al:

           In this case, it was alleged that the death of a 65 year old woman was caused because of a negligent interpretation of a CT scan of the chest. We successfully obtained a voluntary dismissal in favor of our client without any payment.

(3)      Young v. Martin Memorial Medical Center, et al:

           This was an alleged wrongful death case in which it was alleged that a married, 35 year old male, father of three, died as a result of his having been negligently discharged from an emergency room while he was in congestive heart failure. During discovery, we were able to establish that the decedent died as a result of a cardiac arrhythmia as a direct consequence of his own intravenous drug abuse.

           The trial court granted final summary judgment on behalf of our client on December 18, 2006.

(4)       Martell v. Van Vliet and Martin Memorial:

            This case concerned an allegation that a family practice physician caused bilateral Achilles tendon rupture by prescribing Levaquin and steriods concomitantly. We successfully obtained a summary judgment in favor of our client.

(5)        Lee v. Bradley, et al:

             This case concerned the death of an elderly woman as a result of an intracranial blood hemorrhage on December 18, 1999. It was alleged that she sustained an Amiodarone induced coagulopathy due to the interaction of Amiodarone and Coumadin.

             On December 18, 2006, we successfully obtained a final summary judgment in favor of our client.

(6)        Kabir v. Bethesda Memorial Hospital et al.:

             This was a brain damaged baby case in which it was alleged that our obstetrician client failed to properly manage a delivery and was responsible for the subsequent neurological injury and death of the child. However, we were able to subsequently prove that our client was wrongly accused in this case and the Plaintiff's counsel subsequently agreed to enter a voluntary dismissal without any payment being made by our client.

(7)        Haym v. Press:

             This was a case in which the Plaintiff alleged that she sustained "deliberate vertigo" and asserted that our client improperly used an otoscope during an examination of the patient.

             We conducted presuit surveillance which exposed that the patient's damages claims as stated during the presuit investigation, were grossly exaggerated.

             Shortly after suit was filed, Plaintiffs' counsel filed a Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice as to our client, without payment, due to the surveillance.

(8)        Brockelman v. Scricca:

             This case involved an allegation of a failure to diagnose malignant melanoma in a 39 year old female patient. The patient's lesion was completely removed, including the scar from the previous procedure that was performed by our client. This area was evaluated by the attending pathologist, who issued a report concluding that there was no evidence of malignancy within the specimen.

             Shortly after suit was filed, we convinced Plaintiff's counsel to file a Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice as to our client. No payments were made on behalf of our client.