Professional Negligence
Verdicts & Settlements
Some of the medical malpractice and other professional negligence cases in which Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau has represented plaintiffs and which were reportable in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly are listed below. All our cases cannot be reported because some settlement agreements include confidentiality clauses barring us from publicizing any aspect of those cases.
Patient Resolves Claim Involving Loss of Intestines – $4.3 million settlement
Spinal Surgery Med-Mal Claim Results in $2 Million Settlement - Negligent Microdisectomy Alleged - Cauda Equina Syndrome
Arbitration Panel Awards $1.5 Million in Med-Mal Case
Failure to Timely Perform C-Section - Twin Delivery - Cerebral Palsy - $2.75 Million Settlement
Drug Suppressed Immune System - Patient Died After Foot Injury - $1.1 Million SettlementAssets/Category/0001/0002/12/Article_6_-_Pro_Negligence.pdf
Wrongful Death - Misdiagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Confidential Settlement
Wrongful Death of Youngster – Negligent Surgery Alleged - $1.65 Million Confidential Settlement Before Filing
Wrongful Death – Patient Discharge Without Seeing a Doctor – Physician’s Assistant Misdiagnosed Chest Pain - $1.25 Million Settlement
Negligent Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal – Probable Liver Transplant – Negligent Hernia Repair Claim - $1.1. Million Settlement
Wrongful Death – Teenage Female – Severe Lupus – Failure to Spot Internal Bleeding - $600,000 Confidential Settlement
Wrongful Death – 62 Year-Old-Man – Previous Heart Attack – Went to ER With Chest Pains – Exclusive Treatment by Physician’s Assistant – Diagnosed Gastritis and Discharged – Death on Way Home - $1.025 Mediated Settlement – ER Policies Changed
ER Settlement Hinged on Use of Physician Assistant
Wrongful Death – Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack – History Of Hypertension, Diabetes – Shortness of Breath – No EKG Performed On First Visit – Autopsy Revealed Infarct - $500,000 Mediated Settlement
Failure to Diagnose Clot in Heart - Discharged Without Proper Treatment - Stroke, Paralysis - Patient History - Records Dispute - $3.025 Million Settlement
Child’s Unnecessary Hysterectomy – Genetic Misdiagnosis – Turner’s Syndrome – Limitations Issue – Structured Settlement Costing Defendants $500,000
Unneeded Childhood Hysterectomy Nets $500,000
Surgeon Failed to Discover Artery Severed During Child’s Leg Operation – Fifty Percent Partial Permanent Leg Disability – $533,733 Settlement
Surgery, Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocyst – Transgastric Drainage Procedure Not Recognized – Peritonitis - $600,000 Settlement
Birth Injury – Brain Damage – Failure to Intervene After Membranes Ruptured Prematurely – Cesarean Section – Fetal Hypoxia - $1,500,000 Settlement
Misdiagnosis, Lung Cancer – Two-And-A-Half Year Delay – Reduced Life Expectancy – Radiation Therapy – Arbitration. $550,000 Settlement
