Settlements and Verdicts

Henry Spiegel Milling, LLP has a long and successful record of winning trials and obtaining excellent settlements for our clients. The majority of the cases that we handle settle before trial because the insurance companies understand what will happen if a settlement is not reached. In the year 2005 alone, we recovered over $27,000,000 for our deserving clients.

Verdicts

Representative verdicts include:
Brown v. Grady - brain damaged after overdose of medication: $14,900,000 judgment.
Allard v. Emory - failure to diagnose aortic aneurysm: $1,200,000 judgment.
Jordan v. Emory - stroke after surgery: $1,200,000 judgment.
Lawrence v. Columbus Medical Center - brain damaged due to inadequate resuscitation: $3,500,000 judgment.
Byrd v. Daus - birth injury and death: $2,800,000 judgment.
Scott v. Arrow - trucking accident resulting in multiple orthopedic injuries and closed head injury: $5,600,000 judgment.
Jones v. Yuscavage - partial paralysis from failure to diagnose spinal cord injury: $1,400,000 judgment.
Tritt v. Dekalb - complications of gallbladder surgery: $840,000 judgment.

Settlements

Henry Spiegel Milling, LLP has obtained millions upon millions of dollars in settlements for their clients. Total settlements since 1999 exceed $165,000,000. Although, each case varies, representative settlements include the following:

Medical Malpractice:

$6,000,000   Brain damage after neurosurgery

$5,900,000   Brain damage after failure to diagnose heart attack

$4,950.000   Brain damage due to stroke

$3,500,000   Brain damage after failure to diagnose pneumonia

$4,500,000   Failure to diagnose heart problem resulting in multiple surgeries and brain injury

$3,500,000   Birth injury

$3,000,000   Failure to diagnose blood disorder resulting in death

$2,000,000   Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer

$1,000,000   Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer

$4,000,000   Failure to timely diagnose lung cancer resulting in death

$5,000,000   Failure to diagnose brain tumor resulting in permanent injuries

$3,000,000   Severe abdominal injuries after surgery

$2,850,000   Failure to diagnose cervical cancer resulting in death

$1,450,000   Death after surgery

$1,500,000   Brain damage and death after delivery

Products Liability:

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for teenage front seat passenger of car burned badly in post collision fire - Defective fuel system

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for three young men who were rear seat passengers in car burned to death in post collision fire - Defective fuel system

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for adult woman who died from burn injuries in post collision fire - Defective Fuel System, Door Defects

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for young man who burned to death in post collision fire - Defective fuel system, crashworthiness

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for teenage girl and her mother who burned to death in a post collision fire - Defective Fuel System

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for young college student who was trapped in rear seat of car and burned to death during post collision fire - Defective fuel system, defective rear structure of car, defective door system, crashworthiness

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for young man who was front seat passenger and burned to death in post collision fire - Defective Fuel System, Door Defects

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for two sisters who were burned in post collision fire - Defective Fuel System, crashworthiness

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for man who was burned to death in Post Collision fire - Defective aftermarket part punctured fuel system

Confidential Multi-million dollar settlement for man who burned to death in post collision fire - Defective fuel system, crashworthiness

Road Defects and Work Zone Safety:

$4,775,000   partial settlement of case involving a motor vehicle collision in a construction zone at night, resulting in serious and permanent injuries to occupant of one of the vehicles

$3,300,000   Improper design and construction of roadway caused water to collect on roadway resulting in a hydroplane accident involving teenage driver and wrongful deaths

$1,950,000   Brain injury-improper maintenance of roadway caused water collection on highway leading to hydroplane accident

$1,600,000   Young Driver hits rear of slow moving vehicle improperly marked

Trucking and Auto Accidents:

$2,500,000   Death of mother and child

$3,400,000   Woman burned to death following truck accident

$2,600,000   Person burned badly following truck accident

$2,500,000   Low impact collision - man suffered from chronic pain syndrome and resulting depression

$1,750,000   Truck driver died following collision caused by another truck

$1,800,000   Man died after under riding the trailer

$1,000,000   Policy limits settlement for family of young girl who died when she struck the rear of a trailer that was not properly lighted and marked

$1,000,000   Policy limits settlement for woman who died as a result of tractor trailer collision

$1,000,000   Policy Limits settlement for a teenager who died as a result of a tractor trailer collision

$1,000,000   policy limits settlement for death of elderly man hit by dump truck

$900,000     Truck accident caused cervical fracture requiring surgery

$650,000     Man developed seizure disorder following collision

$500,000     Man died when passenger car struck his pickup truck. (bad faith - $100,000 insurance policy)

$300,000     Truck accident caused bulging disc

$300,000     Motorcycle collision - orthopedic injuries (bad faith - $25,000 insurance policy)

$100,000     Policy limits settlement for pedestrian hit by car

$100,000     Policy limits settlement for young girl hit by car

$100,000     Policy Limits settlement for soft tissue neck and back injuries

$100,000     Policy limits settlement for cervical fusion