Financial Loss:
Manufacturing plant burned to the ground, with fire spread due to faulty fire control equipment. Just under $20,000,000.
Developer of low cost housing for the elderly given poor advice on financing and bond work. $3,000,000.
Retirees’ savings put into poor investment plans by broker. Almost $1,400,000.
Seller of software due certain data information under a breached agreement. Almost $2,000,000.
Junior partner in partnership running export company not fully paid profits. $1,100,000.
Inventor of specialty construction product agreed to have large company finance and distribute product, with inventor claiming failure by the company to do so. Nearly $4,000,000.
Small company had new financing delayed because of technical errors in drafting documents. $1,000,000.
Agent gained a large endorsement for his client only to learn the client cut agent out of the deal. Nearly $2,000,000.
Small commercial broker who put software deal together had fee withheld. $1,000,000.
Carpenter electrocuted by high-voltage power line while constructing second-story tower at shopping center. In excess of $1,000,000.
Legal Malpractice claim against mid-sized commercial firm for coerced settlement. In excess of $2,400,000.
Partner in a car dealership siphoned funds from dealership to the detriment of the remaining dealership partners. Combined settlement and judgement in excess of $8,000,000.
Legal malpractice claim against mid-sized law firm for failing to file claim for Workers' Compensation death benefits within statute of limitations. $400,000.
Product Liability/Personal Injury:
Product liability suit by teenager on a trampoline who landed on his neck. $3,600,000.
Camera man videotaping Cleveland Browns game for local TV station injured in end zone. Nearly $1,000,000.
Estate of child electrocuted through defectively strung wiring. Almost $1,500,000.
Middle school student in gym class who fell off uneven parallel bars resulting in paralysis. Just under $1,000,000.
High school student passenger in car who suffered head injury when car struck a tree. Just under $1,000,000.
Housewife who used sports equipment, with resulting spinal fracture injury. Just under $1,000,000.
Medical Malpractice:
Woman mistaken for another patient wrongfully sterilized. $1,700,000.
Distressed child delivered late, contrary to medical indicators, resulting in brain damage. $7,500,000.
Newborn discharged from hospital despite bleeding disorder. Nearly $1,500,000.
Cardiac patient mistreated by failure to give appropriate test and therapy. Over $8,000,000.
Patient undergoing routine nasal surgery had drill slip into brain cavity. $1,700,000.
Warehouse worker seen in urgent care center for pain due to undetected tumor, with subsequent partial amputation. $3,100,000.
Child delivered naturally despite indications for caesarean section, caused birth defects. $2,000,000.