Need a lawyer for a medical malpractice, serious injury or death case? One of the important factors you're considering is experience. Here are some case results for D.C., Maryland and Virginia injury and death cases we handle.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

Lifetime settlement for child victim of D.C. medical malpractice

A hospital physician violated a patient safety rule - he didn't get all of the available information before he discharged his patient. This experienced doctor, a specialist, believed his patient was only 23 weeks pregnant, and previable, when he discharged her from the hospital. But he didn't calculate - or otherwise check - the gestational age of the baby she was carrying. Instead, he used a sloppy, handwritten notation of the gestational age for his high risk obstetrical patient. And he guessed wrong.

The baby was over 24 weeks and viable at discharge and the mom was at high risk for a preterm delivery. The baby was born a week later without the benefit of prenatal steroids to promote the baby's lung maturity, decrease the complications of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) and Intra Ventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) common to severely premature infants.

The child suffers from cerebral palsy and delays across all areas of cognitive functioning.

Awarded: Confidential

In D.C., Maryland and Virginia, we represent people and families - patients injured because of preventable medical mistakes, children with cerebral palsy, workers with on the job injuries and people injured in serious car accidents, and families who have lost a loved one due to medical malpractice, work and car accidents.