McCarthy, Winkelman & Mester, L.L.P.

$20.1M

Slip and Fall Accidents

This case settled at beginning of the trial for $20,100,000 and a structure was used that will pay the Plaintiffs over $125,000,000 in their lifetime. It was a novel case dealing with issues of product liability, innkeeper liability and punitive damages.

$7.5M

Personal Injury

This case resulted in a $7,500,000 judgment that established a new duty for public utilities in cases where claimants were injured by electricity on utilities property or right of way. It also held the Maryland Cap on non-economic damages constitutional.

$6M

Auto Accidents

The Plaintiff was rear-ended at stop light in LaPlata, Maryland and suffered a C5-6 fracture that caused the Plaintiff to become a complete quadriplegic. The case settled for $6,000,000 less than eight months after the incident. The Defendant had no assets that could be given other than an insurance policy of $6,000,000.

$5.9M

Medical Malpractice

In Washington D.C.’s Superior Court, upheld by the appeals court, against health care providers for their failure to treat a blood clot before it permanently injured the client’s spinal cord.

$5.8M

Auto Accidents

Corporation and driver found jointly responsible for compensatory and punitive damages as driver was severely intoxicated and had a history of driving infractions.

$5.5M

Medical Malpractice

The Plaintiff was admitted to the Shock Trauma unit of Prince George’s Hospital Center with a leg injury. The surgery to relieve a blood clot in the leg was not performed in time, resulting in the Plaintiff’s leg having to be amputated at the hip. The Defendant contended that the leg was lost not because of delay in relieving the blood clot in the artery but because of extensive injury to venous system in area of pelvis and left leg.