Kelly & Ignoffo Law Group

$350,000

Nursing Home Neglect

Skin Breakdown: Failure to prevent pressure ulcer. Our elderly client suffered from a heal pressure ulcer which required multiple debridement surgeries. Our attorneys proved that failures by the nursing home staff caused the otherwise preventable ulcerations.

$300,000

Premises Liability

Brain Injury: Improperly designed staircase. We obtained a pre-suit policy limits settlement on behalf of a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury at a friend’s home. Opening what he believed to be the bathroom door, our client stepped into what was, in fact, the doorway to the basement stairs that had no landing. Our client was caused to fall head first striking the basement floor. We were able to establish with the homeowner’s insurance carrier that this was an unreasonably dangerous condition that should not have existed.

$1.8M

Trucking Accident

Brain Injury: Truck strikes pedestrian. Our client was on her way to work when she was struck by a commercial truck resulting in a concussion with severe post-concussion syndrome that limited her daily activities. Our attorneys were able to secure this settlement through extensive pre-trial settlement negotiations.

$1.5M

Nursing Home Neglect

Leg Amputation: Inadequate wound care. After hip surgery our client was transferred to the defendant nursing home for physical therapy and management of vascular disease. Over several weeks a small area of skin breakdown progressed to multiple large necrotic ulcerations. Multiple debridement surgeries were unsuccessful and our client ultimately underwent an above-knee amputation. Our team established that the amputation was a direct result of failures by the defendant physician and nurses to monitor the wounds and treat our client’s underlying vascular disease.

$1M

Personal Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury: Failure to call 911. We obtained this insurance policy limits recovery for the husband and father of two who suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall. It was alleged that the defendant deprived our client of essential medical intervention because of the failure to call 911.

$4.7M

Medical Malpractice

Failure to appropriately treat ischemic stroke. Our client woke with a sudden onset of symptoms consistent with stroke. He went immediately to the ER at his community hospital where a “telestroke” consultation was conducted by an off-site neurologist. We alleged that this physician failed to adequately conduct the exam, make the diagnosis and prescribe necessary medication. Our client was left permanently disabled as a result of this stroke which we alleged could have been prevented. We further alleged that the community hospital was negligent for their failure to have audiovisual capabilities for the telestroke consultation to be adequately done.