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

$128,349

Medical Malpractice

This case involved a medical malpractice action for failure to diagnose a ruptured appendix. The Defendant doctor discharged the Plaintiff before performing appropriate tests and dismissed the Plaintiff as suffering from a sexually transmitted disease.

$1.1M

Auto Accidents

Underinsured motorist claim for woman with permanent back injury sustained as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Insurance company refused to settle within applicable policy limits.

$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.

$3M

Medical Malpractice

Interventional radiologist negligently performed a kyphoplasty on a fractured vertebra. Cement leaked into the epidural space, causing patient lifelong injuries which have confined her to a wheelchair.

$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.

$862,832

Medical Malpractice

The jury considered this case where a gentleman went in for routine prostate surgery but suffered complications which resulted in him spending a month in ICU and suffering a cardiac arrest. He survived the arrest and was transferred to a second hospital for treatment and recovery. The entire recovery period lasted months and the injured party was left with permanent impairment. The jury determined the medical providers failed to appreciate and treat the substantial bleeding of the Plaintiff in the post-operative period.