Shelsby & Leoni, P.A.

$2.7M

Breast Cancer

Woman developed metastatic breast cancer due to her OB/GYN doctor's failure to treat a persistent lump in her breast.

$1.7M

Personal Injury

The firm represented a woman who was injured when a doctor at Bayhealth Medical Center failed to properly diagnose and treat her progressively weakening legs. The condition was caused by an abscess on the woman’s spine. The firm retained experts from Yale, Brown University, and Johns Hopkins, among other experts.

$1.7M

Wrongful Death

Attorneys Gil Shelsby and Jim Meehan secured a jury verdict on behalf of a mother whose 9-year-old daughter was tragically killed in a hit-and-run collision. The lawsuit was brought against both the driver who struck the child and the individual entrusted with her care while the mother was at work.

$2.6M

Product Liability

Teenager was injured by a product that was later taken off the market. The firm sued the manufacturer and seller of the product.

$4.6M

Medical Malpractice

The firm represented a child who suffered injuries during childbirth. The firm retained 15 experts and aggressively litigated the case with multiple depositions.

$1.5M

Birth Injury

Mr. Shelsby represented a young boy who suffered an injury to the brachial plexus nerve in his shoulder which would not have occurred if the mother’s doctors had performed a cesarean section at birth. As a result, the young boy could still use his arm but had permanent neurological injuries to the arm.