CASE RESULTS
$16,500,00 (2024) Another Record Setting Victory in a Medical Malpractice case . A pregnant 40 year old woman was seen by her doctors at a well known California HMO with serious complaints of continuous heart disease during seven months of her pregnancy. She kept telling her doctors that she was nearly fainting, short of breath, dizzy and was getting worse and worse. She had an abnormal heart rate. These are hallmarks signs of heart failure known to first year medical students. Her doctors never evaluated or treated her for her heart condition. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death of pregnant women. Her doctor, who specialized in high risk pregnancies, failed to even order an EKG or consult with a heart doctor. In her seventh month the patient was at an appointment and collapsed in front of her doctor, frothing at the mouth and losing oxygen to her brain. She is now in a permanent coma. Her other three young children now mix taking care of their Mother with their school obligations. The case was won for $16,500,00, much of which will be spent on future medical care costs. The main doctor lacked basic knowledge of pregnancy and heart issues, and testified he didn’t even bother to look up information on the HMO research feature available on every computer at the hospital and didn’t learn to use it because he “didn’t feel like it”. The medical care was awful and uncaring. This case result is one of the highest in the State of California for a medical malpractice case.
$9,000,000 Medical Malpractice: 12 Year Old boy has well known heart condition that his cardiologist ignores, and instead of giving the family medication, tells the Mother to give him more Gatorade. The child loses consciousness and suffers loss of oxygen and brain damage; Settlement: $9,000,000.
$6,000,000 Medical Malpractice – Hospital blames woman who is having a stroke and sends her home: 35 Year Old mother and wife has signs of impending stroke, losing ability to speak. When she goes to the emergency room they criticize her for not telling them what is wrong with her. She is labeled “uncooperative” and is sent home where she has full blown stroke and suffers brain injury; Settlement $6,000,000.
$5,000,000 Another Big Victory in a Medical Malpractice case (2022)-Our client had well known and treatable heart condition – atrial fibrillation. All doctors know patients like are at high risk of having a big stroke, and give blood thinners, like Eliquis. But our patient’s doctor didn’t know that and never gave him a prescription. The pills cost less than $20 a month. Guess what happened? He had a massive (but preventable) stroke. So terribly sad but we were able to win the case with enough money (just under $5,000,000) to take care of him for the rest of his life with first rate medical care and therapy.
$6,000,000 Speaking of those aggressive city buses. . . (2022). We won a big case in which a learning disabled teenager was in a crosswalk when he was hit by a city bus. He was released fro the emergency room after a couple of hours, complaining of difficulty with memory and concentration. All tests were normal but later that year a head MRI showed a small brain bleed. Our client continued to have problems remembering things and focusing on conversations. After almost two years of hard fought battles, we won the case for just under $6,000,000 – enough to take care of all of our client’s needs for the rest of his life.
Over $1,000,000 Bicycle accident: Utility company repairs pipe under roadway but leaves trench with a 6 inch drop off in the middle of the traffic lane. Nighttime bicycle rider goes into open trench and suffers head injury; Settlement: $1,025,000. Utility company tried to blame accident on bicyclist for having had one glass of champagne at an office Christmas party.
$1,000,000 Brand New Corvette crushed and victim suffers mild head injury: Retired engineer buys his dream car – a Corvette – and is immediately struck by a large truck, suffering a mild brain injury. Settlement: $1,000,000 insurance policy limits. (Insurance company’s strategy to blame brain injury on victim’s depression failed when it was proven the brain injury was the cause of the depression).
$1,500,00 (2024) Victory in a Medical Malpractice case . A sixty year old pastor and barber who had high risk factors for a heart attack (overweight, insufficient exercise, high choleterol) texted his doctor at a well known California HMO complaining that when he exercised he experienced sharp chest pains. Instead of telling him to go to the Emergency Room, or come in immediately to her office for an examination, she instead texted him back and gave her stunning medical advice: “Exercise more”. Three days later he again had severe chest pain and went to the hospital where is died from a heart attack. The awful and non-sensical medical advice in this case proves the saying: “Just because someone has a degree or title doesn’t mean they know what they are doing”.
$1,000,000. Scaffolding Company put up unstable scaffold at client’s house in the Bay Area (2022). The scaffold used old beat up wood planks, short nails that didn’t hold the boards together, and no way for our client to climb to the top level of the scaffold – all safety violations. Our client tried to get on the scaffold but it collapsed and he fell to the ground, breaking bones in his spine.
Pedestrian in crosswalk is struck and killed by bicyclist. Settlement: Very substantial, confidential settlement.
Driver on I-580 in Oakland is sideswiped by 18 wheeler and suffers hand injury; Settlement: $875,000.
PERFECT RECORD AGAINST KAISER IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
Kaiser has lost every single arbitration Mr. Dorit has pursued since 1983.
Kaiser Medical Malpractice (1983-Current) Birth injuries, quadriplegia, wrongful deaths: Hundreds and hundreds of cases involving surgery, failure to diagnose cancer (lung, skin, kidney), failure to diagnose lung clots resulting in death, failure to diagnose and treat infections like meningitis, failure to diagnose impending heart attacks, pathology errors, nursing failures, birth injuries, and medication errors. These claims have been successfully pursued in many counties in California including Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Diego, Los Angeles, Marin, Contra Costa, Sacramento, and Solano. Mr. Dorit has won over $35,000,000 in cases against Kaiser alone. .
Medical Malpractice CASES resulting in brain damage to patients – settlements have ranged from $2,500,000 to $16,500,000 including settlements that provide for the cost of all medical care and therapy, plus 24 hour in home support care FOR LIFE.
Medical Malpractice (1983-Current) Wrongful Deaths, Brain Damage; Quadriplegia: Multiple cases involving serious life-changing injuries, failure to diagnose and treat cancer, surgical errors, nursing errors, pain medication overdoses, failures to treat infections causing death, paralysis, blindness and paralysis. Settlement Ranges: $2,500,000 up to $16,500,000.
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