Representative Case Results:

CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT SIMILAR RESULTS IN ANY FUTURE CASE HANDLED BY THE ATTORNEYS OF MITCHELL BANKS, PC.

February 2022: Defense verdict for ob/gyn in case involving skull and eye injuries during forceps-assisted delivery. Plaintiffs (both mom and baby sued) claimed that the ob/gyn breached the standard of care in recommending and then improperly performing the forceps-assisted delivery. At the conclusion of the fifth day of trial, the jury deliberated for just 45 minutes before returning its verdict.

October 2019: Defense verdict for ob/gyn in case involving failed tubal fulguration with two subsequent pregnancies, one ending in miscarriage and one ending in urgent c-section. Plaintiff claimed poor surgical technique and alleged that the surgeon misled her into believing that the surgery had been successful. The jury returned its verdict in less than 90 minutes.

March 2018: Defense verdict for an infectious diseases practice accused of negligently failing to follow up on test results leading to death of a neonate. Co-defendants settled prior to trial. Obtained dismissal of the mother’s claim during trial and the jury deliberated less than 45 minutes before returning a defense verdict in the claim brought on behalf of the infant.

December 2017: Defense verdict for ob/gyn in case involving arterial thromboembolism with permanent left arm/hand damage following prescribing of combined oral contraceptives to 42-year-old smoker with long-standing pelvic pain secondary to endometriosis.

September 2017: Defense verdict for spine surgeon accused of negligently failing to diagnose and evacuate post-operative hematoma following multi-level spine surgery leading to cauda equina syndrome and paraplegia. Plaintiff presented more than $4 million in past and future medical expenses.

June 2017: Defense verdict for oral surgeon accused of negligently operating on and then mismanaging a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea, leading to MRSA infection, bony non-union, need for multiple surgeries, chronic pain and dysfunction.  Jury deliberated less than 20 minutes before returning a unanimous verdict in favor of the surgeon.

July 2016: Defense verdict for plastic surgeon who was accused of perforating a patient’s colon during liposuction/tummy tuck/breast lift surgery.  The patient suffered necrotizing fasciitis and multi-system failure, leading to protracted hospital stay, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and 19 surgeries.

May 2016: Summary judgment in favor of a pediatrician and her practice following cross examination of Plaintiff’s standard of care expert witness and subsequent motion to disqualify the expert from testifying.  The case involved allegations of brain injury to a newborn due to mismanagement of respiratory distress.

June 2015: Defense verdict for two intensivists and their practice in an action for wrongful death arising out of the in-patient care of a 19-year-old with sickle cell disease.  Both physicians were accused of misdiagnosing the patient’s condition as pneumonia rather than sickle cell pain crisis with pulmonary involvement. 

November 2014: Defense verdict for vascular surgeon accused of failing to timely diagnose and treat compartment syndrome of the hand in a multi-trauma patient.  The patient had permanent dysfunction of the hand with disfigurement.

October 2013: Defense verdict for an ob/gyn in a case involving an IUD which had migrated through the uterus and into the abdominal cavity, but escaped detection for an extended period.

September 2012:  Defense verdict for multiple providers at a large primary care practice in an action for wrongful death brought by the widower of a patient who died as a result of metastatic breast cancer.  The estate of the patient claimed that the providers at the practice failed to properly counsel the patient about breast cancer screening and failed to timely diagnose the patient’s breast cancer.

July 2012: Defense verdict for an ob/gyn in an action involving a retained lap pad diagnosed years after the surgery at issue.