Largest Settlements of 2010
As listed in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 24, 2011
Lubin & Meyer achieves 20 of the largest settlements in 2010
$6 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Plaintiff: newborn received overdose of anti-seizure drug
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$3 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors accused of overlooking diabetic’s additional ailment
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$2.8 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Girl suffers brain injury at birth, dies at 3
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$2.45 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient allegedly deprived of oxygen during surgery
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$2.31 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Girl, 4, dies; improperly prescribed drugs blamed
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient’s spinal cord sheath torn during disc surgery
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Newborn’s heart anomaly leads to brain damage
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1.85 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Woman blinded after receiving undiluted drug in eye
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1.75 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors allegedly misread mammogram, overlook woman’s cancer
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Woman’s death blamed on delayed treatment of colitis
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1.25 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient’s new kidney fails days after transplant
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1.25 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Man dies of cancer after seven-year lapse in screenings
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Nicholas D. Cappiello, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient claims untreated hemorrhoid led to her cancer
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Nine-year-old dies of complications from diabetes
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Man’s melanoma discovered a year after initial visit
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Plaintiff: untreated abdominal bleed responsible for death
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Negligence and tort
Worker’s foot amputated after forklift mishap
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient left with brain damage after gastric bypass surgery
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Medication overdose blamed for elderly woman’s death
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctor said to have misread brain aneurysm on MRI
Attorneys: Andrew
C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
Read more about specific cases: Verdicts and Settlements by injury type
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