Largest Settlements of 2011

As listed in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 23, 2012

Lubin & Meyer achieves 35 of the
largest settlements in 2011

$3.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Timing of newborn’s brain bleed disputed
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$3 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient’s neck pain evolves into partial quadriplegia
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$3 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Mother claims fetal monitor showed baby in distress
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$3 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Baby suffers brain damage after undergoing distress in labor
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2.8 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Baby left brain-damaged after delayed delivery
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Boy’s untreated meningitis leads to lifelong disability
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors mistake bowel perforation for constipation
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Anesthesia complications lead to patient’s death
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Student has brain hemorrhage after 20 hours in ER
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors allegedyly fail to properly treat melanoma
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Insurance settlement
Insurer accused of mishandling malpractice claims
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Woman incurs anoxic brain injury while emerging from anestheisa
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Cancer patient alleges intentional spoliation of test results by PCP
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.74 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Cardiologist allegedly misreads stress test
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.65 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Psychiatrist initiates sexual relationship with patient
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctor failed to offer cancer screenings to patient
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
ER nurse misdiagnoses patient’s life-threatening condition
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Young man paralyzed after delay in spinal injury treatment
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors allegedly misread pap smear, patient has hysterectomy
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.5 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Postoperative wound infection leads to patient’s death from sepsis
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.4 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Physician accused of negligently treating blood clot
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.25 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Medication error allegedly leads to woman’s fatal hemorrhage
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.25 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Mammogram reading disputed in woman’s advanced cancer diagnosis
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Nicholas Cappiello, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.2 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors allegedly fail to recognize bacterial infection in 10-year-old girl
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1.1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient dies of heart attack after EKG interpreted as respiratory illness
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Woman dies from heart attack after EKG misintrepreted
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Misread pap smear results in delay in cancer diagnosis
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
EMYs accused of negligence in preemie’s death
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and William J. Thompson, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient left blind in one eye after sinus surgery
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Elderly woman dies from insufficient blood supply during gallbladder removal
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Failure to biopsy mole allegedly leads to delay in cancer diagnosis
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Krysia J. Syska, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Doctors allegedly miss telltale signs of boy’s bowel obstruction
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Robert M. Higgins, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Spinal compression behind boy’s leg pain mistaken for diabetes
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Sigmoidoscopy fails to detect patient’s cancer
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Nicholos D. Cappiello, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

$1 million
Medical malpractice settlement
Patient’s untreated neurological condition leads to permanent injury
Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Benjamin R. Novotny, Lubin & Meyer, Boston

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