A 53 year old woman presented at her primary care provider, an HMO, with complaints of “worst headache ever”. She was diagnosed with a flu and sent home. After repeated visits to her primary care doctor, her covering locums tenens and a covering PA, she was cleared to fly to Hawaii with her husband despite a third nerve palsy, e.g. ptosis and claimed double vision (This is typically caused by an expanding aneurysm pressing  on her third nerve).

Within a few days of her arrival, she collapses have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage and is taken to surgery where her aneurysm(s) are coiled and clipped. She is now disabled 24-7 but can physically do most anything on command with prompting. Client can never return to work again.

Lawsuit is filed and litigated. Initially $1,500,000 is offered which was rejected at a first mediation. This was followed by 43 depositions of various health care providers and medical experts over the next three months.

Month before trial a second mediation is successful and the medical malpractice action was settled for $2,500,000.

Litigation costs in a case like this can be very expensive. Hiring the lawyer who can bankroll and advance $200,000+ in litigation costs as in this case is critical to the successful conclusion of hotly contested medical negligence cases as this one. From the start, Mr. Kornfeld new very well that this was a meritorious case. He and the client and her family were steadfast I their commitment to see justice served and to recover sufficient compensation for the client to assist her and to satisfy her medical needs and assisted living for the rest of her life.

Rob Kornfeld
Rob@Kornfeldlaw.com
(425) 893-8989