Defense Verdict For OB/GYN in Medical Battery Action - December 2010
On December 16, 2010, a jury returned two defense verdicts on behalf of an OB/GYN. The plaintiff had alleged Battery and Medical Malpractice following two surgeries in 2008. The first surgery was for a left Bartholin cyst removal. The patient executed consent forms for ...
Unanimous Defense Verdict for Ophthalmologist in Medical Malpractice Case - December 2010
On December 15, 2010, senior shareholder Michael I. Neil and associate Matthew R. Souther obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an Ophthalmologist. The plaintiff had RK, and AK procedures done in 1994 and had a follow up RK procedure some months later ...
Victory for Homeowner in Case Involving Fraud and Concealment - September 2010
After a three-week jury trial, Clark Hudson successfully obtained a verdict on behalf of a homeowner that was defrauded in the purchase of a home, as well as refinancing of other properties back in 2006. Following two years of litigation and extensive ...
Defense Verdict for Homeowner in Slander, False Light, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Case - June 2010
attorney Gina Lacagnina obtained a defense verdict for a widowed homeowner on June 7th, 2010 - after a five-day jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. Defendant was a 73-year-old, widowed homeowner. Plaintiff was caretaker and tenant to the Defendant’s deceased ex-husband. Upon Defendant’s ...
Defense Verdict for Physician in Anoxic Brain Injury Case - May 2010
Shareholders Clark Hudson and David Burke obtained a defense verdict for a Psychiatrist on May 27th, 2010 - after a four week jury trial. The case involved a patient with schizophrenia - who also demonstrated both drug seeking behavior for narcotic medications and failed to ...
Defense Victory for Pathologist Accused of Corpse Desecration and Conspiracy
In March 2010, successfully defended a local pathologist accused of desecrating a corpse and performing an autopsy without consent. Prior to the start of the trial, numerous other defendants named in the action settled out or were dismissed from the ...
Defense Victory for Family Practitioner in Kung Fu Wrist Fracture Case - February 2010
On February 26, 2010, senior trial attorney Robert Frank obtained a 12-0 defense verdict on behalf of a family practitioner physician in a medical negligence claim. In July 2007, the plaintiff, a 53-year-old Quality Supervisor, fractured the navicular bone in his right ...
Defense Verdict in Alleged Wrongful Death of a 12-Year-Old Child
On October 16, 2009, Clark Hudson received a defense verdict on behalf of a family practice physician following a two weeklong jury trial. The decedent, a 12-year-old boy, was seen in an urgent care setting with flu like symptoms and bilateral pneumonia. The decedent was ...
12-0 Defense Verdict for General Surgeon
In December 2009, senior trial attorney Sheila Trexler (retired 2017), received a 12-0 medical malpractice defense verdict for a general surgeon who had been sued in a wrongful death and survival action. The decedent/patient was a 48-year-old female with a history of gastric ...
Defense Verdict in Alleged Wrongful Death Suit
On November 19, 2009, Clark Hudson received a defense verdict on behalf of an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon. Both physicians were alleged to have been negligent in the care and treatment of a 37-year-old man admitted to the hospital with a ...
