$1.1 Million

Delay In Diagnosis Of Thyroid Cancer

We obtained a jury verdict of $1,100,000 in Pittsburgh against a doctor for failing to diagnose and treat our client’s thyroid cancer. We argued that our client had an increased risk of recurrence and death as a result of the delay in diagnosis.

$1.3 Million

Fall At Construction Site

Our client was working at a construction site on the CMU campus when suffered a fall. Despite the fact that our client was using the outside of the scaffolding instead of an easily accessible stairway the defendants agreed to pay $1,300,000 to settle this case.

$1.8 Million

Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer

We obtained a jury verdict of $1.8 million in Erie against two doctors for failing to diagnose and treat our client’s lung cancer. As a result of this failure, our client died unnecessarily.

$10 Million

Medical Malpractice Against UPMC Shadyside Hospital

UPMC Shadyside Hospital paid a $14,877,000 judgment as a result of a $10,000,000 verdict against UPMC Shadyside for medical malpractice which caused the death of Michael Rettger. This is the largest ever recorded medical malpractice verdict in Pittsburgh, PA.

$125 Thousand

Failure To Diagnose Appendicitis

We obtained a jury verdict of $125,000 in Ebensburg, Cambria County, for our client who had appendicitis but the hospital and doctor failed to diagnose it.

$2.5 Million

Medical Malpractice Against UPMC Shadyside Hospital

UPMC Shadyside paid a $3,200,000 judgment as a result of a $2,500,000 verdict against UPMC Shadyside for the family of a 24-year-old who died because the nurses failed to have the patient seen by a doctor despite a significant change in his condition.

$450 Thousand

Cut Nerve During Surgery

We went to trial and argued that our client's surgeon had committed medical malpractice and also failed to obtain our client’s informed consent to the surgery by not advising our client that he could suffer nerve damage.

$6 Million

Cerebral Palsy And Brain Damage

We obtained a jury verdict of $6,000,000 in the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County against Indiana Hospital and an obstetrician. This verdict was the largest jury verdict ever in Indiana County.

$625 Thousand

Bladder Cancer Medical Malpractice

Our client contacted us because he had bladder cancer which he believed had not been diagnosed and treated appropriately by his urologist. We filed a medical malpractice case against the urologist.

$663 Thousand

Misdiagnosed Bowel Obstruction

Our client was a patient at Bon Secours Hospital in Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County, PA). As a result of her doctor’s failure to diagnose and treat her bowel obstruction, a bowel perforation developed, causing our client to die from infection.

$725 Thousand

Carpal Tunnel Surgical Error

We obtained a jury verdict of $669,000 in a malpractice case against University of Pittsburgh Physicians as a result of a permanent nerve injury caused by a doctor when he performed a carpal tunnel release surgery on our client.

$800 Thousand

Failure To Diagnose Spinal Epidural Hematoma

We filed a case on behalf of our client who fell at home, was taken to Clarion Hospital, and subsequently was paralzyed below her waist (paraplegia).

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Skin Cancer

This was a medical malpractice case. Failure to diagnose skin cancer. Josh Berger and David Paul handled the case.

Confidential Settlement

Medical Malpractice

This was a medical malpractice case where a surgical sponge was left inside a patient. Paul Lagnese handled the case. The settlement is confidential.

Confidential Settlement

Baby Brain Damage

We filed and settled a case against Uniontown Hospital and an obstetrician for failing to timely deliver a baby who during labor suffered over 45 minutes of oxygen deprivation due to compression of the umbilical cord.

Confidential Settlement

Baby Brain Injury

We settled a case against obstetricians in Uniontown PA for a little boy who suffered brain damage because when the doctors did a proceedure called an external cephalic his heart rate went down.

Confidential Settlement

Brain Tumor Misdiagnosis

We obtained an excellent settlement in which the doctors paid money to our client for misdiagnosis of her tumor.

Confidential Settlement

Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis

We filed a case against a doctor and hospital for failing to diagnose our client’s breast cancer.

Confidential Settlement

Broken Hip

Our client was known to be at a risk to fall and therefore was supposed to have her bedrails up. The hospital failed to keep the bedrails up and our client fell out of bed and suffered a broken hip. During the surgery to repair the hip our client died.

Confidential Settlement

Car Accident

We settled a car accident case in which our client was killed and her husband seriously injured when another driver crashed into our client’s ca

Confidential Settlement

Cataract Surgery Malpractice

Our client had cataract surgery and after the surgery he had worse vision than before the surgery. We filed a case against the opthalmologist who performed the surgey.

Confidential Settlement

Cerebral Palsy

We filed and settled a case against a hospital in Washington Pennsylvania and an obstetrician for failing to timely deliver a baby who was suffering from a lack of oxygen.

Confidential Settlement

Death At Nursing Home

Our client was an 82 year old woman who was a resident of a nursing home. The nursing staff failed to discover a bedsore on our client’s tailbone until it became so large that it could not be treated and our client died.

Confidential Settlement

Defective High-Pressure Water Spray Gun

We filed and settled a product liability case involving injuries our client suffered while using a high-pressure water spray gun.

Confidential Settlement

Defective Medical Equipment

We filed and settled a product liability case involving injuries to our client from compartment syndrome which was not diagnosed due to a defective pressure monitor.

Confidential Settlement

Disfigurement Caused By Breast Surgery

We filed and settled a case against a surgeon for breast surgeries which resulted in permanent deformities.

Confidential Settlement

Electrocautery

Our client had surgery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. During the surgery, an electrocautery tool was accidentally placed on the patient’s lip causing a disfiguring burn.

Confidential Settlement

Eye Injury During Surgery

Our client had heart surgery but when he awoke he had a corneal abrasion which became infected and his vision was permanently damaged. We filed a lawsuit against the Hospital where he had the heart surgery.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Breast Cancer

We filed a case against a doctor and Uniontown Hospital for failing to diagnose our client’s breast cancer.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Cancer

As a result of doctor negligence, our client’s cancer grew and caused her death. We filed a lawsuit against the pathologist doctor and our client’s gynecologist. The doctors paid money to our client’s family to make up for the family’s loss.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer

We had our client's case reviewed by colon cancer experts and they found that our client’s doctor had been negligent in failing to diagnose his colon cancer. The doctor settled the case and paid money to our client’s family.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer

Our client’s colon cancer had spread to the liver and his cancer became untreatable and he died. Experts told us that if our client’s doctors had taken the proper action our client would have lived. We filed a lawsuit and the doctors paid money to compensate our client’s family for their loss.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Deep Vein Thrombosis

We filed and settled a case against a hospital and its emergency room doctor for failing to diagnose and treat a 44-year-old man who went to the hospital’s emergency room with classic symptoms of a deep vein thrombosis in his leg.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Heart Attack

We filed and settled a case against a doctor who failed to diagnose and treat a 54-year-old woman’s complaints of chest pain resulting in her fatal heart attack.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Heart Attack

We filed and settled a case against a hospital and a family doctor failing to timely treat a 58-year-old man who went to the hospital’s emergency with classic symptoms of a heart attack.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Legg-Perthes Disease

We filed and settled a case against a pediatrician involving that doctor’s failure to properly diagnose Legg-Perthes disease which our client, a child, was suffering from.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Meningitis

We filed and settled a case against a hospital, its emergency room doctors and an obstetrician for failing to timely diagnose and treat meningitis in a four-month old little girl.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Sarcoidosis

We filed and settled a case against a doctor for his failure to properly treat a disease called sarcoidosis.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Thyroid Cancer

Our client had numerous office visits complaining of symptoms that were consistent with thyroid cancer. However, her doctor failed to diagnose and treat the cancer. As a result our client died. We filed a lawsuit and the doctor paid money to compensate our client’s family for her death.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Diagnose Uterus Cancer

We filed a case for our client after she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer that was not diagnosed or treated in a timely and appropriate manner.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Dianose Melanoma

Our client made repeated trips to a podiatrist regarding lesions on the bottom of her foot. The podiatrist failed to diagnose the melanoma and our client died. The podiatrist paid our client’s family money to compensate them for our client’s death.

Confidential Settlement

Failure To Remove Foreign Bodies

We filed and settled a case against a hospital that placed cervical dilators in our client but failed to remove all of them.

Confidential Settlement

Gall Bladder Surgery Error

Our client had surgery to remove her gall bladder, called a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). During the surgery, the surgeon accidentally cut the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) causing a bile leak and infection.

Confidential Settlement

Prescription Of Steroids

Our client was suffering from headaches. Her doctor improperly prescribed steriods to treat the headaches. As a result of receiving an excessive amount of steroids, our client suffered a degenerative breakdown of the muscles of her hips known as avacular necrosis.

Confidential Settlement

Industrial Accident

We filed and settled a case involving injuries our client suffered while using a high-pressure water spray gun in a steel plant.

Confidential Settlement

Industrial Accident

We filed and settled a case involving our client’s fall in a steel plant. This industrial accident caused serious injuries to our client.

Confidential Settlement

Injury To Heart

Our client had a diagnostic heart procedure done called pericardiocentesis. Subsequently, our client was found to have a tear in her heart and emergency cardiac surgery was performed to repear the tear. We filed a case on behalf of our client.

Confidential Settlement

Misdiagnosis Of Multiple Sclerosis

We filed and settled a case against a doctor for a misdiagnosis of a 46-year-old man. The doctor improperly diagnosed our client with multiple sclerosis when he actually was suffering from spinal cord compression due to a disc herniation.

Confidential Settlement

Nerve Damage During Carpal Tunnel Surgery

We filed a medical malpractice case in Pittsburgh, PA against a surgeon for damaging our client’s median nerve during a carpal tunnel surgery.

Confidential Settlement

Nerve Damage During Surgery

We filed and settled a case during trial against a surgeon for damaging our client’s peroneal nerve during arthroscopic knee surgery.

Confidential Settlement

Pulmonary Embolism Misdiagnosis

After our client died from pulmonary embolism, we filed a case against a hospital and our client’s family doctor.

Confidential Settlement

Severed Median Nerve

Our Minnesota client suffered a completely lacerated median nerve during an endoscopic carpel tunnel surgery. We filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Minnesota against the surgeon. The doctor paid a confidential sum of money to settle the case.

Confidential Settlement

Sidewalk Fall

We settled a premises liability case in which our client broke her foot due to a cracked and broken sidewalk.

Confidential Settlement

Slip And Fall

Our client slipped and fell on a bus, injuring her knee. We investigated the case and discovered that there had been a large accumulation of water on the mats by the entrance to the bus, which had been left untended. The bus company agreed to pay money to compensate our client for her injuries.

Confidential Settlement

Tractor Trailer Accident

We filed a case in Greensburg, PA, alleging negligence against the driver of the tractor-trailer that crashed into our client’s car.

Confidential Settlement

Truck Accident

We settled a truck accident case in which our client and his wife were injured when a truck (18 wheel tractor-trailer) crashed into our client’s car.

Confidential Settlement

Unnecessary Surgery

We filed a case against a urologist for performing an unnecessary and very damaging surgery. The case settled with the doctor agreeing to pay for our client’s injuries.

Confidential Settlement

Woman With Internal Bleeding

We filed and settled a case against a hospital that failed to give blood to a woman who was suffering from internal bleeding.

Confidential Settlement

Wrongful Death

Our client went to the ER where he complained of pain in his buttock and an infection on his buttock. The ER doctor diagnosed our client with a boil and sent him home. Subsequently, our client died from a perirectal abscess in the buttock. We filed a lawsuit against the ER doctor and the hospital.

Confidential Settlement

Wrongful Death During Hernia Surgery

After our client died following laparoscopic hernia surgery, we filed a lawsuit in Washington, Pennsylvania on behalf of our client’s family.

Confidential Settlement

Laparoscopic Inguinal Surgical Error

Our client had a laparoscopic surgery to repair an inguinal hernia. After being discharged from the hospital, our client fainted at home and was rushed to the hospital where emergency surgery was performed.

Confidential Settlement

Product Liability Case Against UTV Manufacturer

The law firm of Berger Lagnese & Paul, LLC settled a product liability case against a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) manufacturer.

Confidential Settlement

Class Action Against Forbes Hospital

On July 19, 2012, Berger Lagnese & Paul, LLC obtained a jury verdict against Forbes Hospital in Pittsburgh for medical malpractice.