Appeal Successfully Defended in Favor of General Surgeon

Appeal Successfully Defended in Favor of General Surgeon

Attorney Frederick A. Sewards successfully argued and defended an appeal before the 10th District Court of Appeals.  The appellants had appealed from a defense verdict in a medical malpractice trial in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court in which Mr. Sewards represented the defendant general surgeon.  The appellants argued that the trial court should have

Another Defense Verdict!

Brant Poling and Sabrina Sellers obtained a defense verdict in a birth trauma case arising out of allegations of failure to recognize signal ambiguity on the fetal monitor strip.  Experts were called by the family asserting the monitor began recording the maternal heart rate and that additional evaluation was needed of the mother’s heart rate. 

Another Win!

Congratulations to Brant Poling and Fred Sewards for a large defense verdict in Fairfax, Virginia this week. The team defended an orthopedic surgeon and his corporation against claims of failure to get a pre-op vascular consult and failure to diagnose an occlusion prior to a knee total knee replacement. The jury returned a unanimous defense

Defense Verdict For Orthopedic Surgeon in Amputation Case

Attorney Frederick A. Sewards represented an orthopedic surgeon who had performed bilateral total knee replacement surgeries on a patient.  The first surgery on the right knee went without incidence.  The second surgery on the left knee unfortunately resulted in a laceration of the popliteal artery which is the main blood vessel supplying blood to the

Defense Verdict!

We are pleased to announce a defense verdict in an obstetrical birth injury case for attorneys Frederick Sewards and Patrick Smith following a 2.5-week jury trial in Columbus, Ohio.  Mr. Sewards and Mr. Smith defended an obstetrician/gynecologist who directed a labor and delivery of a full-term pregnant patient.  Plaintiffs alleged that abnormalities on the fetal

Unanimous Defense Verdict!

We are pleased to announce a unanimous defense verdict in a catastrophic injury case involving allegations of medical malpractice.  Attorneys Frederick A. Sewards and Patrick F. Smith defended a pulmonologist who was asked to evaluate a patient with a permanent tracheostomy who was experiencing respiratory distress. The patient had been involved in a car accident

Defense Verdict!

We are pleased to announce a defense verdict in a sickle cell anemia/sickle cell crisis alleged wrongful death case for Frederick Sewards following a seven-day jury trial in Columbus, Ohio.  Mr. Sewards represented a hematologist and hematology certified nurse practitioner who were treating a hospitalized patient for sickle cell crisis.  Plaintiff claimed that the medical