Another win!

We are pleased to announce a unanimous defense verdict in a Fentanyl overdose case for Brant Poling and Sabrina Sellers following a two week jury trial in Columbus, Ohio. The pair defended a family medicine physician who had a 20-year relationship with his patient and was treating her chronic pain with Fentanyl after exhausting numerous

Pat Adkinson, Fred Sewards, Pat Smith, and Brant Poling have garnered 3 defense verdicts in the last 60 days.  Our team successfully defended a shoulder dystocia case, a birth trauma case, and a retained surgical instrument case.  The opposing counsel in these combined cases asked the juries to award approximately $60 Million in damages.  We

Brant Poling received a defense verdict, working in conjunction with local counsel, Kelly Hughes Iverson, in a medical malpractice case pending in Federal District Court in Baltimore Maryland.  The physician was accused of causing an injury to all five brachial plexus nerve roots at the time of birth by applying lateral traction during the delivery. 

Attorneys Sabrina Sellers and Brant Poling successfully argued and defended a recent appeal before the 10th District Court of Appeals.  Appellants argued an Affidavit of Merit filed with the Complaint was sufficient evidence to overcome a Motion for Summary Judgment attested to by Defendant orthopedic surgeon.  The Appellate Court upheld the lower Court’s decision on

A Summit County jury returned a unanimous defense verdict in favor of the defendant Pain Management physician and his corporation following a week-long trial.  Plaintiff claimed the physician negligently performed cervical and thoracic trigger point injections causing the patient to suffer a delayed pneumothorax (punctured lung) over 24-hours after the procedure.  The defense argued Plaintiff

The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant general surgeon following a six-day trial.  Plaintiff claimed that the general surgeon negligently performed hernia surgery resulting in a bladder injury that led to a critical illness requiring hospitalization and additional surgeries.  After a six-day trial in which the jury heard from eight different expert

Frederick Sewards participated in the defense of an anesthesiologist in a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that went to trial in the Superior Court of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, February 13, 2018.  The case involved allegations that the Defendant anesthesiologist negligently performed anesthesia services during hip surgery.  During the procedure or thereafter in the intensive