Trials

Court Upholds Wrongful Death Dismissal

Congratulations to TEAM POLING for their win in the Fourth District Court of Appeals on behalf of their Hospital client! The Court upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death matter on a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on the basis that a physician cannot rely on another provider’s determination of a breach of the

Case Dismissed In Favor of Hospital

Brant Poling and Zachary Hoover obtained a defense verdict in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a case involving an alleged failure to inform the patient of a broken spinal cord stimulator lead that was retained in the patient’s back following a revision surgery.

POLING Obtains a Verdict for the Defense in One Hour

Brant Poling and Zachary Hoover obtained a defense verdict in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a case involving an alleged failure to inform the patient of a broken spinal cord stimulator lead that was retained in the patient’s back following a revision surgery.

Appeal Successfully Defended in Favor of General Surgeon

TEAM POLING 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 TEAM POLING represented the defendant general surgeon.  The appellants argued that the trial court should have excluded two

Another Defense Verdict!

Brant Poling 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.  The theory was

Another Win!

Congratulations to Brant Poling 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 verdict!!

Defense Verdict For Orthopedic Surgeon in Amputation Case

TEAM POLING 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 structures below