Trials

We are pleased to announce a defense verdict in an obstetrical birth injury case for attorney Patrick Smith following a 2.5-week jury trial in Columbus, Ohio.  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 heart monitor strip that were ongoing

We are pleased to announce a unanimous defense verdict in a catastrophic injury case involving allegations of medical malpractice.  TEAM POLING 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 as a teenager and suffered tracheal

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

We are pleased to announce a unanimous defense verdict in a Fentanyl overdose case for Brant Poling following a two week jury trial in Columbus, Ohio. Brant 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 other treatment modalities.  Discussions

Brant Poling has 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 are pleased for our clients and want

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. 

Attorney 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 summary judgment in