San Diego Wrongful Death Lawyers Case ExperienceWRONGFUL DEATH – AUTO ACCIDENTSDuring our
San Diego wrongful death lawyers more than 20 years of experience in personal injury law, we have represented many clients whose loved ones and relatives have lost their lives as a result of automobile accidents and other motor vehicle accidents, including rollovers and head-on collisions. In one of our more recent cases the decedent had been rear-ended on the freeway at a high rate of speed, causing the decedent to shoot off the road out of control, rolling down an embankment. In another recent case, the decedent was sitting on the shoulder awaiting repairs to their car when the vehicle was struck from the rear by a drunk driver
WRONGFUL DEATH – MEDICAL MALPRACTICEIn one of our
medical malpractice wrongful death claims, the decedent suffered a punctured artery during a cardiac angiography when the doctor accidentally poked a catheter through the patient's pulmonary artery. The puncture resulted in the patient bleeding to death on the operating table over a period of approximately eleven hours. While puncturing an artery is considered a normal risk of the angiography, the doctor was negligent in failing to take steps to recognize and control the patient's bleeding before it harmed (and ultimately killed) the patient. Our
San Diego wrongful death lawyers obtained a significant jury verdict for the plaintiff at trial.
In another medical malpractice wrongful death claim we represented the mother of a disabled patient of 38 who was confined to a wheelchair and required round-the-clock breathing assistance and monitoring of their breathing and other vitals. The case arose when the patient's ventilator breathing tube came loose while the home care nurse was outside taking a cigarette break with his other attendant. Due to their location, they failed to hear the warning alarm and returned only some time later to find their patient asphyxiating on the floor. Despite the efforts of paramedics, he died soon after arriving at the hospital. The nurse and attendant initially denied they had left the patient's immediate vicinity and attempted to blame his suffocation on either a malfunctioning ventilator unit or his deteriorating condition. After our
San Diego wrongful death lawyers conducted two years of investigation and discovery work regarding the patient's condition, the ventilator, the events on the day in question, and the personal and work histories of the nurses and attendants, the health care services company which was responsible for hiring the nurse settled for a confidential sum with our client, the decedent's mother.
