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$18.5 Million Pediatric Burns
  • Defective Product Cases
  • Birth Injury

In December 2007, a young child suffered from severe and permanent injuries, including disfiguring burns, as a result of malfunctioning equipment and alleged negligent conduct of the defendants. The case was settled for $18.5 million in November 2008. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, additional information must remain confidential.

  • $9,850,000 Settlement Commercial Vehicle Wreck Resulting in Death

    60-year-old woman suffered a head injury in a rear-end truck accident that caused her death.

  • $7 million Planes Collide
    The pilots of two single-engine airplanes collided in flight due ...
  • $20 Million Judgment Fatal Shooting
    James Milton Johnson, a Forsyth County Deputy Sheriff, was shot ...
  • $14.96 Million Fatal Shooting
    Jimmy Blevins was lured from his home in Ashe County, North ...
  • $10.4 Million Verdict Halo Screw Penetrated Skull 1.8 cm
    A young boy was admitted to Wake Forest University Baptist ...
  • $9.5 Million Verdict Placental Abruption
    The minor plaintiff’s mother came to the defendant's hospital ...
  • $9.25 Million Robbery Victim
    Jill Marker, an employee of the Silk Plant Forest, a store in ...
  • $9 Million Settlement Burns To Newborn In NICU
    Minutes after birth, a 27-week premature infant (with APGARS of ...
  • $7 Million Verdict Perforated Sigmoid Colon from Hysterectomy
    A 54-year-old special education teacher underwent a vaginal ...
  • Verdict Totaling Over $6 Million Brain Injury from Birth Trauma
    A young woman went to the hospital to deliver her first child. ...
  • $5.5 Million Manufacturing Defect
    The president and CEO of a technology firm in Atlanta was killed ...
  • $5.5 Million Settlement Tractor-Trailer Wreck on Highway 421 Resulting in 4 Deaths

    Two couples were killed after a tractor-trailer overturned and crossed into their path.

  • $5.5 Million Settlement Mail Carrier Struck By Tractor-Trailer Truck
    A rural mail carrier in the process of delivering mail was ...
  • $5 Million Settlement Tractor-Trailer Truck Wreck On I-40

    A brother and sister were killed after the driver of a tractor-trailer rear-ended them at a high-rate of speed.

  • $4.9 Million Settlement Misdiagnosis Resulting in Multiple Amputations
    A school teacher began to feel sick. She was dizzy and nauseated ...
  • $4.875 Million Settlement Misdiagnosis Resulting in Total Blindness
    A man presented to his family doctor with a 2-3 day history of ...
  • $4.5 Million In-Flight Breakup
    A pilot was killed when the Cessna 210 he was flying experienced ...
  • $4.1 Million Settlement Tractor-Trailer Truck Wreck On Highway 421
    A 51-year-old man, survived by his wife and two children was ...
  • $4 Million Settlement Head-On Collision Resulting In A Traumatic Brain Injury
    A 48-year-old woman, traveling east on Highway 55 in Harnett ...
  • $3.6 Million Settlement Tractor-Trailer Truck Wreck On I-77

    A tow truck driver was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while assisting a disabled vehicle on the side of the road.

  • $3.52 Million Settlement Child Struck By Car — Death
    A young boy was struck and killed by a car as he crossed the ...
  • $3.35 Million Settlement Gastric Bypass Surgery
    After a 44-year-old woman underwent gastric bypass surgery for ...
  • Settlement Neurosurgeon Negligence — Quadriplegia
    A young woman was involved in a car accident, in which she ...
  • $3 Million Settlement Bus Wreck — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    Plaintiff was the sole surviving passenger in a Toyota Tundra ...
  • $2.85 Million Settlement Tractor-Trailer Truck Overturned On Car And Caused Fire
    A 40-year-old wife and mother of four burned to death after a ...
  • Total Settlement of $2.535 Million Improper Management After Surgery
    A married 53-year-old nurse had surgery for the removal of a ...
  • Settlement of ~$2.5 Million Mishap During Pacemaker Battery Change
    A civil lawsuit was filed in North Carolina Superior Court on ...
  • Settled Before Case was Filed Sheriff’s Deputy Shot Unarmed Boy Through Closed Door
    Members of the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department Emergency ...
  • Settlement of $2.1 Million Complications from Bariatric Surgery
    A 56-year-old woman had gastric bypass surgery to lose weight. ...
  • $2 Million Settlement Head-On Collision
    A civil lawsuit was filed in Burke County Superior Court on ...
  • Settled for $1.75 Million in Mediation Wrongful Death From Asthma Attack
    A 37-year-old newlywed suffered a severe asthma attack after he ...
  • $1.7 Million Settlement Wrongful Death
    The automobile collision that caused the wrongful death of ...
  • $1.46 Million Settlement Fatal Heart Attack
    A 52-year-old self-employed plumber presented to his family ...
  • $1.375 Million Settlement Post-Operative Bleeding Resulting in Death
    A 78-year-old man had colon resection surgery to remove a ...
  • Settled for $1.36 Million Negligent Nursing Care — Cauda Equina Syndrome
    A man, 69, was hospitalized for the removal of metal hardware in ...
  • $1.35 Million Settlement Congenital Deformity — Chest Excavatum
    A boy was born with a deformity. When he was approximately two ...
  • $1.35 Million Settlement Excessive Speed
    A man sustained severe brain injuries after being rear-ended by ...
  • $1.3 Million Helicopter Crash
    The pilot and co-pilot of an AirCare helicopter from Baptist ...
  • $1.2 Million Settlement Vehicle Collision
    A businessman was killed in a motor vehicle collision when he ...
  • Settled After Mediation Wrongful Death After Heart Attack
    A 28-year-old machinist presented to an emergency department ...
  • Jury Verdict Wrongful Death After Pacemaker Lead Extraction
    A 56-year-old wife and mother of two daughters was evaluated by ...
  • Settlement Fatal Car Accident
    A 32-year-old woman was driving her vehicle on a dominant ...
  • $1 Million Settlement Rolled Vehicle
    The 24-year-old plaintiff was riding in a passenger van ...
  • Settlement After Trial Failure To Follow Heparin Protocol After Surgery
    A 63-year-old man underwent successful coronary artery bypass ...
  • $950,000 Settlement Clotting In The Carotid Arteries
    In 2003, a married 50-year-old welder learned he had bilateral ...
  • Verdict of $800,000 Ophthalmologist “Drilled” Through Cornea
    A 54-year-old metalworker presented to an ophthalmologist with ...
  • Settlement Tractor-Trailer Logging Truck
    A 69-year-old man was injured in a collision and later died from ...
  • $750,000 Settlement Cardiologist Error Causing Death
    On May 28, 2002, a female patient was evaluated by her ...
  • Settled at Mediation Birth Trauma
    A young woman went to the hospital for the birth of her second ...
  • $700,000 Settlement Failure To Diagnose Heart Attack
    A 27-year-old woman went to the Hospital’s Emergency Department ...
  • $650,000 Settlement Wrongful Death After Gastric Bypass Surgery
    A 40-year-old single mother of three died after gastric bypass ...
  • $650,000 Settlement Wrongful Death After Heart Catheterization
    A 57-year-old married mother of three adult children died as a ...
  • $650,000 Settlement Injured Passenger
    A young woman was injured in an auto accident at Spivey’s ...
  • $500,000 Settlement Wrongful Death After Neck Surgery
    A 68-year-old married father of six adult children died in the ...
  • Maximum Recovery Defectively Maintained Highway
    A woman was injured on a defectively maintained stretch of ...
  • $435,000 Settlement Tubal Ligation Without Consent
    A 35-year-old woman presented to the defendant's hospital to ...
  • $425,000 Settlement Wrongful Death After Failure To Discover Mass In Airway
    A 35-year-old single woman suffocated during a call to 911. She ...
  • $400,000 Settlement Skilled Nursing Facility Negligence Resulting
    A 73-year-old wife and mother with decubitis ulcers in both ...
  • $340,000 Settlement Hit From Behind
    A man was injured in a collision near Boone. He was a rural mail ...
  • $285,000 Settlement Blindness After Patient Moved During Eye Surgery
    During open eye surgery, while long sharp metal instruments were ...
  • $275,000 Settlement Death After Infection In Surgical Wound
    The defendant, an 85-year-old widow, was seen by the defendant's ...
  • Confidential Settlement Space Shuttle Challenger
    Tom Comerford was involved in the successful representation of ...
  • $110 Million American Eagle Flight 4184 Crash
    American Eagle Flight 4184 crash near Roselawn, Indiana: Tom ...
  • Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death
    Tom Comerford represented one of the three passengers killed in ...
  • Case Settled Helicopter Crash
    The case against Robinson Helicopter Company: The pilot was ...
  • Cases Settled American Eagle Flagship Flight 3379 Crash
    American Eagle Flagship Flight 3379 crashed near Morrisville, ...
  • Case Settled Plane Crash
    On March 1, 2003, the accident aircraft departed Mount Airy ...
  • Confidential Settlement Injured Bystander
    A taxi driver was struck by a propeller and horribly injured ...
  • Case Settled Injured Passenger
    A passenger was seriously injured in a small plane that crashed ...
  • Case Settled Before Trial Plane Crash
    A physician’s assistant was killed in New Mexico when the pilot ...
  • Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death
    An action for a wrongful death was filed in North Carolina in ...
  • Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death
    A 38-year-old police officer was piloting a volunteer Civil Air ...
  • Full Limits of Insurance Policy Dual Engine Failure
    A twin-engine aircraft experienced a dual engine failure while ...
  • Confidential Settlement Sale of a Foreign Subsidiary
    Tom Comerford was lead counsel for a fortune 100 Company that ...
  • Settled Before Trial Improper Transactions
    In 2006, the firm represented a North Carolina textile company ...
  • Settled Pre-Suit Defrauded Insurance Company
    In 2004, Tom Comerford brought a claim on behalf of an insurance ...
  • Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death
    A welder was burned to death when a fire began below him and ...
  • Settled With the Product Manufacturers Defective Safety Equipment
    A Duke Power lineman was killed when he fell from a large ...
  • Case Settled Before Trial Dog Attack
    A small Burke County girl was severely disfigured by a dog ...
  • Confidential Settlement Defective Safety Equipment
    A lineman was killed when he plunged more than 100 feet while ...
  • Confidential Settlement Faulty Containers And Caps
    A plaintiff was severely burned by chemicals from bottles of a ...
  • Confidential Settlement Defective Water-Ski Rope
    The plaintiff, a career law enforcement officer, lost sight in ...
  • Confidential Settlement Shooting in Football Game Parking Lot
    Two 23-year-old men were shot and killed while tailgating at a ...
  • Confidential Settlement Failure To Evaluate After Surgery
    A patient underwent multiple surgical procedures, including a ...
  • Confidential Settlement Fall From Window at Long-Term Care Facility
    A 74-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease died after falling ...
  • Confidential Settlement Failure To Diagnose Dissection Of Carotid Artery
    A young married mother of two died several hours after being ...
  • Confidential Settlement Wrongful Death Of Child After Birth
    Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital for induction of labor. ...
  • Confidential Settlement Nursing Home Negligence
    An elderly woman walked into a nursing facility. Less than two ...
  • Confidential Settlement Broken Neck During Wheelchair Race
    An older man was placed in a nursing home by his family because ...
  • Confidential Settlement Dental Negligence
    A patient allowed his family dentist to perform a full mouth ...
  • Confidential Settlement Health Care Facility Negligence Resulting In Fall
    After having hip surgery, a patient (over 80 years old) was left ...
  • Confidential Settlement Neurosurgeon Failed To Diagnose Spinal
    A neurosurgeon failed to diagnose and treat a disc space ...
  • Confidential Settlement Brain Injury Caused During Surgery To Remove Tonsils
    A child sustained a brain injury after aspirating adenoid tissue ...
  • Confidential Settlement Injury During Patient Transfer
    An elderly lady presented to the hospital after suffering from ...
  • Confidential Settlement Bariatric Surgery
    A patient initially underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. ...
  • Confidential Settlement Compartment Syndrome — Leg Amputation
    A seventeen-year-old boy sustained a knee injury while ...
  • Confidential Settlement Drunk Driver Causes Accident
    A young medical student in Winston-Salem was killed when his car ...
  • Confidential Settlement Vehicle Fire From Crash
    The driver of a large SUV was burned to death when his vehicle ...
  • Confidential Settlement Head-On Collision
    A man was killed in a head-on collision when the left front ...
  • Confidential Settlement Child Fatality
    A family of five was devastated when a car traveling on an ...
  • Policy Limits Motorcycle Accident
    A man and his wife (both in their early fifties) were pleasure ...