Verdicts, Settlements and Judgments

Trial Advocate

Peter W. Pryor  

Court

Denver District Court

Case Type

Medical Malpractice

Client

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Issues

This matter was tried twice due to a remand by the Colorado Court of Appeals. This challenging case required the jury to quickly understand sophisticated neurosurgical techniques for the control of epileptic seizures. Twice charged with overcoming the emotions any person would feel for a pediatric patient suffering from permanent paralysis of a right arm due to what she contended was improperly performed brain surgery, Pryor Johnson Carney Karr Nixon secured two defense verdicts in favor of the neurosurgeon, once in 2000 and again in 2005 on retrial.