Verdicts, Settlements and Judgments

Trial Advocate

Craig A. Sargent  

Court

Larimer County District Court

Case Type

Medical Malpractice

Trial Advocacy

Client

Family Physician

Issues

Craig represented a family practice physician whose office had seen a patient and diagnosed the patient with pneumonia.  The patient was given appropriate treatment and sent home with instructions to return in 3 days.  The patient did not return.  Six days after the office visit, the patient died of a massive pulmonary embolus.  The Plaintiff’s husband brought suit alleging that the doctor and his office personnel were negligent in their evaluation of his wife and then their failure to diagnosis what he alleged was a developing and existing pulmonary embolus at the time of the office visit.  After a two-week jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the physician and against the Plaintiff.

Trial Advocate

Irving G. Johnson  

Court

Larimer County District Court

Case Type

Medical Malpractice

Client

Obstetrician / Gynecologist

Issues

Defense verdicts are difficult to obtain in breast cancer cases due to their highly emotional and complex nature. Mr. Johnson assembled an impressive set of physicians from across the country, including one of the leading national experts on breast imaging. In addition, Pryor Johnson Carney Karr Nixon ensured that the jury heard from the nation’s leading oncologist at M.D. Anderson in Houston by prewiring the courtroom so that he could appear live, via satellite. This was the first time an expert had testified in this fashion. The jury returned a defense verdict in short order.