Kornfeld Law | Results

$8,500,000 Motor Vehicle Accident

We recovered $8.5 Million for the families of two victims who were killed in a head on collision after an impaired driver over the centerline on a highway on Whidbey Island.

$8,500,000 Motor Vehicle Accident

Prior to the collision, the impaired driver had just driven off of a State Ferry where the employees received reports that the driver was impaired and had just caused a collision in the vehicle holding line. The employees of the ferry woke up the impaired driver and ordered her to drive off of the ferry. The dual fatality collision occurred less than two miles down the road from the ferry. Please click the links below to read more:

$5,200,000 Motor Vehicle Accident

We recovered $5.2 Million from the government for a woman who sustained a spine injury in a motor vehicle accident due to an unsafe and defective highway design.

$4,000,000 Wrongful Death

Our client was killed execution-style by a police officer with a history of brutality. Video footage and experts showed that our client did nothing to provoke the officer’s violence.

Personal Injury

$4,000,000 Wrongful Death

Our client was killed execution-style by a police officer with a history of brutality. Video footage and experts showed that our client did nothing to provoke the officer’s violence. We demanded that the City of Auburn pay a $4,000,000 settlement amount, which would represent the city’s insurance limits for wrongful death cases. Right before it was time to take them to court, the City finally agreed to settle. Our client’s surviving family members were appreciative of the relatively quick conclusion of the case that let them avoid taking the sensitive case to trial, where it would be exposed to the public.

Personal Injury

$2,825,000 Brain Injury

John Doe v. Hospital and Doctor, (Superior Court – Confidentiality Settlement) Baby suffered from hypoxia and traumatic brain injury during birth caused by negligence of treating doctor and hospital nursing staff.

Brain Injury

$2,825,000 Brain Injury

Baby was born cortically blind, with cerebral palsy and other multiple birth defects. Plaintiffs contended this was caused by medical negligence during birthing.

Brain Injury

$2,500,000 Medical Malpractice

John and Jane Doe v. HMO facility: The health care provider failed to diagnosis an intracranial aneurysm which ruptured and caused permanent brain damage to a 54 year old mother, grandmother and house wife. She will never work again and need care 24/7.

Medical Malpractice

$2,500,000 Brain Injury

Jane Doe v. Health Care Center (Superior Court – confidentiality settlement) Patient suffered from horrific headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred and double vision–was told she had the flu. Over several weeks no imaging studies were ordered of the patient’s brain to rule out an intracranial bleed or subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Brain Injury

$2,500,000 Brain Injury

Jane Doe v. Health Care Center (Superior Court – confidentiality settlement): Patient suffered from horrific headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred and double vision–was told she had the flu. Over several weeks no imaging studies were ordered of the patient’s brain to rule out an intracranial bleed or subarachnoid hemorrhage. Because of the failure of multiple healthcare providers to consider a subarachnoid hemorrhage and to rule one out by ordering a CT or MRI scan of the brain, the patient’s aneurysm ruptured, causing permanent brain damage.

Brain Injury

$2,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Jane and John Doe v. Hospital XYZ (King County, Washington): A 53-year-old father underwent surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. During his first night, the patient was not assessed or monitored for over five hours. As a result, he developed a mucus plug, could not breathe, and suffered respiratory arrest and heart failure. The patient was revived but suffered catastrophic brain damage. He now requires care 24-7 from his wife.

Medical Malpractice

$2,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Jane and John Doe v. Hospital XYZ (King County, Washington): A 53 year old father underwent surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. After being incubated, ventilated and placed in CCU, the patient was placed under 24 hour care to monitor his tracheotomy. When he improved, he was transferred from CCU to a step down floor. Because of the ongoing development of mucus, which required suctioning of his tracheotomy, it was important that the patient be monitored, assessed and suctioned, if necessary, every two hours by the attending nurses or respiratory therapists. After the patient’s transfer to the step down floor, he was not regularly monitored and suctioned. During his first night, the patient was not assessed or monitored for over five hours. As a result, he developed a mucus plug, could not breathe, and suffered respiratory arrest and heart failure. The patient was revived but suffered catastrophic brain damage. He now requires care 24-7 by his wife.

Medical Malpractice

$2,500,000 Premise Liability

Our client’s young son fell into an open septic tank and died on the property they rented. The landlord failed to warn them about the extreme hazard, and, instead, chose to save a little bit of money by not buying a proper septic tank cover.

Personal Injury

$2,500,000 Premise Liability

The penny-pinching decision cost a toddler his life. We were able to quickly convince the landlord’s two insurers to settle for $2.5 million before the case could go to trial, where we would likely be able to win much more through a verdict award, as suggested by a focus group.

Personal Injury

$2,362,000 Medical Malpractice

Jane Doe v. Hospital and Dr. Radiologist (confidentiality) A doctor and hospital agreed to pay $1,900,000 and a health insurer agreed to waive recovery of subrogation reimbursement of $462,000 as a result of a radiologist’s failure to correctly read a MRI which, if correctly read in accordance with the standard of care, would have shown a posterior communicating aneurysm and which was treatable.

Medical Malpractice

$2,362,000 Medical Malpractice

Had the aneurysm been timely treated when the woman presented to the hospital as it should have been, more probably than not, no hemorrhage would have occurred and the patient would have been working full time, living independently and not disabled.

Medical Malpractice