Pacific Medical Law - Medical Malpractice
Pacific Medical Law - Medical Malpractice

Case Histories

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Judgments and Verdicts awarded to Clients of Pacific Medical Law

  • Kahlon judgment - a multi-million dollar medical negligence judgment for man who has catastrophic brain damage and multiple disabilities resulting from infection that was not treated largely because the hospital failed to report the abnormal findings on his CT scan. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law ( formerly Nathan Smith Law) were Linda Wong and Paul McGivern and from Webster and Associates were Brain Webster, QC and Daniel Corrin.
  • Cojocaru Judgment - for details see the News Page
  • $900,000 - for failing to diagnose and treat compartment syndrome in a young man’s leg that eventually had to be amputated. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law ( formerly Nathan Smith Law) was Linda Wong.
  • $250,000 - for the wrongful death of a young woman who was unable to obtain treatment. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law was Linda Wong.
  • Sam Appeal - Successfully upheld at the appeal level the damages awarded at trial because an adult’s blood was not regularly tested as required by the government agencies resulting in irreversible liver damage and a liver transplant. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law ( formerly Nathan Smith Law) was Linda Wong.
  • Fullerton appeal - successful appeal on a novel issue of law. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law ( formerly Nathan Smith Law) was Linda Wong.
  • Fullerton judgment - multi-million dollar medical negligence judgment for a 6 year old boy who has catastrophic brain damage and multiple disabilities as result of the doctor and nurses negligent management of his mother’s labour. Counsel from Pacific Medical Law (formerly Nathan Smith Law) was Linda Wong.
  • $2,900,000- Failure to recognize and treat fetal distress during labour and delivery. The child was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy.
  • The Strachan judgment, medical negligence judgment, multi million dollar - was a successful hard fought trial for a 5 year old boy who has severe permanent brain damage as a result of the doctors and nurses failure to diagnose a uterine rupture, an obstetrical emergency.
Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results and the amount recovered and other litigation outcomes will vary according to the facts in individual cases.
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No two cases are alike, but these case histories will give you more insight into how we work as well as an up-close view of medical malpractice case litigation and settlement.

The work preparing for a trial can be long and arduous. So can the trial itself. When so much is at stake in the lives of the people involved every hour we spend is worth it because justice always is.

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