The Becker Law Firm obtained a settlement of $60,700,000.00 for the family of a 12-year-old girl who suffered disabling neurologic injuries and partial limb loss after contact with a downed power line. Because of this effort, our deserving client will get the very best care. This is the largest settlement in Ohio history involving physical injuries to an individual plaintiff.

Baby Doe was delivered at ABC Hospital after a labor-related complication led to oxygen deprivation in the newborn. At trial, Mr. Becker proved that the hospital failed to follow its own protocol for an obstetrical emergency. Becker adjusted his presentation during trial to meet the concerns of the shadow jurors as they arose. The jury awarded $17,000,000.00 to Baby Doe and her parents. Because the hospital failed to make a good faith settlement offer before trial, Becker obtained an additional $8,500,000.00 in prejudgment interest. Baby Doe’s ultimate judgment is one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the history in the State of Ohio.

Romney Cullers, Partner with The Becker Law Firm, secured a $24 million settlement on behalf of a college athlete who sustained anoxic brain damage and permanent deficits after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest following basketball practice. Read more about the case here.

Jones vs. MetroHealth Medical Center involved a pregnant mother with a previous cesarean birth who was admitted to the Metro antepartum unit on 3 occasions around 24-25 weeks gestation for preterm labor. At 25 weeks, her baby was viable but extremely vulnerable. Instead of granting the mother’s request for a repeat cesarean, the doctor instead chose to let the mother labor. Doctors watched the baby’s condition deteriorate for 3 ½ hours before finally doing an emergency cesarean. The baby was born with a severe brain hemorrhage which resulted in a permanent brain injury, cerebral palsy and cognitive disability.

Becker Law Firm attorneys Michael Becker and David Skall obtained a jury verdict for $13.5 million in Akron, Ohio. The case involved a now 16- year-old boy who suffered a brain injury at the time of birth (specifically a watershed injury). The doctor held liable for causing the boy’s injury is Laura Fortner, M.D., previously of Atrium OB/GYN, Inc.

Partners Michael Becker and Dave Oeschger secured an incredible $11 Million policy limits settlement on behalf of a now 53-year old gentleman who suffered permanent and catastrophic brain injury after resident physicians failed to timely and appropriately respond to a code blue for airway compromise due to a rapidly expanding neck hematoma. Read more.