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Plaintiff was a former professional football player who was in the NFL for 10 years. He retained the defendant law firm to file a workers’ compensation claim for his work-related injuries, including any neurological conditions he may develop. It was admitted at trial that although the law firm obtained compensation for his orthopedic injuries, it…

Jon defended a neurosurgeon who performed multiple level spine surgery for both upper and lower extremity abnormalities. Postoperatively, plaintiff complained of extreme pain and neurological deficits. Plaintiff was reoperated on by a prominent spine surgeon at Cedars Sinai who plaintiff claimed corrected the problems caused by the defendant. Both the subsequent treating surgeon and a…

Plaintiff underwent laparoscopic removal of her gallbladder for cholelithiasis and gallstones. After the procedure, she was diagnosed with a perforation injury to her small bowel. Plaintiff contended that the surgeon was negligent in causing the perforation and compounded his malpractice by failing to diagnose the perforation postoperatively. Plaintiff developed sepsis and required multiple subsequent operations,…

This case involved a patient who underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure. Following the procedure, the patient developed a leak at the anastomosis, became septic, went into multiple system organ failure and died. Katie tried the case in front of a former plaintiff personal injury lawyer and successfully defended all members of the surgical team.

Plaintiff, an attorney, underwent breast augmentation and rhinoplasty by a cosmetic surgeon who used a controversial umbilical approach for the breast implants. She required multiple subsequent surgeries by other plastic surgeons. Plaintiff claimed permanent disfiguring injuries to her face and breasts. The defendant surgeon died before the lawsuit was filed, and therefore his version of…

Plaintiff was the widow of a man who died in a motorcycle accident on their wedding night. He received major internal injuries including an open book fracture of the pelvis. After resuscitative efforts, including surgery, failed, a wrongful death claim was filed. Plaintiff claimed that the emergency room doctor, as part of the trauma team,…

The family of a patient brought an elder abuse and neglect lawsuit following the elopement of the patient from the hospital’s emergency room. The patient was of advanced age and had clear evidence of dementia and documented Alzheimer’s disease and was considered by the hospital itself to be a high elopement risk. She was worked…

The plaintiff underwent gallbladder surgery many years before her planned gallbladder surgery with the defendant. The plaintiff presented to the defendant with signs and symptoms of an infected gallbladder. Accordingly, she underwent surgery to remove her gallbladder. Upon entering the abdomen, it was apparent that no gallbladder was present and the surgery was aborted. Plaintiff…

The plaintiff underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy by the defendant resulting in a devastating common bile duct injury. Plaintiff underwent repeated hospitalizations and surgeries as a result of this injury. The case was successfully tried to a 12-0 defense verdict in Glendale. However, the trial judge determined that “no reasonable jury could ever reach the result…

The plaintiff underwent LASIK surgery for decreasing vision. He claimed that he never consented to undergo the procedure in order to achieve monovision (one eye for near and one eye for far). Because he claimed that he did not consent to undergo any procedure with the desired effect of monovision, the defendant engaged in both…